The Guatemalans prevailed in the final to the representatives of Brazil and the United States, thereby demonstrating their good Pan American level to climb to the top of the podium.
Just as happened on Sunday with Waleska Soto, who won gold in the women’s pit, the Guatemalans were not able to sing the Guatemalan anthem at the ceremony or see the blue and white flag, due to the suspension of national Olympic sport by the IOC.
Enrique Brol shared some images on his account Instagram celebrating the victory in the final. The brothers have been the leading representatives of shooting for more than two decades and continue to reign nationally and internationally.
In the Americas championship Herbert Brol was looking to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. but he finished in fifth place, while his brother Jean Pierre took bronze.
Jean Pierre is the only one of the brothers qualified for the Olympic Games, following getting the place by winning gold at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. In the Paris competitions, only two qualifiers are allowed per country.
Guatemalan athletes participated in the Americas Championship as Independent Athletes, due to the suspension that has weighed on Guatemalan sports since October 15, 2022.
That is why 2023 was a year without competing without the colors of Guatemala in events of the Olympic cycle such as the Central American and Caribbean Games, the Pan American Games in Santiago.
So far there are nine athletes classified for Paris, including Waleska Soto who won the place on Sunday, but it is still uncertain whether they will be able to compete for Guatemala or with the IOC flag, due to the ongoing political struggle in which the athletes have been the most affected.
The IOC has asked that the suspension of its statutes be respected and removed to lift the sanction, however, The Constitutional Court still does not provide a solution to the issue, following the withdrawal of the Federated Sports Court (Fedefe)
A solution has been sought in the Congress of the Republic and to modify the Sports Law, especially article 98 so that the Guatemalan Olympic Committee is based on the Olympic Charter on the electoral issue, but a consensus has not been reached either. Meanwhile, Guatemalan athletes continue competing as Independent Athletes on the road to Paris 2024 and without hearing the country’s anthem at the awards ceremonies.
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