The former Spanish base Pau Gasol He expressed Monday, about the possibility that Olympic Games play in Madridthat the “I would like to see them”while highlighting that it is An appointment that changed your life And he inspired him when he was only 12 years old.
“I would like to see them for everything that has already been done. Barcelona Games, the Olympic Games themselves, changed my lifeThey inspired me as a 12 -year -old girl, they gave me a dream, ”Gasol said in an act of Iberia.
The ex -star of the NBA recalled the work and effort carried out in 2012, 2016 and 2020, The three occasions in which Madrid presented its candidacy, not being electedand ending up being played in London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, respectively.
Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol at the London 2012 Olympic Games / EFE
“A lot of effort was made and a lot of workfor many years, to present candidacies. Let's see how the process continues to improve, to make it as clean as possible, and that the chosen cities or countries chosen are the best option within the selection process”He said.
Pau Gasol: “A candidacy needs a very important investment”
As a member of the Athlete Commission of the International Olympic Committee (COI), Gasol is aware that “there is a very important investment And that the budgets are enormous, so the impact of each inverted value is very large. ”
“I would like, but there is not, today, that I know, active conversations of what that will happen. In the end you also have to present an important project, and also There must be a consensus within the country To make this investment as big as it is to have an Olympic Games, ”he said.
