Mexico City / 06.08.2021 20:30:23
Alejandra Valencia, Mexican archer who won bronze medal in the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 In the mixed team modality, he revealed that his participation and that of the rest of his teammates in the summer joust was in danger.
This is because, according to Valencia, they did not have the competition uniforms on time. Fortunately there was support from the Mexican Archery Federation so that But, Aida Román, Ana Paula Vázquez Y Luis Alvarez could have action in Japan.
“The competition (uniforms) did not reach us Such. To date they have not reached us. We compete with the federation, three days before going to Such Between him and the coach they said: ‘I don’t think the uniforms will arrive, we are going to have the line jerseys printed, so that if they do not arrive we can use these’ and said and done, if we had not done it we would not have been able to pull, by the regulations of olympians, who knows what would have happened, “he said to ESPN.
And it is that the sponsoring brand of the Mexican delegation argued production failures and therefore did not have all the clothing ready.
“They contacted us in the middle of the competition to tell us that there had been a production error and that is why they had not sent the uniform.”
Valencia thanked the Federation, of which he is president Santiago Avitia Hernandez, supports all its athletes, an action that is a privilege in the federated sport of the country.
“Their president does not answer the phone and ours is always very attentive. The other sports that do not have communication with their federation They are the ones who did suffer and who had a bad time. We shouldn’t be worried about that, just about training, not worrying about other things. “
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