Madrid, November 2 (European Media) –
Former Spanish synchronized swimmer Ona Carbonel on Thursday argued for a “ranking freeze” by the International Federation on sports mothers “from the moment you give birth until at least 18 months” because, in her opinion, if Without this, “there is no mediation.”
“We ask that the rankings be frozen from the moment you give birth until at least 18 months; because, if this is not done, there is no mediation,” Carbonell said after the Marca Women’s Sports Award was presented. The former swimmer received the Citius, Altius, Fortuis awards at a gala event held at Madrid’s Rastro Stadium.
“It was proven to Serena Williams at that time that if your ranking is not frozen and you reach No. 300, you don’t have a scholarship, you can’t choose prelims and there’s no mediation. We want that to exist and Change policy,” he stressed.
The 33-year-old Catalan created the Fertility and Sports Committee a year ago with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and its president Alejandro Blanco, “two days ago” they gave the International The Olympic Committee wrote a “letter” to the Olympic Committee (COI) requesting that in addition to the above-mentioned frozen rankings, it also requested “special care for mothers of infants aged 0 to 18 months” and the establishment of a “breastfeeding room”.
“We have a network of specific professionals in prenatal and postnatal, but we don’t subsidize them, and that’s what we’re striving for now because I think it’s critical. Exercise plays a key role in nutrition, performance And the technical aspects are constantly evolving. On many things, but very little mediation, for example we don’t have professionals who can accompany you during pregnancy or postpartum training,” he confirms.
The former professional athlete was awarded the MARCA Citius, Altius, Fortuis awards for her sporting career, as an artistic swimmer she competed in three Olympic Games (2012, 2016 and 2020), winning the 2012 Olympic Games in London Two medals were awarded: silver and bronze in the pairs event. team.
Carbonell admitted it was “a real pleasure” to be part of an event designed for “women’s sport”. “As a former athlete, this award is still hard for me to pronounce, but I’m very happy. Any thank you is very exciting because it reflects some of the sacrifice, the work, those hours, those years… quite a lot, ” he recalled.
Regarding the 2024 Olympics, Carbonel considers Spanish swimmers to be “super good” and stresses that “synchronized swimmers are changing a lot.” She highlighted how the scoring system had “changed” and the field of candidates for the podium seemed to be “easier” to open up. “Whoever competes the best wins now, and I think that’s great because it brings more excitement to our sport,” he concluded.