The winner of three Olympic medals faces an insurmountable obstacle on her way to Paris 2024
Lydia Valentín, one of the most outstanding athletes in Spain and a true legend in the world of weightlifting, has received the devastating news that he will not be present at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This surprising revelation comes from the list of Spanish athletes set to compete at the World Championships in Riyadh, Iran, which runs from today to September 17th. This news shocked her followers and caused a wave of sympathy and support for the athlete.
The athlete has been awarded three Olympic medals during her career, one gold, one silver and one bronze. His participation in the Olympic Games has always been awaited with great anticipation and his absence from this edition is a great loss for the Spanish team and its fans around the world.
Lydia Valentin will be left out of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
The International Weightlifting Federation Participation in the World Cups in Riyadh and the IWF World Cup 2024 was set as a prerequisite for qualifying for the ranking list at the Olympic Games in Paris. Although Lydia Valentín intended to comply with this request, she was unable to do so for health reasons. While some Spanish athletes like Acorán Hernández and Marcos Ruiz have competed in the World Cups despite injuries.
Lifting weights requires extreme physical exertion and any injury could worsen and potentially jeopardize your career in the long run. Let’s remember that too Lydia had similar difficulties at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, where she competed with a hip injury and eventually had to retire. Since then she has been fighting tirelessly for her recovery and hopes to be in top form for the Paris games.
an interrupted dream
In an interview last year during the launch of her book The Weight of Glory, Lydia Valentín shared her determination to make a full recovery. “In the short term I want to recover 100 percent because I even have a little limp, I have suffered many infiltrations and it was more serious than we thought. Bones and cartilage need to be restored. But I want to be in Paris for my fifth games.”
Definitely, The news of his absence from the World Championships in Riyadh caused a bittersweet feeling among his supporters. As she focuses on her recovery and return to full fitness, her chance to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics is momentarily over. Yet despite obstacles and injuries, his determination to recover and return to competition in the future remains unshakable. His fans are looking forward to his return to competition and offer him their unconditional support at this difficult point in his sporting career.
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