CONADE decided that the Mexican Archery Federation would be unknown by World Archery (Photo by: REUTERS/Henry Romero)
The National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Conade) requested the World Archery that was unknown to the Mexican Archery Federation (FMTA) after detecting administrative irregularities in 2013 and 2014, so it will no longer be taken into account as a National Sports Association.
The Conade found that 9 million 467 thousand 356 pesos were not verified, which adds to the embezzlement process against Effy Didier Sánchez Pérez, former president of the FMTA, for which she was sentenced to 2 years in prison, 300 days of fine, disqualification, reprimand, suspension of her political and civil rights, as well as compensation for damage in favor of Conade.
Since December 2022, World Archery warned that the Mexican institution would no longer be a recognized member due to illegal acts that Sánchez carried out during his mandate and therefore they were not eligible to receive financial support for the athletes. The FMTA announced that a committee would be created to establish a new organization that can regulate this sport, made up of former athletes, technical staff, representatives of CONADE and the Mexican Olympic Committee
The sport of arrows and wind as it has been popularly called is facing an adverse scenario. This discipline has become in one of the activities that has delivered the most medals to the country in different competitions, including the most important one, the Olympic Games.
In Central American, Pan American and World Games, Mexico has managed to dominate in this sport. In The recent Central American and Caribbean Games saw six gold medals, two silver and two more bronze medals. thus achieving the two-time overall championship in said contest. One of the protagonists was Alejandra Valenciawho was also in charge of winning the bronze medal along with Luis Álvarez at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Archery has supported one of the best athletes the country has ever had, Aida Román. The archer was in charge of winning seven gold medals and one silver at the 2010 Central American Games. They were joined by one more silver and one bronze in 2014 and 2018. In his four participations in the Pan American Games he won one gold, three silver and one bronze, in addition to a double World Championship in 2014 and the silver medal he won. in the London 2012 Olympic edition. Román has been joined by the outstanding medalists Alejandra ValenciaLuis Álvarez, Mariana Avitia and Juan René Serrano.
But not everything has been smooth sailing. There is more than one episode that ends up embarrassing more than one in the FMTA. During the 2013 Shanghai World Cup, the women’s team had to buy some clothing at a sports store because the Federation did not deliver the official props on time.. The athletes had to put tape with their name on the shirts they would use in the competition to be able to participate.
Another case where the authorities of this sport disappointed was when they let Linda Ochoa leave to represent the United States. In 2019, the archer requested that she be removed from the Jalisco Archery Association and the FMTA, as she decided to be part of the group in the neighboring country, where she lived. All as a result of the mismanagement that was carried out in the Mexican organization.
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