“The moment came when I had to put the person before the athlete. A year ago, Xargay recounted a general boredom and a vital anguish that this time are specified in the confession of the experience that led her to rethink everything definitively. But he had one chapter left to tell in his sports biography.Īn album with an early start, a glorious journey and a premature ending. The trip that began in the baskets of the Vedruna College (Girona) patio, took flight in Salamanca, passed through Phoenix, Prague and Kursk and made a hole in the national team’s encyclopedia, came to an end. One of the great talents and icons of the best Spanish generation of players. With 14 club titles and seven medals in eight championships with the senior team (147 caps). This is the inside story of Xargay’s brilliant resume and his 12 seasons in the elite. The former selector has not responded to calls from EL PAÍS, while from FEB they explained that they would wait to know the details of the interview to comment on the matter. Yesterday, the Federation fired Mondelo for “not achieving sporting goals” this summer. In his last service as an international, Xargay agreed to keep his confidences for a few more days. I was at peace with myself and with my career “, explained the Girona in a conversation with EL PAÍS whose publication was postponed that July 15 after a call from the president of the Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, to the player.Ĥ8 hours after the national team flew to Tokyo for the dispute of the Games, Xargay’s testimony, marked by the consequences of the treatment of the already former selector, Lucas Mondelo, was considered by the FEB a impact to be deactivated so as not to alter the team’s concentration during the competition. There I discovered that it was already … that mentally I could not take it anymore. Then, with the postponement, the dilemma of whether to miss the Games or not came and I moved away from the fields to gain perspective. “Before the pandemic broke out, it was clear to me that I wanted to leave it after Tokyo 2020. “Basketball has filled me with life, but all that glitters is not gold,” she said in a statement that was to be accompanied by a detailed confession of the circumstances that prompted her to give up her passion early. The full stop that he marked in May of last year to “take a breath” that day became an end point after a time of reflection and personal reconstruction. The 15th of July, Marta Xargay (Girona, 30 years old) announced his definitive retirement from active basketball.
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