Next week will be the Grand Prix in Budapest, last tournament for the Olympic Games Selection. Everyone in the world who wants to go to the Games will attend that tournament with everything they've got! Fencers will be hungry and thirsty. As of right now, I am ranked second in the Pan American zone and only the top two fencers in our zone will be directly qualified for the Olympics. If a fellow Canadian makes a podium or John Edison Rodriguez from Colombia finishes in the top 16, I will have to make some points to take come back in the top 2 in the zone. The pressure is at a level that when I think about where I am and what I have done to get there, I have trouble breathing and feels like a bear is hugging me... Not the greatest preparation for the final event towards the realization of my dream.
I try to distract myself to not think about something that I can't really change: movies, video games, books, etc. So until the start of the tournament, I will try to forget what I've been focused on at 100% for the past 5 years. It's ironic to focus on something every day for 5 years and then when it counts at the end: you have to think about something else. At least the irony makes me smile.
I try to distract myself to not think about something that I can't really change: movies, video games, books, etc. So until the start of the tournament, I will try to forget what I've been focused on at 100% for the past 5 years. It's ironic to focus on something every day for 5 years and then when it counts at the end: you have to think about something else. At least the irony makes me smile.
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