I had to inspire many women: Inés Sainz

With a career spanning two decades, Inés Sainz has become one of the most recognized and outstanding female voices in sports journalism, because in all this time she has had the opportunity to cover the best events and interview the big stars of this sport. a privilege that until the early 2000s was reserved for men.

At the turn of the millennium, while studying Law, the native of Querétaro wondered why there were no women in sports television programs, which is why she went knocking on the doors of TV Azteca, where it consolidated and transformed into a key piece of Ajusco television station.

“When I was in college, I realized that this part where women could express themselves in sports journalism didn’t exist and I think that’s where I said ‘I have to try, why not try to take that extra step?’ In the third semester of graduation, I started looking for that opportunity to go and introduce myself to Azteca and see if I could give myself an opportunity, “Sainz Gallo shared exclusively with La Razón.

The 44-year-old journalist assures that she had to inspire several women to engage in sports journalism on television, as currently, in several companies, names such as Marion Reimers, Georgina González, Vanessa Huppenkothen and Ana Caty Hernández, the latter of the TUDN, stand out. still called Televisa Deportes followed in Azteca’s footsteps after innovating with Sainz.

“I had to inspire many to say ‘hey, I want too’ and only about two years later Televisa started giving women a chance and they started with one they called Dr. Deborah, who played sports at night and then many others have arrived and I think that today 45 women have visited Televisa, while I have been on TV Azteca ”, said the presenter.

If there’s one interview that Sainz would classify as his favorite to date, it’s the one he did with former Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, who retired last September. On the other side of the coin, the journalist puts the unpleasant experience she had when she wanted to interview the German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who did not want to chat.

“For the person he is, Roger Federer was one of my best interviews, he’s someone who, as you see him in the interview, comes from outside, so this peace and quiet he conveys means I could stay with that interview. Of bad experiences there is that of Manuel Neuer. I went with great enthusiasm and expectations, but I came across a person who didn’t want to be interviewed. My cameraman pulled me into a chair so that I could sit next to him and said “no, no, I’m sitting and you are standing”. I was about to start interviewing him and I said, ‘You know what, don’t worry, thank you; I don’t want the interview ‘and I left, I preferred not to interview him instead of exposing myself to such an unpleasant situation, ”he said.

Qatar 2022 will be the fifth World Cup for Inés Sainz, who despite having covered several NFL Super Bowls and five Olympic Games, considers the World Cup as the flagship event.

“I love the Super Bowl and the Olympics, but for me a World Cup is the icing on the cake, there is an overflowing passion in the streets. My first World Cup was very special, the one in Germany 2006, because it went very well, I made myself known internationally, I put myself on a different map which then led me to be the inspiring muse of Brazil in 2014. , and that the international media would follow me ”, concludes the sports journalist, who sees Mexico reach the round of 16 and Argentina crowned next month.