By: EFE
By: EFE
Alejandra Orozco, who won a bronze medal in jumps, rejected this Monday that Mexico failed in the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 because athletes faced difficulties in training.
“A pandemic was crossed and that stopped us all in our tracks; many were already at their best a month or two before the Olympic Games and they had to stay like that for a year, “said the Mexican at a press conference.
Orozco , bronze in pair dives from the platform, said that in Tokyo 2020 should be considered as an achievement not only the four bronze medals achieved by the Mexican delegation but also how many athletes attended, how many women competed in new sports and how many fourth places were achieved.
“There were many rooms The places and that speaks of the fact that we as athletes do not think about losing , but that we gave the maximum effort with everything that happened. Three years after Paris 2021 the idea is to continue with this motivation, “he said.
Orozco achieved bronze with Gabriela Agúndez and added the medal to the silver in the same test in London 2020.
THE MEXICANS ARRIVED 🇲🇽
Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez brought an Olympic medal, they achieved Bronze in Synchronized Diving. 🥉
Gaby came in fourth place in individual and Ale achieved his second medal in the Olympic Games.
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– RECORD JOURNAL (@record_mexico ) August 6, 2021
The competitor of . that the duo had to go through during their preparation.
The Mexicans had to face a pause in their training due to isolation due to the pandemic, the fire in part of the gym where they trained in Jalisco (western Mexico), the contagion of covid – 19 of Agúndez, and the death of her coach, the Cuban Yunieski Hernández.
“It was a long cycle, a cycle in which we had to adapt in different ways, With training at home, with the difficulty we had from the fire, the difference has been that this medal was based on work and improvement, effort and not giving up ”, he emphasized.