The three athletes, belonging to the Zone 8 registries, this Tuesday attended an event that took place at the Ecotec University.
July 13, 2021 – 6:25 pm
Dominic Barona (surfing), Adriana Espinoza de los Monteros (archery) and Kiara Rodríguez (para-athletics) received this Tuesday morning, from the authorities of the Ministry of Sports and the Ecotec University, a pleasant farewell before putting Heading to Japan to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, respectively.
Barona will compete in the women’s short board surfing modality and Espinoza de los Monteros is qualified in female individual recurve. Meanwhile, Rodríguez will represent Ecuador in the jump test, 100 meters, in the Paralympics.
The three athletes, belonging to the Zone 8 registries, attended an event that took place at the Ecotec University, Samborondón campus. There they were honored by the Minister of Sports, Sebastián Palacios, and the rector of that university, Gilda Alcívar.
The authorities of the national athletics, shooting, table tennis, swimming and wrestling federations represented the athletes Marizol Landázuri, Marina Pérez, Alberto Miño, Tomás Peribonio, Anicka Delgado, Lucía Yépez and Luisa Valverde, who were absent due to their planning training abroad, the website of the Ministry of Sports reported and reason.
“Great moments are born of great opportunities, of believing that we can every day and that is what we think when representing Ecuador. We think about enjoying our victories and learning from our defeats, but always proud of what we do and who we represent: a country of strong and proud people who do not surrender to anything “, emphasized Adriana Espinoza de los Monteros, in statements collected by the page of that portfolio of State.
For her part, Mimi Barona, in a talk with EL UNIVERSO, expressed that she does not feel nervous about her competition and that her challenge is to achieve “some” medal at the Tokyo event. The Montañita surfer said that her trip is scheduled for this Friday night.
Barona is part of the select group of the twenty best surfers in the world.
The Tokyo Olympics will run from July 23 to August 8; and the Paralympics, from August 24 to September 5. (D)
