Five years ago, the hard winter in Minnesota was forced with temperatures up to -10 ° C, Regeina Martinez to search for the positive side of feeling lonely and imprisoned at her home. Learning to ski between medical transformations and hospital work may make it the first Mexican Olympic skiing.
He was born in Mexico City, but Texas, Tennessee, New York and Miami were their homes. Since childhood, her family was forced to migrate for her father’s work, a chemical engineer from Coca-Cola, who was implanted in her sport and sister. Even Regina Martinez was part of Puma women at the age of 15.
She was transferred by her passion for medicine to the University of Minnesota. During the third year of the race, the harsh winter seasons that woke up from the desire to get out of the routine and experience new things appeared.
My friends skied in the background, and every year they went to a profession in the state of Wisconsin, accompanied them to throw Bouras and told us myself that before graduation, I will do it too. For my age (27 at that time) I told my story to local skiers, my crazy dreams, and many of them did not want joinery.
With 32 years, the Mexican remembers an interrogation at the time if it can do this professionally. Next, two very special coincidences: Germain Madrazo, the Mexican who competed in skiing at the Pyong Chang 2018 and Jesse Digens, found the first American woman to win the gold medal in this discipline.
I actually wanted to practice Pioon (the way to combine skiing and photography), but there was no team and German Midrazo told me: “How do you want to learn skiing, then we check the bitelon.” A few years later, I met Raul Antonio and Chris Gomez, the Mexicans who founded the team. My goal is, after this winter, start with Bathlon and represent Mexico. “
Train without snow
During the establishment of medicine, he had to go to Miami and that was when the big challenge appeared, training without snow for a while.
This morning, she went out to work and had to put an open gym 24 hours. I practiced Skiroll (a way for athletes in the background practicing at asphalt) and focused on improving my technique. ”
On his vacation, Martinez went to Norway to continue preparing and finding a common friend with Ragnar Bragvin Andresen, his current coach who got the best version of the Mexican.
Milan Kortina’s dream
In the World Ski Championship in the north, it won the first Olympic Class for the Mexican in this sport, in the form of 7.5 km in classic style. Currently, it has 356 points and needs a race to move to 350 points and is qualified for the Winter Olympic Games. He hopes to be able to log in in his next competitor, which can be in the winter of Argentina or Australia in August and September.
Tard a month to realize what she achieved. My family and friends went in the hospital to see me when I won the session, knowing what cost me. “
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