The young athlete is Torreño Sergio Jornet regional champion cadet in the form of 60-meter hurdles in the competition organized by the Athletics Federation of Murcia in Cehegín on 30 January.
Furthermore, the appointment ceheginera Jornet signed an impressive second place in the long jump test and a third in the 60 meter dash.
Of note is the impressive track record of Jornet despite his youth, as last year and was champion in junior category of six modes: 500-meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, long, 150 meter dash, 80 meter dash and 1,000-meter sprint.
Also, regional sucampeón tetrathlón proclaimed.
Obligation to love
The importance of Jornet athletic career is that he competes against opponents and against another opponent who is not: diabetes.
And is that the young Torreño, with only 10 years old, was diagnosed with diabetes after a stay of several days in the hospital.
Following this new situation, the doctors advised her to walk every day and then Sergio started out walking with his father every night to control their blood sugar levels.
And those walks to start running, only half a step.
What began as an obligation became a hobby at which time and effort, and to collect rewards.
Over time she started dabbling in athletics, before he had fought on the football team Cotillas AD-EMF, which seems to gradually emerging.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas