Tony Marin’s mother Carolina Marin Last Friday in Oviedo, she cried with joy as she watched her daughter collect the Princess of Asturias Sports Award. For a moment, which, without a doubt, made everyone gasp and the athlete remembered her recently deceased father, raising the award and looking to the sky in memory.
Carolina Marin: Interesting pictures of the Princess of Asturias award collection
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“Carolina Marin has overcome everything and set an example in everything. The most important thing is that years of effort, training and great performance, badminton, which is not very well known in Spain, have brought her to the top of the sport. The most important thing is her courage, not only in gold medals, but in times of crisis. It’s courage, and she says, ‘I can because I think I can.’
Therefore, Marigne will hold the baton of the Kenyan athlete. Eliud Kipchogea two-time Olympic marathon champion. In this way it is combined to a selected group It is made up of the athletes Iker Casillas, Xavi Hernández, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sanz and Teresa Perales, president of the jury, who named Carolina Marin as the 2024 Princess of Asturias Sports Award in May.
What happened this Friday is the end.”One of the most amazing weeks of my life“As the player detailed on her social media accounts. The recognition comes after an extensive career that has put badminton on the Spanish map, the only European to break the dominance of a largely Asian sport.
“Not only for me, but above all, it’s a reward for my sport. By making the country talk about badminton, to know what it is and it’s very important, and many people want to practice it.” It was recognized in the previous days.