Divers who stood out at the last Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will have to dust themselves off this weekend. The bronze medalists Alejandra Orozco, Gabriela Agúndez, as well as Dolores Hernández and Juan Celaya, fourth place finishers in the great event, and Aranza Vázquez, fifth place in that competition, must present themselves at the Unique Selection in León to seek a place in the Central American and Caribbean Games, and the World Championship, otherwise, they will be practically out of the Olympic cycle.
The team that has already confirmed their participation is the one directed by Iván Bautista, and they are clearly aiming to qualify for the World Championship that will take place this year in Fukuoka, Japan.
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"From Jalisco we are going to participate with about nine or ten divers, including Alejandra Orozco, Germán Sánchez, Melany Hernández, Frida Zúñiga, Rodrigo D..., and other juniors, and even Gabriela Agúndez who is not from the state but is part of the group. Ale and Gaby still have their Olympic dreams," declared the national coach, Iván Bautista.
However, the coach is still not clear about how the team will be formed for the Central American Games in San Salvador 2023.
"As for Central Americans first let's see the selection criteria, if they are going to change, since apparently it is a B team that is going to that event, and an A group that is going to the World Championship," he mentioned.
The mentioned athletes have not competed since the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Last year they did not participate in the selection that the Stabilization Committee for the World Championship of Budapest held, and at the beginning of this year they did not attend the first control of the Committee.
It should be remembered that the Conade does not recognize the Stabilization Committee which operates illegally in Mexico, and that is why they withdrew sports scholarships from athletes and payments from coaches. Last year they did not suffer modifications in their scholarships even without having participated in any event, but now the situation was different since Ana Guevara decided to block their resources.