The athlete Sebastián Bermúdez had a brilliant performance in the final of the Americas Shooting Championship, in the Dominican Republic, having won the gold medal in skeet.
That victory also meant get your ticket to the Paris Olympics and become the tenth Guatemalan to achieve such an important feat.
At 22 years old, Sebastián Bermúdez, who won gold in skeet at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023won the final, breaking 54 plates, over the Mexicans Luis Raúl Gallardo -52- and Jesús Balboa -42-.
“I felt a lot of happiness, a lot of peace. I realized that the sacrifices and training had paid off. I felt safe and confident in what I might do; I was ready”he told Prensa Libre from the Dominican Republic.
Bermudezlike the rest of the delegation competed as a Team of Independent Athletes, given that the organization did not allow them to do like GuatemalaDue to the suspension that falls from the International Olympic Committee on the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, Therefore, at the time of the award ceremony, he might not hear the national anthem or see the Guatemalan flag fly.
Sebastián Bermúdez joins Jean Pierre Brol, Adriana Ruano and Waleska Soto as representatives of the shooting with hunting weapons, which is the discipline that has achieved the most classifications.
Mixed feelings
Although happiness invaded Sebastián, when he climbed onto the podium for the gold medal, did not stop feeling sadness by not hearing the anthem of Guatemala and seeing the flag of the International Olympic Committee flying and not the blue and white one.
“It felt ugly to get on the podium without the flag. Strange, because you have the satisfaction of having won and achieved the Olympic quota, but always missing the blue and white that we love so much.”he mentioned.
The shooter, who dedicated the victory to his family, friends, teammates and coach, will return to action this Friday, when next to Santiago Romero and Carlos Padilla compete in the team finalalways in skeet mode.
Until now, Guatemala already has 10 athletes classified to Paris 2024they being:
Athletics
- Luis Grijalva – 5 thousand meters
- José Barrondo – 20 km walk
- Alberto González – Marathon
Sailing
- Juan Ignacio Maegli – Cat7
Modern Pentathlon
- Sophia Hernandez
- Andres Fernandez
Shooting with Hunting Weapons
- Jean Pierre Brol – Olympic pit
- Adriana Ruano – Olympic pit
- Ana Waleska Soto – Olympic pit
- Sebastián Bermúdez – Skeet
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