00:00Hello, I'm Luisa Blanco, I'm a gymnast of the United States, but my parents are Colombian
00:05and I'm proud to represent this beautiful country.
00:31I started the gym with my mother, my mother was a gymnast and I always wanted to be like her,
00:38so that was my first dream, to be like my mother.
00:51So many traditions, the 24th of December, the 31st, dancing until midnight,
01:00all my parents were in a room and all the family dancing, eating, but many Colombian traditions.
01:09In my house it was Colombia and when I was in school and in the gym I was from the
01:14United States
01:15and there was always a different relationship, but all my life I felt Colombian.
01:27It's very difficult to manage it sometimes and I realized that the first time I went to Colombia
01:31everyone spoke in English and I said, no, what is this thing, I'm Colombian.
01:36So it's difficult because in the United States everyone asks me where are you
01:42and I say, I'm from Los Angeles, no, but where are you, because you're not from here.
01:47And that's the question, I already rio, but in the United States I feel very Colombian
01:52and in Colombia I feel very American, but I'm handling it very well and it's what is in my heart,
01:59and I feel the pride of Colombian.
02:06Of course, I remember the first time I dreamed with the Olympics,
02:11it was in 2008, seeing Nastya Luukin winning the champion in Beijing,
02:16because I'm from the Woga and I trained with the same trainers,
02:21and seeing her, I don't know, she was my idol.
02:24I think that that was the first time I said, I want to go to the Olympics.
02:34I know that everyone says that it's a fulfilled dream, but it's the last year of my career,
02:41it feels like a miracle.
02:43I know that I worked, but when you work for something all your life and it happens,
02:48I don't believe you.
02:48See you next time.
02:49See you next time.
02:50Bye.
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