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Pride and passion for wearing the colors of the Spanish team in Tokyo. That’s what he confesses to feeling the golfer from Pamplona together before beginning his journey through what will be his second Olympic Games, after finishing twenty-first in Rio de Janeiro. The South Korean and American players will be the great rivals to beat from Carlota Ciganda and his partner, the malagueña Azahara Munoz.
On his chances of doing well in Japan, he is optimistic. “I have been a year in which I am not getting the results that I would like. I think I’m playing better than my game says. You have to continue and be patient, because I am happy with the game and I arrive mentally fresh and after having rested. I arrive in good condition “, he assures in statements to the Royal Spanish Golf Federation.
“It’s wonderful to be here this week, go through the Olympic Village, see handball players, basketball players, eat with them … It is an incredible experience “, she adds excited by this unforgettable experience.
With ten years as a professional behind her, Carlota she took her first shots at the Navarrese golf club in Ulzama when she was only five years old and encouraged by her father. Although his career could well be oriented towards another sport: soccer. In addition to recognizing that he was not bad at this sport, his uncle is the former player of Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, Jose Angel Ciganda.
A regular on the American Women’s Circuit for several years, Carlota is endorsed by a career full of successes since he completed his university studies at the University of Arizona, where he graduated in business administration and management. His resume already lists seven victories as a professional and several ‘Top 10’ in major tournaments, including a third place finish at the prestigious US Women’s Open in 2018.
Now he continues to reside in this North American state, like our best golfer today, John Rahm, which has been left out of the JJ. OO. in the last moment after testing positive for coronavirus.
As the, Navarre has also found love in the United States. On his Instagram account he often shares selfies with his partner, Jamie, with whom she has been dating for six years. “Thank you for making me smile every day, I love you“was the affectionate message he dedicated to her in the last of them.
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In Arizona, Carlota met one of our best athletes, who sadly just put an end to his Olympic adventure: Ricky Rubio. They met in a supermarket “and I introduced myself; he is a very nice boyIn fact, he has left me tickets several times to see the Suns … I always follow the Spanish athletes and he is doing very well. I wish him the best “, he confessed in an interview with ‘La Reason’.
Although his greatest admiration is reserved for another great of Spain, Rafa Nadal. In a 2015 blog entry, the golfer said about him that the Mallorcan “is a joy. Every time I’m by his side I think how can he be so good, to have won fourteen majors and to be so humble… It is impressive “, adding that” each one has their own way of being in the competition and Rafa lives it to the fullest. He does not like to lose anything and gives everything. ”
Next to him already Pau Gasol, Carlota showed her most supportive side in March of last year, joining the initiative with the Red Cross to raise money in the fight against the coronavirus. “We have the best fans in the world and now is the time to do our bit for it,” he said then.
At the moment Carlota and Azahara have started with great force in these Olympic Games. The two Spanish golfers have delivered a card of 68 and 69 strokes, respectively, and have been placed among the top ten in the tournament for the moment, two and three strokes behind the first leader in Kasumigaseki, the Swedish Madelene Sagstrom. Both have had to face extreme heat and humidity, protecting themselves from the sun with umbrellas and helping with cold towels and ice packs.
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