00:00Well, to begin with, good evening.
00:02Thank you so much for this award in Hola magazine and to everyone who made this event possible.
00:08marvelous.
00:10I am especially excited to receive it at this time in my life, because I have two children,
00:15And after two pregnancies, I feel that I have undergone a true transformation, both personally and professionally.
00:22In my case it has meant coming back, going back to training, going back to competing, going back to work and having goals again.
00:31And to learn and do it in a completely different way.
00:35I think that for too long women have felt that we had to choose between starting a family and continuing to grow
00:42professionally.
00:44And I don't want to choose.
00:46I talked about egg freezing in athletes some time ago,
00:51because our careers are short.
00:53The years of peak performance often coincide with the years in which we also consider starting a family.
01:00And that can lead us to postpone that desire.
01:05And yes, I think it's wonderful that there are tools that give us more freedom to decide.
01:12But I think the real progress lies elsewhere.
01:15In ensuring that a female athlete does not feel she has to choose between her career and her desire to be a mother
01:22and start a family.
01:24So we can stop and come back.
01:27And we can return.
01:29That there is a reconciliation and real support to do so.
01:32Because having children shouldn't mean giving up on our dreams.
01:37But our professional dreams shouldn't force us to give up or postpone our personal lives either.
01:44I have been fortunate enough to return to competition and to my best level after a pregnancy.
01:49And although I now have less time, I sleep much less and I juggle to be able to work and exist in places like
01:56this.
01:57I also have two more reasons to show that it's worth fighting for what makes you happy.
02:03I want my children to grow up seeing a woman who isn't even crazy.
02:06But he also works, dreams, strives, and fights for his goals.
02:13Because having them hasn't taken away a part of me.
02:16It has added many more.
02:18And this award is also for all those people who try to find that balance every day.
02:24Hopefully, we will have more and more freedom to decide.
02:27Less guilt for doing it.
02:29And may we never have to choose between our family and our dreams.
02:33Thank you very much and good night.
02:36Congratulations Ana.
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