Published April 17, 2024 by Adriana Díaz
Mariana Avitia, Aída Román and Alejandra Valencia. | Claro Sports
We are 100 days away from witnessing the first summer fair that will have gender equality. Los Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be historic, as they will become the first edition that It will have 50 percent female participation and 50 percent male representation, being an unprecedented achievement that has been achieved in sport of all time and that you can follow completely live through Claro Sports.
Archery is one of the most exciting disciplines and followed in Mexico, so has become one of the fans’ favorites, due to the presence of great archers who have made history for the country, entering the select group of ‘Women on Olympus’since they have done it in the Olympic Games, World and Continental Championships.
As we count down to Paris 2024, we remember that For the first time in history, Mexico will participate in the women’s team modality in the Olympic Games, Aída Román, Alejandra Valencia and Ángela Ruiz They will be in charge of carrying the Mexican flag and finding a place for him on the podium.
Aída Román and Mariana Avitia, make history in London 2012
Aída Roman, Ki Bo Bae and Mariana Avitia. | World Archery
Archery is a sport that requires a lot discipline and concentration. Despite its popularity, it was included in the Olympic Games in the Olympic Games. Munich 1972, but It took 40 years for the Aztec nation to reach the podium in a summer fair y It was precisely two women, Aída Román and Mariana Avitia, who faced each other in the semifinal and it was Román who won to advance to the final, in which lost to the South Korean Ki Bo Bae, defining gold with a tiebreaker arrow. For its part, Avitia won the bronze duel at 19 years old against the American Khatuna Lorig.
Alejandra Valencia
The Sonoran archer already knows what it feels like to get on the podium in an Olympic tournament when doing so in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where he won bronze with Luis Álvarez in the mode of mixed team, Therefore, in Paris 2024, his highest aspiration will be an individual medal.
Valencia has prepared for three years for this moment and in The international championships fought side by side with An San, the three-time Olympic champion, who surprisingly will not be in the French competition because he did not pass the South Korean selection test, country that is largely dominant in this discipline, but that The Aztec archer will seek to break this streak in the fight for the gold medal.
Ale Valencia already made history in 2023 by becoming the first Mexican archer to get an individual medal in a World Championship, after winning the silver in Berlin. Furthermore, in the Pan American Games Santiago 2023 won three golds (one individual), one more in the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023 and the silver in the Final of the Archery World Cup 2023, for which she was nominated by the World Archery as the best archer of that year, so without a doubt, she will seek to leave a legacy at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
WHEN AND WHERE TO SEE THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES?
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11. Through the multi-platform Claro Sports You will be able to follow the summer fair completely live.
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