Lidia Valentin wants his first 'official' gold leading a thriving Spanish delegation

Lidia Valentin Ponferradina is postulated as a clear candidate to achieve the first medal in the history of the Spanish weightlifting in the Olympics, something that has already achieved informally following the recent downgrading of its rivals in London 2012, leading a powerful delegation which also includes Brachi Joshua, David Sanchez and Andres Mata.

At 31, Valentin reaches full maturity at third Olympic Games of his career and also driven by the recent news that places him as Olympic champion in London, where he finished fourth ranked, improve in a position registration Beijing ' 08.

The reanalysis recently made by the International Olympic Committee revealed that the Kazakh Svetlana Podobedova (gold), Russia's Natalya Zabolotnaya (silver) and the Belarusian Iryna Kulesha (bronze), who took the Olympic podium four years ago, did doped. None compete in Rio.

"Of course I feel gold medalist, is that I am," he said flatly Valentin just before leaving for Rio de Janeiro, where he hopes to achieve his first 'official' Olympic medal in the category of 75 kilos, in the absence of knowing whether red tape finally confirm their gold in London.

European champions in 2014 and 2015, Ponferradina comes after recovering from an injury to the dorsal area prevented him from participating this year in both the World United States and the European Norway, although reassured about his condition explaining that it is fully recovered and ready to face the most important moment of his career.