Peruvian Marathoner Left Unrecognized as IPD Welcomes Badminton Winners

This week the Peru witnessed an unfortunate incident in the sports field. Despite Cristhian Pacheco achieved victory in the men’s marathon Pan American Games Santiago 2023thus granting the first gold medal for our country, no authority of the InstitutePeruvian of Sports (IPD) was present to welcome him upon his arrival to Jorge Chávez airport. The athlete, during an interview with a local media, revealed this event: «I arrived at 8 in the morning at Lima. Talking about my federation is a waste of time. They (the representatives) were not there. There was no one (to greet him), I just grabbed my taxi and went to the hotel. “I paid for it myself,” she said.

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The marathoner’s brother and coach, Raúl Pacheco, also expressed his discomfort at this situation that the athlete went through and pointed out that, since “in Peru there is no sports culture,” this also happens to athletes from other disciplines and all due to the lack of “adequate budget”.

IPD received the badminton winners

After what happened with Pacheco, the IPD, determined not to repeat this mistake, chose to approach the Jorge Chávez airport facilities. There, they gave a warm welcome to the athletes who managed to get on the podium in the badminton competition. José Guevara and Inés Castillo celebrated their success by posing proudly next to the bronze medals they won in the mixed doubles category.

“After its historic participation in Santiago 2023, the national badminton delegation is now back in Peru,” reads the publication of the national entity along with the photographs of the two young people.

The national entity received our badminton representatives. Photo: IPD

Cristhian Pacheco and his reaction to the IPD reception of the badminton winners

Cristhian Pacheco’s reaction to the actions of the sports organization was immediate. The native of Huancayo expressed his opinion in the comments section of the publication on Instagram, where he left an applause emoji in response. Shortly after, users did not take long to respond and show her their most sincere affection and support, which made it clear that ‘Pachequito’ is not alone and many Peruvians are with him.

Although he did not receive public recognition from the IPD, Pacheco was praised by thousands of Peruvians. In addition, he earned a large sum of money by winning the gold medal at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The Huancaíno took home a total of 80,000 soles, cash that he plans to share with his brother and his coach. , Raúl Pacheco.

Cristhian Pachecho and his reaction through Instagram to the reception of the badminton delegation. Photo: IPD

With this award, Cristhian will begin his preparation to achieve his biggest goal of his career: getting on the podium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. To do this, the Peruvian athlete is seeing where to hold camps to reach optimal conditions for said competition, which It will start on Friday, July 26 of next year.

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From now on, Cristhian is only focused on achieving the most ambitious goal of his sporting career: reaching the podium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With this purpose in mind, the Peruvian distance runner is already looking at options to carry out his training so that he can reach the international competition in the best conditions. The JJ. OO. They are scheduled to begin on July 26 of the following year.

2023-10-28 23:36:35
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