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Begoña Fleitas
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Teresa Portela, K1 Olympic runner -up at Tokyo Gameshas denounced the abandonment of the Spanish Federation of Canoeing, after several months have passed without the women’s team has been launched, which is why the Galician does not have a coach either.
Portela, the First Spanish athlete to compete in seven Olympic Games, He had been training at the orders of Daniel Brage since 2009. In October 2021, the Federation, with President Pedro Pablo under the command of the RFEP, carried out a planning to refloat the female K4 and for this, with Teresa Portela in the center, formed a boat, whose coach became Brage. “It was a long -term project, with the idea of reaching Los Angeles 2028, this was communicated to me at the time,” says Teresa Portela A brand. “In the end we arrived in Paris, where we were sixth with the K4 and now theoretically the project should continue.”
However, in October, work with the male K4 started, but not with the feminine. From that moment, With Brage already outside the national team and, therefore, in the work he had before directing Teresa, the Galician found himself without a coach. “I’ve been working alone, not to lose the form,” he explains to Portela brand. “Who asked for when the National Women’s Team referred me to the elections”, which They had to repeat themselves by a resource presented by José Alfredo Bea García.
I am not going to present myself because I have not trained in the optimal and minimum conditions that a season requires with a goal as ambitious as it is to fight to be in a European or in a World Cup
Teresa Portela
Without a coach these months, the portelo preparation has been affected and in the next few days they are celebrated The first selective, in which the Galician Palist It will not compete. “I am not going to present myself because I have not trained in the optimal and minimum conditions that a season requires with an objective as ambitious as it is to be in a European or in a World Cup,” says Portela. “In addition, I think it would have to be an open competition, the fastest wins and is already. But in which we could participate all, not only the pallists who are concentrated in Seville.”
“I am canoeist, but also a mother. They talk a lot about conciliation, but then they do not give options
Teresa Portela
Thus, Portela emphasizes that conciliation problems continue to exist. “I am canoeist, but also a mother. They talk a lot about conciliation, but then they do not give options,” he explains. “This year I have no choice, but the project that was born in 2021 was long term, to Los Angeles, and in Galicia,” The Palist clarifies, who claims to feel “calm, but also little valued after what was achieved for so many years.”
It is not an easy moment, perhaps of disappointment and/or surprise
Teresa Portela
In a subsequent statement hung on their networks, Portela said “It is not an easy moment, perhaps of disappointment and/or surprise and that is that during the last months I have preferred not to pronounce myself publicly, prioritizing my well -being and trying not to affect other people with my situation, from respect and responsibility. “
He also thanked “the Xunta de Galicia and the Secretary Xeral for the sport, for his listening and for support; trying to solve this situation in the month of March.”
And the Palist looks to the future. “Life is full of challenges and each one drives us towards the next, so I continue to train, pretending to maintain the illusion, in search of a new challenge. I want to face it from the beginning with new objectives, challenging and motivating, that allow me to continue enjoying my professional career and the opportunity to represent Spain again, with pride. “
