Precious metals hit record highs. The price of an ounce of gold—a benchmark safe-haven asset—reached a new all-time high early Tuesday morning: $3,508.54, equivalent to €3,014.51. As usual, it eased slightly throughout the day, to $3,477, but by mid-afternoon it had regained its high, surpassing $3,515. This year alone, an ounce of gold has appreciated by more than 40%.

Barça is more than just a club. That's what its motto says, and that's what it tries to convey through its sections. But beyond basketball, handball, indoor soccer, and roller hockey, there are the amateur sections. One of these disciplines in which the Blaugrana team triumphs is athletics. At the last Spanish Championships, held at the beginning of August in Tarragona, the Catalan club won a total of four medals: Héctor Santos (gold in the long jump), Bernat Erta (gold in the 400 meters), Carmen Rosales (bronze in the long jump), and Pablo Sánchez-Valladares (bronze). These medals, beyond their sporting prowess, hide stories of overcoming challenges.