For the first time, Mexican badminton will have two representatives in the Olympic Games. To the classification of the Pan American medalist Lino Muoz The Central Caribbean Champion Haramara Gaitn joins, who this Monday received the confirmation of the World Badminton Federation to play in Tokyo 2020.
Two sensitive withdrawals from the women’s tournament were announced last week: the Spanish, Olympic Champion, Carolina Marn, who will not be able to defend her scepter (as she has not managed to recover from an injury to the cruciate ligament) and the British Polish naturalized Jordan Hart also resigned her Olympic place.
For its part, Gaitn Fausto is located in the 76th place in the world ranking, with a harvest of 18,957 units collected in 21 tournaments and thus, it remained as the first eligible reserve, because although in front of it are located Ji Shu Ting de China, Cristal Pan from the United States and Chiang King Li from Chinese Taipei, these countries already had two players classified each and for this reason the place was awarded to the Mexican.
Gaitn, 24 years old, accumulates seven years of representing Mexico in events of the Olympic cycle, since he made his debut in the Central Caribbean Games of Veracruz 2014, where he won two gold medals (individual and doubles) and retained the single scepter in the edition of Barranquilla 2018.
The Jalisco, who accumulates 165 international victories live in Tokyo 2020 her first Olympic Games and being the third Mexican woman to reach the great fair in the sport of rooster, since the Mexican Deyanira Chias was the first representative of our country to compete in Olympic badminton, in Beijing 2008; For London 2012, Victoria Montero, also from Mexico, did it and Lino Muoz from the capital was the first man in the country to qualify for the Games, in Ro 2016.
By: KATYA LPEZ CEDILLO
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