Mexico City / 29.07.2024 07:08:13
The Women’s Archery team took the bronze after defeating the team of Netherlands by Gabriela Schloesser. The Mexican archers, Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruíz managed to obtain the first medal for Mexico herein summer fairalthough, the talented athletes will not only take home their medal, but they will also have a great economic prize.
On the other hand, it is important to highlight that it is the fourth medal in the history that Mexico obtains in Archery in some Olympics. The first was in London 2012, Aída Román and Mariana Avitia they won silver and bronze respectively in women’s singles and TOkio 2020, Alejandra Valencia won bronze for mixed teams with Luis Alvarez.
How much money will the Women’s Archery team get?
Ana Gabriela Guevaradirector of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), promised economic bonuses for Mexican athletes who won medals in Paris 2024the prizes will be according to the type of medal that the competitors win, since according to what was said with the former Olympic athlete, a total amount of 30 million pesos.
- Gold medal: 3 million pesos
- Silver medal: 2 million pesos
- Bronze medal: 1 million pesos
With this, Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruíz they will get the amount dand 1 million pesos each one, in addition, of its bronze medal.
AMLO promised money for Olympic athletes
The President of the Republic, Andrés Manuel López Obradoralso promised a prize for the mexican athletes who won medals in Paris 2024. It was at his morning press conference on July 23, where AMLO He affirmed support for national athletes.
“We tell them that we will all be supporting them. All Mexicans are going to be attentive and we trust them a lot, we have a lot of faith in what they are going to do, in the effort they are going to make to raise the name of our beloved Mexico. The Department of Justice is returning money to us that was confiscated from a politician from Coahuila, and they have already sent us that money, a part of that money, to the Attorney General’s Office (General of the Republic), and by law that money is delivered to the Institute to Return What was Stolen to the People, and that is the money that is going to be used to support athletes,” stated the president.
