The countdown to the start of the Olympic Games has begun for Guatemalan athletes, most of whom have begun adaptation camps in different regions of France, venue for the competition, which will take place from July 26 to August 11.
The national delegation in Paris 2024 is made up of 15 athletes, who will arrive led by the flag bearers Kevin Cordón, badminton, and Waleska Soto, shootingas well as the escorts Adriana Ruano, in shooting, and Luis Grijalva, in athletics.
According to the report of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, The investment between training sessions and camp amounts to more than Q9 million. Of these, Q7 million 261 thousand in preparation and Q2 million 577 thousand in technical support.
The first athlete in leaving the country was the marcher José Alejandro Barrondo, who, together with his coach, Julio Urías, have been in Sierra Nevada, Spain, since June 17, where they will remain until July 24.
Erick Barrondo in Quetzaltenango
In the case of Érick Barrondo, whose classification was confirmed last week, he is in Quetzaltenango, preparing to participate in her fourth Olympic Games.
The hunting weapons shooting team, of the pit modality, composed of Adriana Ruano, Waleska Soto and Jean Pierre Brol, They traveled to Italy last weekend and will move to Mulhouse, France, near the border with Switzerland and Germany, in the coming days.
“We are now in the final stretch of preparation. I feel very happy and excited to face these Olympic Games. “I feel like I’m arriving at a better time, more mature, compared to the Tokyo 2020 edition,” Soto said.
This Saturday, July 13, Sebastian Bermudez He said goodbye to his family outside La Aurora International Airport before heading to Mulhouse to join the Olympic trap team.
This weekend, Swimmers Lucero Mejía Arce and Érick Gordillo, as well as judoka Jacqueline Solís, will travel to Molhouse to begin the adaptation phase. The tests for this discipline will begin on July 27.
For its part, Grijalva will continue his training for a few more days in Arizona, United States, while the rest of the delegation will arrive in French territory next week.
According to the head of the delegation’s mission, Oscar Maeda, Guatemalan athletes will begin entering the Olympic Village on July 20. One of the first to be established will be Cordón, as the badminton competitions will begin on Saturday 27th.
The Cordon Rivals
Kevin Cordón yesterday learned the rivals he will face in the group stage of the individual badminton category. His opponents are Jonatan Chrisite, from Indonesia; Lakshya Sen, from India, and Julien Carraggi, from Belgium.
Cordón will compete in Paris 2024 in her fifth Olympic Games, following having participated in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The games in France will be the last in her sporting career.
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