{"id":14171,"date":"2024-07-19T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/im-going-to-the-olympic-games\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:29:47","slug":"im-going-to-the-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/en\/im-going-to-the-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re going to the Olympics!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14171\" class=\"elementor elementor-14171 elementor-14152\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b90fb62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b90fb62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-179bb46\" data-id=\"179bb46\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267e20d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"267e20d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/work-768x433.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14161\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/work-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/work-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/work-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fuertejulia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/work.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795791d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"795791d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When it was announced that Kitefoil would be at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games I thought, &#8220;impossible, I can&#8217;t be there, I&#8217;m not even going to try&#8221;.  <\/p><p>A year and a few months later I began to try to find a way to try to campaign; I am 1.72 meters tall, weigh 62kg (currently), I start with a good base of physical conditions to start with. 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