The Spanish player Vega Gimenowhich was silver medal at the Olympic Games In the 3×3 modality, he confirmed his decision to retire from 5×5 basketball but left open the possibility of reaching the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028although it will face the cycle in a different dynamic.
“My intention is to see how I am. I will go little by little and I will plan it summer by summer. I’m not saying no 100 percent. I have some experience and I prefer see how I am summer by summer without competing during the year but for now Yes, I would like to continue in 3×3.“, she explained at a meeting with the media at the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation, to which she is linked through the FER project.
Gimeno explained that his approach to the future is something common in men’s basketball.But it is true that in the female category I only know two who do it.“I have a team and the plan is to continue with them and continue with that work dynamic that has been good,” he said.
The Spanish international explained that after the Olympic silver and the gold in the European Championship face the final phase of the World Series in China wanting to “enjoy”. “They ask me for the cherry but I don’t know how many more cherries these people want, what a summer“, he joked.
“We are going to enjoy it because we are in very good dynamics, The goal is to try to win but personally what I want is to enjoy“, he assured.
Gimeno admitted that in Paris they were not considering the option of winning a medal.Getting into the final was already a reward, we were in good dynamics but the first objective was to try to get into the quarterfinals. “But we went straight to the semis and in the end, a medal. We have been very good, very solid and we have the competitive gene that other countries do not have,” he said.
The Valencian woman said that when sheIt was said over the loudspeaker that Spain was going straight to the semi-finals. They thought it was a mistake. due to the complications of a four-way tie.
“We didn’t know exactly what the rule was and we thought it was going straight to Canada and we were with them in the players’ room.“The FIBA commissioner came in and told us and there was silence in the room. The Canadians looked at us as if they wanted to cry and we were jumping for joy,” she recalled.
Gimeno also revealed that before the Olympic final they talked about what they had suffered and that they should try to have a good time.We had just qualified with a basket on our backs and that it was the only game in which we were going to be able to enjoy ourselves because in the rest you come out with the knife between your teeth and it goes away very quickly,” he reflected.
