Wikinews interviews Spanish Paralympic track and field athlete David Casinos

July 19, 2013



With the IPC Athletics World Championships scheduled to start Friday (today), Wikinews interviewed Spanish athlete  at Madrid–Barajas Airport Monday before he departed for Lyon, France.

Hello I'm interviewing David Casinos, Spain's most famous track and field athlete in Paralympic sport, for Wikinews. So you're competing at the IPC World Championships are going to win a whole lot of medals? Which medals are you going to win?



As somebody who's been competing a long time in track and field, how has stuff changed form when you first started out to now?


 * David Casinos:

Have there been more opportunities for sponsorship as your Paralympics profile has grown?


 * David Casinos: Yes!

Would you like to promote a few of them?


 * David Casinos:


 * David Casinos:

Is this going to be an issue? I mean is Spain at the level where it can become an issue?


 * David Casinos:

Okay. So, you're a visual-impaired athlete, and do you run with a guide?


 * David Casinos:

How helpful are guides in terms of how much they potentially impact outcomes, do you think?


 * David Casinos:

Spain has a long history of blind sports, compared to other countries. Do you have an explanation as to why there are so many blind athletes?


 * David Casinos:

Is there anything you think an international audience should know about you or the Paralympic movement in Spain?


 * David Casinos:

Okay. ¡Muchas gracias!


 * David Casinos: Okay!