In 2022, Queralt Castellet from Sabadell became the first Catalan to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games In a sport, the halfpipewhich has no facilities in Catalonia. Now, skater Nil Llop (El Prat de Llobregat, 2000) will make his Olympic debut this February in a sport that also lacks facilities in our country: speed skating. In both cases, these are athletes who have left home for many months to pursue their dreams.