The arrows and the recurve bow are ready to make the presence of Ecuador in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 + 1. The Guayaquil Adriana Espinosa de los Monteros she will be the first athlete to compete of the 48 that make up the tricolor delegation.
She along with her coach Yoaner Caballero they have already traveled to Japan. The next Thursday July 22 will be presented at the Campo de Yumenoshima for the individual archery qualifying round. The competition will start at 19:00 from Ecuador.
Adriana started in sports at an invitation from her brother. “Just six years after playing a bow, she became the first Ecuadorian archer in history to win an Olympic ticket”, Reviews the World Archery Americas.
Espinosa qualified by placing fourth in the Pan American Archery which was held in Monterrey, Mexico, in March 2021. Then, he shot the minimum required mark (605) in a tournament endorsed by the World Archery to confirm your participation in Tokyo.
“Little known in international competitions, never finished above position 17. Its growth has been impressive in recent months ”, adds the governing body of the sport of arrows.
Adriana, 29, is an engineer in Business Management and Master in Finance. He is a teacher at the Montessori Educational Unit and at the Universidad Tecnológica Empresarial de Guayaquil.
According to the official website of the organization, Opening ceremony It will be at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, July 23 at 06:00 in Ecuador and will last three hours. The Closing Ceremony will be on Sunday August 8 on the same stage. (D)
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