Y al final, conversé con Robeisy

A mí el boxeo no me gusta para nada. Y eso que como, respiro y sueño deportes, pero también me confieso sensible, demasiado si se quiere, ante los deportes de combate.  Pero soy cubana, imagínense que en medio de unos juegos olímpicos no voy a estar al pendiente del que ha sido una de nuestras disciplinas más pródigas. Con las manos en mis ojos miré cada combate y brinqué con cada victoria, en especial con la de Robeisy Ramírez, de quien indagué en cuanto pude  y a quien jamás pensé que conocería tan rápido.

Recuerdo haber descubierto la anécdota de sus inicios. Resulta que con ocho años se “fajó” en la escuela y con la “suerte” de que ese día el profesor JorgeLuis Fermín Rodríguez (su primer entrenador) pasó por allí, fue captado  -a  sugerencia de su maestra-  para practicar el boxeo.

Robeisy Ramirez: "… victory, that’s what I always go for"

One day, when he was 8 he got into a brawl in his school, and luckily that day Professor Jorge Luis Fermin Rodriguez (his first coach) was passing by and at the suggestion of his teacher, invited Ramirez to practice boxing.

 

Today, ten years after that singular event, that tiny boy became Olympic Champion; it was precisely the XXX edition of the Olympic Games in London, the scene of the coronation of Robeisy Ramirez in the flyweight division (- 52kg): «The Olympics is the biggest thing that I have lived in my career, ‘said the boxer while he dealt with a» herd «of university students, many-if not all- older than him, seeking leave an imprint in that chance encounter with a champion
«Before I arrived there (in London), I never thought I could make it (referring to gold). My team-mates and coaches inspired me. I got my confidence out of the good preparation we had all year-round. It is a direct result of having trained very hard and I always have paid much attention to what my teachers tell me.