Chacón’s presence in Paris 2024 is an incentive in a distance that is very difficult to master, and in the men’s category Guatemala has not had a representative. The closest one was Mario Blanco, from Izabal, on the road to the 2004 Athens Olympics.
“It’s very exciting, because competing in the Olympic Games is the most important event an athlete can reach. “I still think this is all a dream,” says the 19-year-old athlete, who will travel to France next Wednesday.
The national team member was the last to join the delegation of 16 athletes who will represent the blue and white colors at the Parisian games, which will be inaugurated on July 26 with a parade on the River Seine.
Chacon cI knew, since April, the possibility of making the dream of being at the Paris 2024 Olympics come true, But it was not until July 15 that the Guatemalan Olympic Committee and the National Athletics Federation notified him of the news.
The sprinter received a letter of universal recognition for being number one in the Guatemalan ranking in the 100 meters, where she holds the national record with 11 seconds 66 hundredthsas well as in the 200 metres with a time of 23.72; in both cases they were in the hands of Schumann.
Trajectory
Marianadrée started athletics at the age of 11, in 2016. He first experimented in the heptathlon discipline.which consists of seven events, including speed, hurdle, jump and throw, but over time he began to find a taste for short distances.
“From the age of 11 to 18 I was training in Guatemala, and a year and a half ago I went to train in the United States.“, says the athlete, who studies and competes for the team at Jacksonville University in Florida, United States.
The Guatemalan has had the opportunity to compete in two world championships: in 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya, and in 2022 in Cali, Colombia, where she ran the 100 and 200 metres. In both she qualified for the semi-finals and finished in the top 20 in the world.
“Training outside of Guatemala has given me independence and also confidence.as well as being prepared for whatever comes next, both physically and mentally. All these experiences provide a foundation for what comes next at the Olympic Games,” she says.
With Chacón, athletics contributes five athletes to the Paris delegation. The other four are Alberto González, in the marathon; Luis Grijalva, in the 5,000 meters and the walkers José and Érick Barrondo.
The 100m qualifiers are scheduled for August 2 in Paris.starting at 2:35 a.m. -Guatemala time-.
Profile of Mariandrée Chacón
Details of the runner.
- She was born on November 6, 2024. She is originally from the village of Antombrán, Huité, Zacapa.
- He began his athletics career at the age of 8, at the Zacapa Sports Complex.
- Her father, Julio Chacón, has been fundamental in the training process of the runner.
- He will compete in Paris on August 2 at 2:35 a.m. (GUA).
- He qualified for a universality letter.
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