Guadalajara, Jalisco.- After his participation in the Olympic Games that left him a medal, the first in his carrera, the goalkeeper Ángela Ruíz, originally from Coahuila participated in the company of Alejandra Valencia and Ana Paula Vázquez in the last summer fair held in Paris, where she won the bronze medal in the women’s team category.
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The experience of her first Olympic Games was well used, with the incentive of having two experienced teammates and of whom, she assured, He took advantage of every moment to learn. Ángela also highlighted the tranquility that they transmitted to her in aspects such as trust, feeling safe in every movement, knowing the support she had behind her.
“I took advantage of every moment where I could learn something from them. You never finish learning, you can teach and learn at the same time, in the future it will help you a lot. When we arrived in Paris I felt safe with them, I knew that nothing bad was going to happen, that I could trust them even if I made a mistake. Even if it was a small mistake, I knew nothing was going to happen. because my team was supporting me and that kept me very calm during the Olympics.”.
Ángela Ruíz asks the Mexican archery federations to unite
Archery is a discipline that has become a medal promise every four years and, one would think that, therefore, there is a world of honey on flakes, however that is not the case. Ruíz raised a call for the highest organizations that govern the sportwaiting for the union that can provide them with a better future and support so that it is not something to enjoy every Olympic Games, but rather to strengthen the foundations that have been established in recent years.
“I have been in the National Team for two years. Support is shaky. There are two Federations, they do not agreewith one we can go international, with another we can go to the Olympics and the support is totally divided. They are two Federations that, out of ego, do not want to get alongor because of things from the past, when together they can do something very big and something very good.”
Finally, the one born in Saltillo, Coahuila expressed that at this time, private initiative is a vitally important addition to continue growing.
“Private initiative is the best thing that can happen to us at this momentbecause with the money we are earning we can continue building for the future.”
Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruíz receive recognition
On July 28, Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruíz made Mexico vibrate. In a medal fight against the Netherlands, they won the women’s team archery discipline 2-6 to take the bronze medal at Paris 2024.
Following up on the recognition carried out at the Mexican Olympic Committee last October in Mexico City, The Herbalife offices in Guadalajara continued with the celebration for the athletespaying them a tribute for the results in the most recent summer fair.
The alliance between the food supplement brand and the COM began only in 2024 but will remain in force until the end of the next edition of the Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles. In this regard, Jesús Álvarez, General Director of Herbalife México, detailed everything that the brand’s relationship with sports consists of.
“Apart from supporting all the athletes of the Committee, who train there and are supported by the group, we also wanted to recognize the Olympic medalists. We will be doing all this sponsorship until the end of Los Angeles 2028we will continue year after year to support the Mexican Olympic Committee in various ways. With this financial support to the Committee in general, these recognitions to outstanding athletes personally for their economy.”
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The Paris 2024 medalists received an economic stimulus
Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vázquez and Ángela Ruíz received recognition and a financial prize of 250 thousand pesos for the results obtained in Paris 2024. In addition, the coaches were also creditors of a sum of 50 thousand pesosfor the preparation of the athletes in their processes.
“They are also a fundamental part of the team behind us, they support us in reaching our objectives and we always want to be able to complete. I am happy that it is until Los Angeles because an Olympic medal is not made in a year so it is a process “And it’s good that they believed in all sports,” declared Alejandra Valencia upon receiving her recognition this Tuesday morning.
In addition to this, Jesús Álvarez extended an invitation to athletes to visit the facilities of a high performance center in the United Statesspecialized in being able to fully exploit each person’s sporting potential.
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“We invited all the Olympic winners, the athletes, to attend the ProActive Center in LA, a place where they will be able to improve their physical performancelearn how they can improve each of their skills to become the best in their sport.”
