Biking and archery give Mexico a golden weekend

Mexico knows what it means to be on top of the world. Together with its athletes, and all women, the country can celebrate that it has some of the best cycling and shooting exponents in the world. Sporting delights first slipped away this Saturday when Mexicans Daniela Gaciola, Yuli Verdugo and Jessica Salazar won the World Cycling Championships in Canada. Thousands of kilometers away, in Turkey, Olympians Alejandra Valencia and Aida Roman, as well as Angela Ruiz, rocked the archery world this Sunday by being more perfect than the Chinese archers.

Mexico was blamed for not knowing how to win in team sports, but the media focus was only on soccer. The footballers’ only joint achievement was a commendable gold medal at the Olympic Games. The real victories fell on other sports that are fighting for a foothold on the television schedules. Gaxiola, Verdugo and Salazar won the cyclocross final by defeating the locals. The Mexicans were faster than the Canadians, their main rivals, by milliseconds: 47,001 versus 47,414. The result gives them revenue to climb the world rankings and play another international tournament in Glasgow. However, his victory exposes the cracks in the management of Mexican sports. The Mexicans traveled to Canada, but received a warning from the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADY) that they would not pay their travel expenses. athletes according to practicalThey requested money from their home states (Jalisco, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur) to cover expenses. La Conade, through its official radio channels, ignored the victory of the Mexicans.

Mexican shooters Alejandra Valencia, Aida Roman and Angela Ruiz win gold at the Shooting World Cup in Antalya, Turkey. He defeated the Chinese trio of Zhang Minjiao, An Zhichuan and Hai Ligan 6-0, with a score of 55-51, 55-54, 57-53. Valencia, 28, won bronze two years ago with Luis Alvarez at the Tokyo Olympics, as well as three gold medals at the Pan American Games. Roman, 34, is one of Mexico’s most successful archers, and among her accomplishments are a silver medal won at the London Olympics in 2012, and two world championship golds, both individual and team, in 2014. While Ruiz, 16, just debuted with the national team. The Conade popularized the great achievement of Mexican women headed by former player Ana Gabriela Guevara.

Mexicans view football with suspicion after the fiasco in the World Cup in Qatar. The scene is set on other sports in which they see progress, such as baseball, where the Mexican team reached a historic semi-final in the World Classic or in motorsports with the best years of Checo Pérez in Formula 1 or Pato O’ Ward in IndyCar. One year after the Olympics, Mexican athletes continue to do their work to try and qualify for Paris 2024 with or without reflectors.

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