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'' The only Spanish representative of the male skeleton in Austria is preparing to face the best the next season of the World Cup. '' The goal of Mirambell is to be able to hit the second Olympic qualifier of his career.
Sunday 6 October 2013 5 minutes reading time
Ander Mirambell, a native of Barcelona approached the skeleton by chance. The thirty year old Catalan, during a competition of athletics comes into contact with a person who leads him to a career as a bobsledder intrapprendere. Initially Ander, together with the'' friend Alberto Castillo is willing to repeat the exploits of the Jamaican bobsled, but the two after a while they realize that this discipline is rather expensive, especially because few Spanish companies are willing to invest money in a sport so unpopular in Spain.
Mirambell, leaves the project two-man bobsleigh, but not the world of the gut. "Once I decided to let it go with the bob, I was faced with a choice: to practice sledding or devote myself to the skeleton," said the Spaniard Vavel.com to the site, "in the end I opted for the skeleton because it seemed the sport where I could better leverage my athletic background. So in 2005 I finally left the'' athletics and I joined the school skeleton. "
L'' athlete of Catalonia, in the first runs of his career has amesso have tried a lot of fear, to the point of even get to pray, "For Igls, the technicians who will start in the sport will push you and make you experience the final part of the track. Well during the first run, I did not understand anything and I kept saying to myself, why the hell I decided to practice this sport. then over time the fear turned into pleasure for the thrill and now I'm really enjoying . "
Spain, before Mirambell, had never had a representative at the start of the Olympic events skeleton. Ander, thanks to a discrete pre-Olympic season in 2010 failed to qualify for the first time at the Winter Olympics.
This improved performance of Spanish was the result of intense training and sacrifice that led Mirambell close to the top 20 in the world ranking. "Since 2005 we have covered a lot of road. Recall with pleasure the first time I showed up to the course, with sneakers details. Knew that I needed them to do the soles friction with the ice so I decided the night before go to a store and bought graters and screws that I applied with care on his shoes, "he told the Spanish portal Ander," of course, the next day all the technicians have made a big laugh and I was wisely advised to buy second-hand footwear specifications . "
L'' Iberian got his best result of his career in North America. In particular Mirambell has a special feeling with the track in Whistler where in 2010-2011 he hit a decent fourteenth place. In the same season the Spaniard finished in nineteenth position in the ranking of the World Cup.
Last year in St. Moritz, the thirty year old Catalan got his best finish in a World Championships finishing in twenty-second position. The next Olympic Games, the Spaniard will focus on improving the twenty-fourth place in Vancouver.
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