The pain of Sofia Lamarque, the girlfriend of Braian Toledo, after the fatal accident: "I still don't fall"

02/27/2020 - 9:45

• Clarín.com
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Sofía Lamarque was the girlfriend of Braian Toledo . And he still can't believe the nightmare he's been living since dawn this Thursday when he heard about the accident and the death of Braian. Tiradora, 25, had been living with the javelin thrower for some time. And this morning, moved by the tragedy, she was one of the first people around her to talk to the media.

“The truth is incredible. I still don't fall. It seems like a dream, "Lamarque started in an interview with the América channel.

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And he continued: "I can only say that they remember him as a great athlete that he was, but more than anything because of the great person he was. Always so humble, thinking of the other. I take the best memories, I am happy to have met him and to have shared these last moments with him. "

Lamarque also said that it was she who was responsible for telling the news to Kari Ihalainen, the Finnish coach who had been working with Toledo for four years.

"A while ago we went to CENARD to give the news to the Finnish coach, along with the Argentine coach Mauricio Villalba. We are all moved, surprised. I think that does not happen with any athlete. No doubt he left a mark," he said.

Toledo had decided in 2016 to leave his lifelong coach, Gustavo Osorio, to get under the orders of Ihalainen, one of the great masters of the javelin throw.

Days ago both had participated in a campus organized by Enard and the Ministry of Sports to prepare the young athletic promises with a view to the next Youth Olympic Games to be held in two years in Dakar, Senegal.

Toledo, who was looking for qualification for Tokyo 2020 after a year plagued with injuries, had a rich history as a youth. In fact, his appearance in elite athletics had taken place in the first edition of the Youth Games, held 10 years ago in Singapore. There he won the gold medal with a brand that still remains unchanged in the category.