Officials from the Tlaxcala Sports Institute (IDET), the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), the Mexican Paralympic Committees (Copame) and the Archery Steering Committee, as well as the State Welfare Secretariat, led the opening ceremony of the first. National Selective Para Archery Tournament 2023.
The Protocol Act was held at the Tlahuicol Stadium, the site of the sports fair, which will define the team that will represent Mexico at the Para Archery World Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and which will form the basis of the selection process for the Santiago 2023 Parapan American. Is part of. Play.
There is also a national selection process for youth Under-18 and Under-21, in which 200 traditional archers participate.
Madai Pérez Carrillo, on behalf of the head of the local executive, IDET director, Lorena Cuellar Cisneros, welcomed the athletes from all over the Mexican Republic, “Tlaxcala is their home and it has been a benchmark in the Games in the last two years. , Governor Thank you for your support and encouragement. Lots of success because I know the passion, persistence, enthusiasm they have to achieve their goals and their dreams.
In this regard, the director of the archery committee, Juan René Serrano Gutierrez, trusted that the participants would do their best to be able to represent Mexico with dignity.
“We want to promote sport among young people, so that they keep growing, so that they remain healthy young, with a vision and a mission to make Mexico the best in the world. We want to live in Tlaxcala and once again Many thanks to all parties involved for allowing us to bring a high quality event to this beautiful state.
In her speech, the president of COPEM, Liliana Suárez Carron, thanked state and federal government officials for their support, promotion and strengthening of Paralympic sport.
“Today in archery we have both a youth and a Paralympic selection, both of which are very important for their development and participation in the World Championships as well as the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games; This alliance is an example of that development, seeing that it can be connected and make real work of inclusion”, he said.
In turn, Omar Echevarría, a Paralympic athlete representing Mexico at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, recognized the efforts of his teammates and urged them to keep working hard to achieve their goals.
“We are an example and we have to work on it, give our best (…) to all athletes and new youngsters, have a lot of success in their competitions, I hope everyone learns from this tournament, because every competition Teaches us something new which motivates us to keep moving forward and have more courage for whatever comes our way in future.”
Conade, the man in charge of giving the opening statement, was the coordinator of the game’s technical analysts for the game, adapted from Juan Pedro Toledo.
The event was also attended by Honorary President of the State Welfare and Social Development Consultative Committee, Fernanda Espinosa de los Monteros Cuéllar and Secretary of Welfare, María Estela Álvarez Corona, who had previously greeted and interacted with the organizers of the fair, the athletes. , as well as their coach (newsletter)
