Bardach: Go to swim ...

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As yellowed photographs, today I close my eyes and lids with Argentine athletes Graph showing hair and smiles Glostora Corega. There were rowers, fencers, boxers, athletes, swimmers and cyclists. All amateurs. Neither charged anything or asked anything the state. The State knew what to do. And he did. By that time we were also world champions in basketball and junior world champion Oscar Panno of chess. In 48 games, Delfo Cabrera won no less than the marathon, the Olympic event par excellence. And the Argentina delegation returned with a string of medals.

One such Pascualito Perez also brought gold, free, and sent the code of amateurism. Not like today, we have to Lionel Messi (which is good but it is our professional) rivals scattering off the Great Wall of China, and Brazil's Ronaldinho. But good. So the laws are calling sports and get the advertising sponsors, without sports reporters are moving a hair.

Until today, yes today, when we remembered that between Peron's second presidency and the government of Kirchner had not won Olympic gold medals (the rowers Capozza-Guerrero in 1952 and football and basketball in 2004), today, the legendary cyclist Juan marplatense Esteban Curuchet of 43! years won the medal appreciated (and used to say) in tandem with Walter Perez, obtain proof Madison (200 laps of a 250-meter velodrome, ie 50 miles pure sprint and endurance).

Curuchet shouted into the microphone he was proud to be Argentine, Perez kissed the flag on the floor, and none recalled whether they had received state support (which must first go to the power, then health and then education). For just won. I think I was moved off the screen 7. Especially since they were cyclists. And then I remembered two things: half a month ago, swimmer Georgina Bardach Cordoba, in the conflict of the field and trying to get God knows what advantage, shot into the national chain movileros soy: "If I come with a medal I will not go to Government House. Cristina I do not want to receive. " Curuchet While still crying on the podium after his Olympic feat after six attempts, passed the overall results. Also swimming. Bardach had achieved a remarkable 37 th among 38 participants ...

Well, I said, is what makes a swimmer: nothing ..