The beginning of this day of the Olympic Games was marked by the high participation of Mexican athletes. In the early morning (for Mexico) of this August 1 There were eliminatory, qualifying and final tests. We tell you how our delegation participated.
The best of the day so far was the performance of the athletes Alejandra Valencia and Matías Grande in archery, and the horse riding team also stood out.
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Fátima Herrera falls in the round of 16
Another of Mexico’s competitions in the Olympic Games this morning was in the 50kg boxing round of 16, where Fátima Herrera fell by unanimous decision to Buse Naz Cakiroglu, from Türkiye.
Mexicans shone in archery:
The Guanajuatense Matias Grande raised the name of Mexico qualify for the round of 16 with a perfect set.
In his first round he faced Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag of Mongolia with a score of 7-1 and later secured his place in the round of 16 after winning 6-2 against Colombian Jorge Enríquez.
Besides, Alejandra Valencia gave us new joy by also qualifying for the semi-finals after some very long-suffering competitions against Jennifer Mucino, representative of the United States, and the Ukrainian Veronika Marchenko.
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Ángela Ruiz, Carlos Rojas and Ana Paula Vázquez end their participation in Paris 2024
Although in general it was a good day for Mexico in archery, unfortunately the archer Ángela Ruiz did not make it to the next round after competing against the British Bryony Pitman.
However, we must highlight the excellent work and representation of this athlete who, at only 18 years old, debuted in her Olympic games and In the group competition he won bronze for our country.
Besides, Carlos Rojas fell in the fifth set of the confrontation with the Turkish Berkin Tumer. The final result was 4-6, so the Mexican was also left out of Paris 2024.
Ana Paula Vázques was also eliminated in her individual match. However, it was high tension, as it was defined until the end and ended 4-6 in favor of the German Charline Schwarz.
Mexico to the equestrian jumping final
Mexico also shone in the team equestrian show jumping, as qualified for the final by finishing in tenth overall position out of 20 teams on this day of the Olympic Games.
The team is made up of the binomials:
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Carlos Hank Guerreiro – Porthos Maestro-WH
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Federico Fernandez Romeo
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Eugenio Garza – Contago
The equestrian jumping final will be tomorrow, August 2 at 06:00 (Central Mexico time).
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Gabriel Castaño achieves historic place in 50m freestyle
We are also excited about swimming! During this morning with a record of 21.89 seconds Gabriel Castaño advanced to the semifinals of swimming after finishing in fifth place in his heat and 11th place in the general competition of the 50 meters free.
Although did not go to the final, He finished in eighth place with a time of 21.99s. However, That placed him in 15th place in the world with the best time..
Great participation by Alegna González
During this early morning, the 20 km athletic walking race also took place in which three Mexican athletes competed: Alegna González, Alejandra Ortega and Ilse Guerreroand although unfortunately none of them were enough for the podium, they undoubtedly had a great performance, especially Alegna Gonzáles who managed to finish in the top 5 of the competition.
The male amrcha was also developed, where Noel Chama finished in 13th place with a time of 1:20:19; Ricardo Ortiz He finished in 14th with 1:20:27 and José Luis Doctor was disqualified.
Mexico’s debut in golf at the Olympic Games
Those in charge of opening the Olympic day for the Mexicans were Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz in the first golf competition.
After the first round, the positions of the Mexican golfers were:
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Carlos Ortiz: He is in 14th position (tied with six other competitors) with 3 strokes under par.
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Abraham Ancer: He is in 29th place (tied with 12 other competitors) with 1 stroke under par.
On August 2nd, round 2 of golf continues.
