This Thursday, Algarve walker Ana Cabecinha reaches her fifth Olympic participation in Paris'2024, with the main objective of completing the 20-kilometer march and hugging her almost three-month-old baby.
«I wanted to end my career on a high note, so close by. And in the end, having my son at the goal will be the greatest reward of my life. The final result is what worries me least, I want to complete the race", the athlete highlighted to Sul Informação, on the sidelines of the reception for Algarve Olympic athletes promoted last week by the Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth (IPDJ).
In the race, which starts at 8:20 am Portuguese time, Ana Cabecinha will, at 40 years old, make her fifth Olympic participation, after having been classified eighth in Beijing'2008 and London'2012, sixth in Rio de Janeiro'2016 and 20th in Tokyo' 2020.
The marcher is from Baleizão, in the district of Beja, and has represented the Clube Oriental de Pechão for decades. «I will be very proud to represent my Alentejo and my Algarve», she said.
Ana Cabecinha had to prepare differently after the birth, at the beginning of May, of little Lourenço, the “youngest baby” of the Olympic Games, declared the marcher.
«I recently became a mother and I'm going to be there with my little one. I can only think about the day of the competition, about experiencing all that emotion and adrenaline, now very different from the other four Olympic Games I've been to», he pointed out.
Another of the highlights of this event for the Pechão marcher was the fact that she was the Portuguese standard bearer, in the company of canoeist Fernando Pimenta, at the opening ceremony held last Friday.
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