Athlete Mirlene Picin paid tribute to the three-time F1 world Champion during the Nordic World Ski Championships, which took place in the city of Falun, in Sweden, and ended on March 1st. The skier and trail-runner competed wearing a hat inspired by the green-and-yellow helmet made famous by the driver. It\u2019s a homage made in partnership with the Ayrton Senna Institute.<\/p>\n
It was her fourth consecutive time representing Brazil in World Championships \u2013 she was also in Liberec (2009), Oslo (2011) and Val Di Fiemme (2013). Mika, as she\u2019s also known, took part in the 5KM skating competition. \u201cI competed in a country where both skiing and motor racing are national obsessions. Senna is still an icon in Sweden, that\u2019s why I decided to honor him\u201d, explains Mirlene. \u201cI took the values that guided Ayrton\u2019s life and career to this championship. That\u2019s why I\u2019m wearing a symbol that\u2019s so uniquely his\u201d, adds the Brazilian.<\/p>\n
Mika faced 46 competitors and finished in 22nd place, but didn\u2019t make the finals, \u201cUnfortunately, I didn\u2019t finish among the top ten. It\u2019s still hard for us Brazilians, since it\u2019s a very competitive sport and the best athletes in the world were there, but I was really happy with my performance. I\u2019ve beat many countries that have a tradition in snow sports, and have a solid training structure\u201d, said the athlete, who finished the same competition, last year in 27th place.<\/p>\n
Mirlene believes her hat was a hit with the audience of the event. \u201cThe hat came up a lot in the days before the competition, and also in the day of. I couldn\u2019t leave the press area after finishing the race. Everybody wanted to talk to me because I am Brazilian and, obviously, because of the homage. There were 5 thousand people at the stadium. TV crews followed me around from the warm-up to the end of the race, and my picture was in the jumbotrons all the time. Commenters talked about my homage both in Swedish and English. It was a really thrilling day in my career\u201d, said Mika.<\/p>\n
Mirlene comes from the world of freestyle and speed roller-skating, but she fund her calling in skiing (cross country and biathlon). She has 17 medals, collected between 2009 and 2014. Mountain-racing came into Mirlene as part of her ski summer-training, but she won the 2013 Mizuno Uphill, an upwards 42 km marathon, in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
Born in Mogi Mirim, near S\u00e3o Paulo, she also has the best result among Brazilian athletes in the \u201cTwo Oceans\u201d 56 km ultra-marathon, held in Cape Town.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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