There is no qualifier to praise the career of Rambleño Alfonso Cabello. After winning bronze in the kilometer time trial last Friday, he adds another silver medal to his list of achievements in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the team event with the Spanish team. Once again, the best athlete from Cordoba who has already reached the figure of seven metals at the Paralympic Games. Quite an achievement for a boy, 31 years oldwhich once again puts Cordoba on the map of international events.
In the classification session of the 750-meter sprint modality, the Spanish team formed Ricardo Ten, Pablo Jaramillo and Alfonso Cabello He won the silver medal after achieving an astonishing 49.466, where the last partial of the Cordovan cyclist stood out, allowing him to overtake another of the favourites, Australia, who achieved a time of 49.569, and France, the host, with a mark of 50.004. for a tenthThe Spaniards, with Cabello included, secured second place on the podium and fought for gold two hours later in the final.
He tried at his highest level but could not win the gold medal and had to settle for a more than meritorious silver medal which surpasses the team bronze medal from the last Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Great Britain won the most valuable medal with a time of 47,739with a difference of 1.8 to the Spaniards who left everything on the velodrome. Even Alfonso Cabello’s superb last lap was not enough to allow them to reach the top, but they showed once again that they are at the top of their game after so many years. The bronze medal went to Australia, who beat France with a time of 49.036 in the fight for the third step of the podium.
This is his seventh medal at the Olympic Games. Well, he has been on the podium four times in a row. The cyclist from Cordoba won two medals at the last Paralympic Games in Tokyo: a gold in the one-kilometre individual track event and a bronze in the team event. Three years later, and with persistent covid in the middlemanaged to bring two more metals. He also won medals in London 2012 (gold) and Rio 2016 (two bronzes). He returns to Cordoba after collecting two more metals in the Parisian capital. More than a decade after he made his first metal.
Luxury Honors
Alfonso Cabello’s track record is enviable. He has six silver medals in the world championships. He also has six other bronze medals. Divided between their favorite category, the kilometer time trial and the team speed event. On the other hand, he was proclaimed world champion in 2012, 2014 (2), 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. In total, he has won the gold medal eight times.
Cabello had to fight the consequences of a persistent covid that prevented him from competing for two years. That did not stop him and now, the favorite son of La Rambla increases his legend and makes the Cordoba plays sports beyond its borders.
