There is a before and after the London Games for Brigitte Yague. “It changes your life much a medal, color is to be”, explains. His was silver in taekwondo in the category of -49 Kg. “When I returned to Mallorca everyone recognized me and it's a compliment because I had many years taking medals and I hardly knew anyone. London changed everything”.

It Ambio social and institutional recognition but also your exercise routine, as their priority became to recover from the hamstring injury that had dragged on for years. “I was treating me with the physios at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat until May. Then, the pain disappeared and I started with stretching exercises and from August, with the muscular part. The pain soon leave and was six or seven months until it was all but at least I avoided the operation”, account.

A year out of the Skin
In total he spent a year stop, without touching the Skin, and that for such a competitive athlete and restless as she was made eternal. What went wrong, especially since 2013 World was year, held in July at the Puebla (Mexico), and she could not compete. “I just had my discomfort to normal life, for example, when sitting. Also, nothing could be done using the leg. When I saw it was a relief that improved. I tried to take it with patience and I think that although it was a lost year level of competition, IBA to recover”, account.

And he did. In September he began training, November was the World Team Cup which was played in the Ivory Coast and where quarters were, and in December again taste success hanging gold in Grand Prix Manchester. It involves the 32 top of the world rankings and is important because “rate much to the world and Olympic ranking”.

“I felt very well. Faltaba me battle rhythm, to be many months off the slopes, but hice muy fighting tactical and smart to get tired in the last round to al. Reward was a year that had some rough”, says.

Returns to Palma, 15 Years after
In that year on white, changed other important aspects of your life. After 15 years at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat (Barcelona), decided to return to their land, Palma de Mallorca, because “I have always missed you. I knew that was going to go home and it was time”. So, It ended as part of the physios in Barcelona packed up with her husband, the José Antonio Ramos also taekwondista, and returned home.

Was a vital change, as it left his coach and teammates ever to embark on a new adventure. He began training under the orders of her husband, also being in Olympic taekwondo, and spent several years coaching. It has been three of France and World Champion, Gabon being. “He has won many titles. The change has been very positive”, she says smiling.

His two illusions: Rio Games and Fitness
Brigitte, Current world number four ranking, remains focused on the high competition and training with the mind set, in this 2014, May at the European Grand Prix and in July, September and December. “My intention is to stay among the top six ranking to go to the Games in Rio for direct qualification. I have to stay there until the end of 2015″, explains.

But in addition to continue staying in the top, another project that excites me like a child. Tomorrow opens with her husband gym Ramos Club Elite & Brigitte, “an innovative club in Europe that combines training taekwondo competition with high base”.

Since moving to Palma was the illusion of both. José Antonio wanted to continue training at the highest level and during these months have in their hands the team Gabon, Panama, Costa Rica, Aruba y Kazajistán. “So far we prepared in a gym but a friend was tiny tennis taekwondo”, explica Brigitte. Taekwondo base charge José Luis Méndez, also stressed that athlete has been 13 years in the CAR and competing with the best.

“It was an idea that was around my head for the last time. I always intended to go home and do something related to my sport. What I most want is to see the children and teach. And, why not, get to see them one day in major competitions”, says smiling. “Certainly, I want to thank the angel bakery, Fernando looked to jewelry, Hotel Horizonte, Faustino and his support group tomorrow at the opening and allow it to be a great event”, adds. Do not want to forget any of those who made this dream possible.

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