![]() ![]() He constantly told me that I was out of weight… This caused a physical and mental revolution in me, ”he details in his testimony. I was physically fine, but that made me very insecure, on and off the track. At that time, I weighed 67 kilos, and I am 1.82m tall. There were several situations, in team rallies, in which he approached Sonja Petrovic and me and told us that we did not have dessert because we were fat. We were weighed every week and he was always behind watching everything. It all started in Russia, in my time at Dinamo Kursk. “It’s hard… I’ve had a lot of problems with food because of this person. “There are limits that must not be crossed and he took me to a very heavy”, He continues. I could not continue putting up with unacceptable things, “he says at the beginning of a story that quickly leads to the figure of Lucas Mondelo. “The moment came when I had to put the person before the athlete. A year ago, Xargay recounted a general boredom and a vital anguish that this time took shape in the confession of the experience that led her to rethink everything definitively. ![]() But he had one chapter left to tell in his sports biography.Īn album with an early start, a glorious journey and a premature ending. The trip that began in the baskets of the Vedruna College (Girona), took flight in Salamanca, passed through Phoenix, Prague and Kursk and made a hole in the encyclopedia of the national team, came to an end. One of the great talents and icons of the best spanish generation of players. With 14 club titles and seven medals in eight championships with the senior team (147 caps). This is the inside story of Xargay’s brilliant résumé and his 12 seasons in the elite. The former selector has not responded to calls from EL PAÍS, while FEB, once the details of the interview were known, has given its explanations through a statement (collected at the end of the piece). ![]() Yesterday, the Federation dismissed Mondelo for “not achieving sporting objectives” this summer. In his last service as an international, Xargay agreed to keep his confidences for a few more days. I was at peace with myself and with my career, ”explained the Girona-born woman in a conversation with EL PAÍS whose publication was postponed on July 15 after a call to the player from the president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), Jorge Garbajosa.Ĥ8 hours after the selection flew to Tokyo for the dispute of the Games, Xargay’s testimony, marked by the consequences of the treatment of the already ex-selector, Lucas Mondelo, was considered by the FEB an impact to be deactivated so as not to alter the concentration of the team during the competition. There I discovered that I was already … that mentally I could not take it anymore. Then, with the postponement, the dilemma of whether or not to miss the Games came and I moved away from the fields to gain perspective. “Before the pandemic broke out, it was clear to me that I wanted to leave it after Tokyo 2020. “Basketball has filled me with life, but all that glitters is not gold,” she said in a statement that was to be accompanied by a detailed confession of the circumstances that prompted her to give up her passion early. The full stop that he marked in May of last year to “take a breath” That day became the end point after a time of reflection and personal reconstruction. ![]() The 15th of July, Marta Xargay (Girona, 30 years old) announced his definitive retirement from active basketball. ![]()
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