For many years, Catalan figure skaters were invisible to the institutions. Year after year, they achieved all-Catalan international podium finishes and placed figure skating among the world's elite. However, the response from the Generalitat (Catalan government) was silence. As if the demands of this discipline were not comparable to those of other sports. But last week, After much insistence and years of advocacy, There has been a significant step forward that begins to acknowledge a long-standing and undeniable reality. The Extraordinary Commission for the Evaluation of High Performance in Catalonia, at the request of the Department of Sports, approved criteria that will allow the Catalan Skating Federation to submit applications from athletes in the show skating discipline within the Catalan high-performance system. "It's very good news, and we're really happy," explains Julia Casadevall, captain of CPA Olot. "We believe it's a very important step. A first step in recognizing all the years of effort and international achievements."

She had the season planned out, but a leak turned everything upside down. Marina Tomàs, a skater in the dance and small show categories at the Figueres Artistic Skating Club, was injured at the beginning of this season during official training for the first championship. solo dance"There was a leak in the pavilion and I slipped. My first thought was: get up, the training minutes are ticking by and you don't have time to waste. But when I tried and saw that my foot wasn't responding, I realized the situation was serious and I wouldn't be able to compete that day." I went into shock.