[Archive 2013-07-18] Wikinews interviews Spanish Paralympic track and field athlete Elena Congost Mohedano

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With the IPC Athletics World Championships scheduled to start this Friday, Wikinews interviewed Spanish T12 classified long distance runner Elena Congost Mohedano at Madrid–Barajas Airport Monday before he departed for Lyon, France. Congost is scheduled to compete in the T12 1500 meters.

((Wikinews)) Hello, I'm interviewing Elena Congost Mohedano who is a Spanish Paralympic athlete who won a silver in London and is going to Lyon to compete in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. Having won a medal in London are you going to get another one in this one?

((WN)) So you're a long distance runner. And you don't train/run with a guide because you're, what, T-13?

((WN)) Ah. So you have a degenerative eye disease, so your vision is getting worse? ((es))Spanish language: ‍¿Tu visión empeora?

Elena Congost Mohedano: I don't know. (laughs) First 2016 in Rio, and then... I don't know.

((WN)) There's so few women competing for Spain. Is that an additional challenge as an athlete in this country?

Elena Congost Mohedano: No... In this country there are more girls in 100m, 200m and long jump. More people. In middle distance no. Two, three, four girls only.

((WN)) Why do you think there's so few women on the Spanish team? It's like 27 total Spanish competing, and there's like [three] women?

Elena Congost Mohedano: I don't know... The level is high internationally, but in Spain... no more level.

((WN)) With so many sporting opportunities for people with vision impairments in Spain, why did you choose track and field?

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