Costa Rica News – Two young Costa Ricans are preparing to leave the country to pursue their academic and athletic dreams. Runner Juan Diego Castro and swimmer Helena Moreno will move to the United States.
They will go to college and have new sports adventures.
The teenagers are among the country’s most promising athletes, having achieved many triumphs.
They hope to get to the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020.
Castro is going to the Oklahoma State University on a sports scholarship. He plans to bring his playstation. He will dorm with other athletes and study marketing. He hopes to run in the world elite after graduating.
Moreno will be heading to the prestigious Harvard University.
She looks forward to a new way of studying and training, meeting the other girls and coaches. She plans to study economics.