08/11/2021 18:33
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/11/2021 6:33 PM
Paula Pareto was one of the
big names
in the last edition of the Olympic Games.
The judoka said goodbye to the activity in Tokyo 2020 and, although she could not harvest a medal (she already had two), in her goodbye she took the respect and admiration of all the Argentine athletes of the Olympic Village.
And now
the same thing happened to him
on his return to the hospital where he works.
"Return to the guard with a welcome surprise in my second home. It is not called residence for nothing, right? Thank you Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Central Hospital of San Isidro for this welcome and for so many years of patience and learning!", wrote the judoka on his Instagram account, where he uploaded several images of the
reunion with his colleagues and colleagues.
The team of the sector in which he works, in turn, also shared a publication.
"We are proud that you are part of our work team, you were, are and will
be a champion forever
!", They dedicated to the
Peque
.
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Just as the Argentine athletes had done when they waited for her in the building where the Albiceleste delegation was staying, the hospital workers
made a
welcome
hall
for Pareto and gave him a small treat with some things to eat and soft drinks, a "permitted" for the athlete after the end of a formidable career.
In Beijing 2008 Paula hung the bronze medal and in Rio 2016 she made history, won the title and became the
first woman to win gold
for Argentina.
At this last appointment she arrived with just enough. "The truth is that I did not see myself competing in these Games. But
I was faithful to my principles of giving it my all.
Now several medical visits await me when I return. I am convinced that I left everything. nobody likes to lose, we will analyze it cold and we will see that it is not so bad. An Olympic diploma is not to despise, "he said then at the end of his participation.
Paula had run out of the chance to repeat her gold medal at these Olympic Games when she lost in the -48kg quarter-final match with the Japanese
Funa Tonaki.
Argentina had had an unbeatable start at Tokyo 2020. In the first instance, she had eliminated the South African
Geronay Whitebooi
with an ippon when barely two minutes of combat had passed.
Pareto's fight against the Portuguese Catarina Costa, who defeated her and left no chance of a medal in Tokyo.
AP Photo / Vincent Thian
In the round of 16, meanwhile, she faced the Slovenian
Marusa Stangar
, twelfth in the world ranking (the
Peque
was sixth) and again prevailed with authority, in just one minute and 36 seconds, by ippon by accumulating two waza ari ( this is putting the opponent on his back, although in this case without the necessary conditions of force, speed and precision sufficient to grant an ippon and win the fight immediately).
In the quarters it was the turn to measure up with the local Tonaki, who despite receiving a shido (sanction) in the first seconds, ended up imposing her power and performed an ippon to win the duel, with the incentive that Paula spent her way with
a sprained left elbow
that also did not stop her in her search for a medal.
And it earned recognition.
In the Olympic Village and now also in the hospital.
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Tokyo 2020: the corridor of the Argentine delegation to Paula Pareto in the Olympic Village