In the voice of Gabriel Minadeo, the memory for the 25 years of Sydney 2000

“It is a total pride to be part of this achievement. After many years one is falling into what was achieved“began Gabriel Minadeo, historical former player of the lions, assistant in Sydney 2000 and then coach of the lions, in the hand -to -hand talk with AM850.com About the historic silver medal at the Olympic Games played in Australiathat began a streak of the Argentine hockey that today continues.

“I have many memories of that Olympic game. It was all very homemade at that time, we had to almost sleep all night, because it was all with video tanksthen you had to make short talks, between two bhs. The truth was that it was a terrible complication, We were in all the games and we did not miss one to analyze the rival, to see things with ´cacho´ (vigil)“Minadeo started remembering his 2000 Sydney experience.

“It was a before and after, without a doubt. Hockey begins to be known, begins to be seen throughout the country by many girls who felt reflected by these playersthat they all worked, trained and studied in their faculties. It rains, thunder, there is wind or is cold, they were. It was a group of women who ran from the Cenard to the river, through the River court, and people saw them running at eight in the morning with rain and did not understand them. But that made them different from Magui Aicega, Sole García, Jorgelina Rimoldi and the entire group of the rest of the teams. The team’s commitment “said the former player of the lions.

Just as an athlete leaves many things aside When he undertakes to represent his country in an Olympic game, world or any other tournament, So do the coaches, assistants and all the people who make up the coaching staff of a squad. Gaby Minadeo (almost) had to leave aside the birth of his Baptist son And about that he expressed very happiness the current coach.

“I had two very important things in my life in Sydney 2000: my first Olympic game as a coach of Cacho Vigil, with the possibility of a medal, and the birth of my son (Bautista). The final was played on September 29, I took a plane and on September 30 my son was born that was date for 27. They are the things I remember most from the Olympic Games: the medal and the birth of my son. “

“I was still a player at that time, I trained along the girls and had the experience of having been in the team (I was not at that time but I trained in Banco Provincia). I trained and trained them, all on par. The girls always tell an anecdote that they say, how Gaby danced us in training. Thus they became better. It was technique with fight (Aymar) and Sole (García), definitions, things that brought new to being playing with the men in my club “Minadeo said about training with “Las Leonas.”

One of the many key and important players in this achievement was Vanina Oneto and Gaby said an anecdote she had with her in the JJOO: “Vanina was very difficult to make goals in that tournament and I had been saying” to make the most important goals.

“The truth that today, seeing it at a distance, was one of the most important things in my sports life. Be in command with “Cacho” of a great team and having achieved something that later revolutionized a part of the Argentine sport. The hockey, from there, became known and the players were transcendent throughout their sports life “he closed the mining talk.

Without a doubt Sydney 2000the years pass -as in this case the 25th anniversary, It will continue to be in the books of the history of Argentine sport and in each of the hearts of the 16 players and the entire coaching stafflike Gabriel Minadeo, who said present in that achievement.