The woman from Cáceres lifts 95 kilos and is four from achieving a provisional direct place for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Jesús Ortiz / dxtadaptado.com
With bittersweet sensations, Loida Zabala left the Paralympic Weightlifting World Championship in Nur-Sultán (Kazakhstan) after achieving eighth place in the -50 kg category. The Cacereña, bronze in the European past, has remained four kilos from the sixth place that gave a provisional direct place for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The athlete from Lósar de la Vera, who a few weeks before had suffered vertigo problems, started the competition with a zero in 95 kilos. On the second attempt, he lifted the bar with the same weight and then increased to 100 kilos, but the judges did not consider the movement valid. Loida finished as well as the eighth in the world of 16 participants. The gold went to the Egyptian Rehab Ahmed (114 kilos), the silver to the Chinese Dandan Hu (113 kilos) and the bronze to the Ukrainian Lidiia Soloviova (111 kilos).
“I felt very good in the competition and we were well prepared to lift even more than 100. They did not tie me well in the first two attempts, it is the bad thing about not having my usual coach there, despite that I have focused very well and I have lifted 100 kilos without being weighed. Again, the technique has not been 100% perfect ”, explained the barbell.
The Extremaduran has missed the first train to Tokyo 2020 but she still has another opportunity to stamp her passport. “There is time until April to improve the brand for the world ranking for the Games, so we will continue to train to the maximum without rest. I want to especially thank Ayman who has been helping me with the warm-up, the public that has managed to get me up in the second survey, the FEDDF for bringing me here and Liberty Seguros, Universo Mujer and Marca Extremadura for supporting me so much ”, he added.
For his part, the Spanish weightlifting coordinator, Domingo García, has emphasized that Loida’s position “is not bad but I am a bit depressed because we did not go beyond 95 kilos, an old brand. In February in Dubai it will be necessary to give the breast of the breast because if not, we will not have any option to go to Tokyo. People have been pushing a lot and the proof of this has been this World Cup. We have to improve, the feelings have been good, but he failed in what he does best, the technique ”.
This Wednesday it will be the turn of Montse Alcoba, who after five years retired from the maternity competition, returned in 2018 with a silver medal at the European Championship in France at -86 kilos. The Catalan barbell has dropped in category and will be at -73 kilos. “I’m improving, technically I still have to learn, but I’m moving a lot of kilos and in the World Cup I hope to establish myself at 100 kilos, which would be a record for Spain,” he commented.
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