Yucatecan Gilda Guadalupe Cota Vera, by profession a master in Criminalistics, he conquered the silver medal in the shot put event in F33 mode, the greatest sporting achievement in the history of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
With the Stare de France in Paris looking at him, Gilda, with her bandana on her headmade a push of 7.89 meters to finish second in the test. Gilda was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2020.
This was the Yucatecan’s path to the medal
With a first throw of 7.85, Cota began to warm up and show her potential in front of the fans at the Stade de France. After an unsuccessful second attempt, Gilda regained her confidence by having a third throw of 7.31m, followed by a 7.28m.
The best distance achieved by the Mexican came in the fifth throw, in which she made 7.89m to place herself in the first positions and closing her participation with 7.63m.
Gilda Cota Vera’s career
A young Yucatecan whoThe man who smiled ironically when he was diagnosed with what looked like multiple sclerosis kissed the sky of Olympus on Thursday.
Gilda met expectations in theThe World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, and took the gold medal in the F33 shot put final, with a mark of 7.77 meters.
This achievement secured Mexico a place in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which was assigned to her thanks to everything she has done in the process of the French test.
His dream was to reach the City of Light for a debut that would be very useful, especially those who suffer from this disease.
โIt’s for all those who have sclerosisfor those who think that, suffering from this condition, they cannot achieve anything,” he said in a television interview.
And this Thursday, supported by his Yucatecan coach, Juan Paredes Tuffsachieved the first Yucatecan medal in the Paralympics. Solo a yucatecan has a medal in the Olympic Games, the footballer Henry Martinwinning bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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MONEY FOR MEXICO! GILDA COTA VERA! ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐
The Mexican athlete takes home the silver medal by making a throw of 7.89 in the F33 shot put. #Paris2024only 0.09 behind what Qing Wu (7.98) achieved in these Paralympic Games #ParisIsYours pic.twitter.com/umOlBUuXaN
โ Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) September 5, 2024
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2024-09-25 11:36:12
