A feat in Mexican sports! The maximum participation in the history of the Olympic diving is confirmed

Mexico will have 12 divers in the next Tokyo Olympics. This is the largest Aztec delegation that will participate in this type of contest. This discipline has awarded him 39 medals to the country

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Rodrigo Diego López ended up being the cherry on the cake in the middle of a unprecedented event in sport Aztec. The Mexican athlete achieved a historic qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. Although getting the Olympic quota represents a great feat, Rodrigo López’s classification meant the twelfth Mexican ticket in the discipline of dives . This is the largest delegation of Mexicans who will participate in this modality.

best in the 3-meter springboard of the Diving World Cup that ended today; Mexico reaches its goals set in this event held in Tokyo

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– MEX Olympic Committee (@COM_Mexico) May 6, 2021

It is no secret to anyone that diving has been discipline that has given Mexico the greatest joys and results . Under this modality, the country has managed to obtain 14 medals : 7 silver, 6 bronze and 1 gold . However, one of the most promising delegations of recent times will participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

In the last qualifying tournament that took place in the Japanese capital, the Mexican diving delegation managed to obtain six more places for the next Olympic contest . In this sense they will be 12 Mexican representatives who will proudly wear the colors of their country.

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– CONADE (@CONADE) May 5, 2021

Synchronized dives were included in the Olympic Games of Sidney 2000 . Since that time, the Mexican delegation had never had so many exponents in the discipline. In Athens 2004 and Beijin 2008 were 9 athletes , while in London 2012 and Rio 2016 the maximum figure was reached from 11 participants.

How are the quotas distributed?

The Mexican athletes who achieved their place in Tokyo 2020 will contest medal options under the following modalities: Trampoline 3 meters individual and synchronized male and female; on the other hand, the platform of 10 meters also under the modalities individual , collective and by gender .