In recent years, the Mexican sports system has opted for archery, a discipline that once again produces an Olympic medal.
In the story behind the bronze medal of the Mexican team women’s archery There are families, coaches, friends, couples, and a government investment of more than 50 million pesos to achieve Olympic glory in Paris 2024.
In a Mexican sports system in which there are more missed bullets than successful ones, the commitment of recent years towards archery has given Mexico its fourth medal in Olympics in the recent 12 years.
In this three-year cycle (2021-2024), between the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE) and the Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) 55 million 383 thousand 748 pesos and 49 cents have been spent to bring sports of Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez y Angela Ruiz to the podium in Paris 2024according to research carried out by ESPN.
These more than 55 million pesos have been distributed among scholarships, travel expenses, lodging, training materials, coaches’ salaries, multidisciplinary equipment and uniforms during the three years that the Olympic cycle lasted after Tokio 2020 and heading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Competitions and camps, the most expensive
By mid-2023, the Mexican Archery Federation It was unknown by its international organization and CONADE, due to administrative failures, which generated the immediate resignation of its entire Board of Directors.
In the face of uncertainty, there were two key elements to maintain federal support and avoid the farce in which aquatic sports are involved: The Steering Committee headed by Santiago Avitia He did not hold on to the position, and CONADE and COM organized to maintain support for the national teams.
Former athletes such as Juan Rene Serrano y Eduardo Velezthere was will from the organizations and the resource continued to flow. The consequence was that between 2023 and the first half of 2024 this discipline received around 44 million for travel expenses, lodging, sports equipment and multidisciplinary equipment, as well as uniforms.
The information, provided by Gabriel Ramosnew president of the organization at the national level, includes the two Olympic teams of the recurve bow modality, the compound bow modality and the Paralympic team. The result, for now, is an Olympic medal with the women’s team and an elimination in the first round with the men’s team. Matias Grande, Javier Rojas y Bruno Martínez.
The scholarships that Mexico gave to its bronze medalists
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Mexico is the first Latin American country to win a medal in Paris 2024
The Mexican Archery team won a bronze medal.
Eleven million pesos are enough for you to buy a house in the popular neighborhood of San Pedro de los Pinos, in Mexico City, an apartment in one of the exclusive areas of Cancún, Quintana Roo, or to pay your salary for the last three years. and sports incentives from the team women’s archerywho won a medal in the Olympics of Paris 2024, including the coach.
According to transparency requests made by ESPNthe team women’s archery that represents Mexico in Paris 2024 He received in salaries and sports incentives the amount of 11 million 383 thousand 748 pesos and 49 cents, in this Olympic cycle.
The 11 million pesos are distributed among sports scholarships, incentives for winning competitions during the process towards the Olympics of Paris 2024state sports awards, a national sports award, coaches’ salaries and the lifetime scholarship he receives Alejandra Valencia for his bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.
The item also includes the salary of SEDENA, which contributed 936,934 pesos and 74 cents, which correspond to the fees of two athletes who are on its payroll.
Also, one million 740 thousand pesos were allocated to pay coaches who were in charge of the women’s team. archerywho represented Mexico in Paris 2024.
After the Olympic Games, and with the medal won, each of the winners of medal will receive a prize ranging from three million, in individual events, to 200 thousand pesos, which is the lowest amount for team events. Additionally, there is a bonus that the athlete’s coach will receive.
To these figures we must add state investments, as is the case of the archery technical team that works in Coahuila with Ana Paula y Angela.
