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Una de las muchas cosas que me ha enseñado el deporte de alta competición es a ver la vida de manera cíclica. La semana representa un microciclo, el mes un mesociclo, la temporada un macrociclo (o varios, dependiendo de la metodología que se aplique) y los Juegos Olímpicos, un ciclo de 4 años denominado olimpiada.…

One of the many things that elite sport have taught me is to see life in cycles. A week represents a microcycle, a month a mesocycle, a season a macrocycle (or several, depending on the methodology applied), and the Olympic Games a 4-year cycle called an Olympiad.Many elite athletes I know postpone most of their…

I have let a few days pass since the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to reflect on the results we achieved. Based on the successes in Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016, as well as the historic results at the World Championships during this Olympic cycle, we expected to secure around two or three…

We leave Paris with valuable information about the course and lots of great experiences to prepare next year’s Olympic Games as well as we can. “Paris is always a good idea.”― Audrey Hepburn

Although coaches are always surrounded by their athletes and may have good communication with them, there are challenges they must face alone to protect their athletes. Coaches do not exist in isolation. They have lives and personal commitments, which they often put aside in favour of their athletes. They have their own personal struggles, which…