Brazil was surprised after Priscila Heldes33 -year -old player of the volleyball team Fluminensedispute this week the quarterfinals of the Super League of the South American country being six -month pregnant. The athlete, with a prominent belly, of course, completed the entire match, although her team ceded to the 1-3 semi-bouru, a result that meant the elimination of the cariocas.
The Brazilian, after the meeting, responded without taping to the questions of the journalists about why she had decided to continue competing despite her advanced state. «There are some things that I cannot do, but it is rather be careful, not fall face down, but out of that, that’s all. As I do sports, it is not something that has started after pregnancy, so there is no problem, ”he said.
«Each gesture is unique but if there is something we share during this process is the discovery of an incredible source within us. There are doubts, loneliness, exhaustion, but all the moments you think you will not, you go there and surpass as if you had been doing it all your life, ”he added later in his social networks.
«I am not the first to continue working during pregnancy, nor will I be the last one and that is wonderful. That you, woman, never forget that you can go far beyond what you imagine and that you can achieve incredible things.
The truth is that, in recent years, it has been more common to see elite athletes compete despite being pregnant. Without going any further, in the last Olympic Games in Paris, Yaylagul Ramazanova (Azerbaijan, archery) and Nothing hafez (Egypt, fencing) were protagonists for it. Even, the African did it with a seven -month pregnancy, a scene of the most striking if one takes into account that competes in a discipline that basically consists of getting lunge with a florin.
A similar case is Ana Peleteiro, Spanish triple jump jumper. The Galician, after winning the bronze in Tokyo 2020, decided to pause her glowing race to have her first baby. Four years later, he has recovered his best form and in recent weeks he has proclaimed champion of Spain, Europe and bronze in the World Cup.
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