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By: EFE
Tuesday, October 8
Dodgers left-hander Julio Urías won distinguished award in his native Mexico
Julio Urías, left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB, for its acronym in English), was chosen this Thursday as the winner of the National Sports Award of 2021 of Mexico in the professional category.
Urías highlighted this year with the Dodgers at the end of the season 2021 as the season-winningest pitcher, with 20 by 3 losses.
Originally from Sinaloa, suspended in 2019 for domestic violence allegations, also featured in the MLB postseason with Los Angeles, in which got the victory in game 2 of the National League Division Series.
With 25 years , Urías is one of the Mexican baseball figures with the most future in the Major Leagues, in which in six seasons he accumulates 29 wins and 09 losses in 70 outputs and 3. 09 in effectiveness.
Aremi Fuentes was the winner in the non-professional sports category for winning the bronze medal in the .
Mónica Rodríguez won the prize in Paralympic sport , for the gold medal obtained in the test of 1. 500, class T 11, at the Tokyo Games. The athlete set a new world record in her participation in the Asian tournament by reaching the finish line in a time of 4: 32. 40.
In coaches, Jannet Alegría Peña, from Paralympic taekwondo, and José Manuel Zayas, from weightlifting, were the winners. Mayte Chávez obtained the division of judge-referee for her participation in soccer.
The triple Olympic medalist María del Rosario Espinoza will be recognized for her career in taekwondo, a sport that allowed her to become the woman with the best results in the history of the country.
The late jumper Carlos Girón, considered one of the best athletes in Mexico in the 20th century and Olympic silver medalist in Moscow 80, he will also be awarded for his career.
The voting of the National Sports Award 2021, in which journalists from different states of Mexico participated, were held this Thursday at the facilities of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports.
The awards will be delivered on 20 of n November and the winners will obtain a diploma signed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a gold medal, a rosette and $ 39, 0 09 Dollars.
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