Mexico (NTX)._ The Badminton World Federation announced that Mexican Victoria Montero qualified for the specialty tournament of the London 2012 Olympic Games by finishing in 34th place in the international ranking.
“I am very happy to achieve this great dream, this great goal, I feel happy and now I want to continue training to represent Mexico with dignity,” said the racket player.
Montero competed in 21 events endorsed by the World Federation, in which she totaled 21,590 units and was thus among the first 68 players in the world.
The ranking of the international organization, until May 3, was used to determine the classified competitors; The first 38 were purged according to the following criteria:
If a country has players ranked in the top four, they may take three athletes; If a country has athletes among the first 16 places, it has access to two places; while if a nation has competitors among the first 38 sites, it is assigned a place.
In this way, the Mexican is the only Latin American competitor in the Olympic tournament, in addition to the Canadians Li Michel, Nicole Grether and the American Rena Wang.
“On the tour I took I met almost all the players who will be competing there in London, that gave me a lot of experience, it helped me not only maintain the ranking, but even raise it a little more,” she added.
The Mexican will have a camp in Toluca, State of Mexico, and her last competition prior to the Olympic tournament will be the “US Open” in California, United States, from July 2 to 7.
Victoria Montero: London 2012 Olympic Announcement | FMB
