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Donovan Carrillo, first Mexican classified to the Winter Olympics

Donovan Carrillo, primer mexicano clasificado a los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno

Donovan is the first Mexican classified to the Olympic contest in Beijing 2022 .

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The ice figure skater, Donovan Carrillo , managed to be the first to qualify for the next J Winter Olympic games to be held in Beijing from 2022 . Donovan is the fifth to attend since they opened in 1924.

The skater participated in the Stockholm World Championships , Sweden. In this competition, Donovan finished on the site 20 after his runs of the short and long program. In this way he was awarded the Olympic quota, according to the list of athletes of the International Figure Skating Union (ISU).

Skater Donovan Carrillo qualifies for the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. In this interview we reveal one of the most relevant athletes of our time. https://t.co/E1QpVWktTW

– Newsweek México (@NewsweekEspanol) April 1, 2021

“It’s official, it’s good news. It’s great that we have figure skating again at the Winter Olympics, generally the Mexican delegation that attends the Winter Olympics are from alpine skies, “said the Chief of Mission to the winter Olympic joust, Carlos Pruneda.