Why was Érick Barrondo not present at the swearing-in ceremony for Paris 2024? – 2024-07-04 01:48:06

This Wednesday, July 3rd The swearing-in ceremony for Guatemalan athletes who will compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was held.

The Sports Palace, located in zone 5 of the Capital City, was the place designated to carry out the event where a total of 14 national athletesincluding those who are not in the country, received the honor of being sworn in as part of the official delegation that will fight to represent the country from July 26 to August 11 in the French capital by authorities of the National Sports System, as well as personalities such as President Bernardo Arévalo.

Kevin Cordón, Alberto González, Erick Gordillo, Lucero Mejia, Waleska Soto, Adriana Ruano, Jean Pierre Brol, Sebastian Bermudez, Andres Fernandez, Sophia Hernandez and Jacqueline Solis were present at the event, while Juan Ignacio Maegli, Luis Grijalva and Jose Barrondo, despite being out of the country, were also sworn in, however, The 15th athlete who will be in Paris, race walker Érick Barrondo, who is currently the only Olympic medalist from Guatemala, was not included.

Barrondo was confirmed to participate in Paris 2024 by the National Athletics Federation on the morning of July 2. According to the entity, Érick qualified for Paris through his position in the international ranking, updated on June 30 by World Athletics, in which he was ranked 48th, thus earning him his ticket to the games.

However, his absence at the swearing-in ceremony was striking.

As far as he could find out Free Press, The reason for Barrondo’s absence from the event at the Sports Palace is that the Guatemalan Olympic Committee has not yet received the official letter to endorse their presence at the Olympic games.

Even in the documents that were presented to the media at the ceremony, Érick Barrondo’s name was not present.

At the swearing-in ceremony, it was announced that Kevin Cordón, from badminton, and Waleska Soto, from hunting weapons shooting, will be the national flag bearers at the Paris sports competitions, while Luis Grijalva and Adriana Ruano will be the escorts.