Àlex Fàbregas is now trending topic in Catalonia and Spain and will be
one of the big names of London 2012. Àlex Fàbregas is a Catalan player
of the Spanish hockey team in the Olympics, a silver medalist four
years ago. In fact most of his team mates are Catalans. But he voiced
something everyone think but no so much people say: 'I'm Catalans and
I'm playing for Spain just because I have no other option'. He wrote
that in a tweet and suddenly got insults and even threats from Spanish
fans. Fàbregas then decided to shut down the twitter account but then
the reaction surged from Catalan fans. #TotsSomÀlexFàbregas (We All
Are Àlex Fàbregas) became in few hours trending topic in twitter.
More and more Catalans are worried of how Spaniards are showing strong
anti-Catalan feelings using social networks and also forums on Spanish
newspapers. Some regard the messages as racists because of the strong
wording Spaniards uses against Catalans. Spain performance in the
London Games is the worst in decades and the winners of the only three
medals are one Catalan woman, Mireia Belmonte, and one basque girl.
Belmonte was asked some time ago in a magazine about the chance of a
Catalan delegation at the Games and she show her support: 'It will be
good to compete with Spain in the swimming pool' she said. Catalan
athletes take part in the games as members of the Andorran, french or
Spanish teams. In the case of Spain they cannot refuse joining the
team.
http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4032975/20120805/an-olympic-champion-for-catalans.html
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