Guarino was the one Spanish consultant to compete within the European Championships in FinlandThe skater left Spain on the age of 12 and since his debut on the European Championships and final 12 months’s World Cup he has established himself among the many elite of determine skatingThe athlete, aged 23, highlights the potential of the Spanish skater and regrets the few infrastructures: “It is turning into increasingly difficult”
Flowing on an ice rink, between jumps, turns and pirouettes is a “horrible and on the identical time enjoyable” feat that has led Tomàs Guarino from Barcelona to develop into one of many twelve finest skaters within the inventive modality of the continent on the age of 23.
An achievement that the skater achieved final January on the European Championships in Finland, after being the one Spanish consultant in a event that he already performed final 12 months. The man from Sabadell has managed to consolidate himself within the elite after making his debut a 12 months in the past within the World Cup and European Championships, wherein he turned a finalist “by the hair.”
“It gave the sensation that it might have been a little bit of luck. Last 12 months I certified within the quick program twenty fourth, the final one. Now it has been very completely different,” recollects the skater about his first expertise in a warmth, though in a matter of time has achieved a promotion of ten locations.
He did it accompanied by the chords of various variations of Handel’s Zarabanda, completely touchdown all his jumps. “It generates a little bit of stress since you carry the fits and every thing in case you attain the ultimate. In giant competitions we might be 30-35 individuals and solely the primary 24 of the quick go, who’ve the chance to do the long term and return even additional plazas”.
As its title signifies, the quick program lasts 2:50 minutes as a substitute of 4:00 and is extra strict. Thus, to get to dispute the size it’s essential to go the primary screening. “Being in a playoff is a horrible feeling, however tremendous enjoyable. You really feel stress. You suppose for a second about every thing you must do, the errors you may’t make and the jumps. All this with out being very noticeable as a result of it’s a creative sport and in the event that they understand the doubts, the grade worsens”, recollects Tomàs a few sensation that generates contradictory emotions in him.
“You circulation between nerves and also you full this system component by component, one thing that should you do with out failures will increase the stress much more to attempt to make it excellent. Until you end the final component it’s a hundred percent emotion. I find it irresistible.”
A sport with little Spanish participation within the elite. “We might have good skaters. There is potential as a result of we’re not very completely different from different nations. But it’s getting increasingly difficult as a result of there aren’t sufficient tracks and amenities and the schedule would not assist both. There is hardly any availability to coach nicely. With an hour or two a day It’s troublesome to enhance and in addition if there are lots of people on the few tracks that there are, it is troublesome”.
In his case, Guarino left Barcelona behind on the age of 11 and since then has handed by means of France, Switzerland and now Italy. Experiences which have marked his profession and have helped him enhance his inventive and technical high quality. “I left Spain as a result of there have been hardly any slopes and in summer season in addition they shut. So, so as to not lose sensations, stage, as a result of individuals go overseas.”
Passion on ice was sluggish to find. “I began curler skating once I was 3 years outdated and ice skating once I was 5. I keep in mind desirous to give up, I hated it. I needed to go residence, through the years I started to understand it and now it is a part of me.”
“It’s like shifting. For an individual staying locked up at house is boring, nicely, the identical for me. If I do not placed on my skates I get bored. I might be lacking one thing if I did not go to coach.”
Precisely, the person from Barcelona highlights the significance of day by day preparation to have the ability to seize his actions and categorical an important class in inventive sport. The course of is noticeable if you get to a championship. If the arm shouldn’t be stretched all the way in which or the face perhaps you do not increase it and have a look at the judges or the general public.”
A set of actions in a time marked by the clock. “There is an added effort that’s to transmit, past the jumps and pirouettes. It is unimaginable to consider every thing directly. We attempt to make it as computerized as attainable. Then we will focus extra on the technical aspect, which requires extra consideration. In reality the word is split between inventive and technical”.
The World Cup, his subsequent massive occasion
Now, his subsequent goal is the World Championship, which will likely be held in Saitama (Japan) from March 21 to 26. “Last 12 months I used to be additionally a finalist by a hair’s breadth. The concept is to qualify, to not be within the backside of the standings and if attainable greater than fifteenth place, like within the European Championships.”
Although his nice want is the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, which can mark the skilled way forward for the additionally scholar of the Computer Science diploma. “I need to proceed on this sport, I do not know for what number of years. At the second I need to go till the subsequent Games, within the final ones I attempted to qualify however I stayed at 6-7 locations. It gave me a little bit of a downturn.”
“Now I’ve competed towards categorized individuals and I’ve competed towards them and we’ve got roughly related outcomes. It has given me the sensation that I can obtain it. I need to proceed enhancing to get there, then will probably be seen”, concludes Tomàs, “completely satisfied” with the trail reaped and the one that is still to be achieved. “I’ve by no means dreamed of taking part in a single championship or one other, I’d reasonably set jumps than obtain.”