About the Mexican Para Swimming Team
With just over a month to go before the first ever World Para Swimming Championships to be held in Mexico, it was announced that the Mexican team has increased its number to 20, after a new analysis by the National Technical Commission of the discipline, which considered their closeness to the required times within the established criteria.
With this decision, six more swimmers have been added to the list of selected athletes: Luz Kerena López and Nancy Nayeli Lomelí in the 100m butterfly, Stefany Rubí Cristino in the 100m freestyle, Juan José Gutiérrez in the 100m breaststroke, Raúl Martínez in the 50m butterfly, and Paola Ruvalcaba in the 100m freestyle.
Meanwhile, Matilde Alcázar, the blind and visually impaired mermaid, secured her spot in the World Championships, obtaining her sporting classification as S11 in the German Open, confirming her times in the 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, and 100m breaststroke.
The seven selected athletes will join the previously announced 13 to defend the national colors in the competition that will bring together around 550 swimmers from 60 countries: Patricia Valle Benítez, Nely Miranda, Jesús Hernández, Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez, Luis Armando Andrade Guillén, José Arnulfo Castorena Vélez, Raúl Gutiérrez Bermúdez, Diego López Díaz, Juan Ignacio Reyes González, Gustavo Ramón Sánchez Martínez, Naomi Somellera Mandujano, Vianney Trejo Delgadillo, and Cristopher Gregorio Tronco Sánchez.
Samuel Pérez Portillo, Head of Adapted Sports at CONADE, announced that a final training camp is being prepared, which will take place at the Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool, the venue for the World Championships. Here, the selected athletes will have the opportunity to become familiar with the water, the lighting, and the facilities in general.
"It will always be beneficial for the athlete to know the place and feel at home. This is a remodeled pool, with a lot of history and tradition, and we consider it pertinent for them to have this training camp in Mexico City. It will begin in the first week of September and continue until the start of the competitions, with a daily session at that pool and the other part of the training at the CNAR pool," emphasized Pérez Portillo.