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The athlete from Jalisco, World Champion in Taipei, Taiwan 2018, will compete in the 2024 Taekwondo Poomsae World Championship in Hong Kong, in the traditional modality, both individually and in pairs.  Paula Fregoso Arellano, the World Champion from Taipei, Taiwan 2018, will participate in the 2024 Taekwondo Poomsae World Championship in Hong Kong, which will be held from November 30 to December 4. This event will mark her fourth participation in World Championship tournaments in the discipline.      “I will compete on December 3 and 4, in the individual and pairs events, alongside Salvador Hinojosa. I’ve worked very hard to earn more medals for Mexico. We started preparing for this World Championship right after the last one, two years ago, so we’ve had a long preparation period,” the athlete from Jalisco shared with the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE).  The medalist from the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima held a training camp at the National Center for Development of Sports Talent and High Performance (CNAR), part of CONADE, to perfect the final details of her preparation before traveling to the championship venue.      You may also be interested in: Taekwondo Poomsae team received flag bearer honor ahead of the 2024 Hong Kong World Championship  “I started practicing taekwondo when I was eight years old, at the school where I was studying at the time, and from there I really liked it. I reached black belt, and when I started competing, I decided to focus on poomsae. I think this modality requires a lot of consistency and dedication because you’re perfecting movement by movement until you achieve excellence,” recalled the 24-year-old taekwondo athlete.  “The personal achievement that fills my heart the most is the gold medal at the 2018 World Championship in the individual event. I also won the trophy for Best Athlete and a silver medal in the team event. After that, I won the Pan American gold in Lima 2019,” Paula Fregoso highlighted.      Regarding her preparation before traveling to China, she said: “Taekwondo is my lifestyle. In the last few months leading up to this World Championship, it’s been all about training, eating, and sleeping. It’s very comfortable for us to train at CNAR because we have great facilities and all the services we need for our preparation. We’re very grateful to have had the whole team there, as we were able to work together to achieve our results for the World Championship.”  Finally, she emphasized what defines her as an athlete: “One quality that defines me is discipline, always looking for what I want and working until I achieve it. ‘He who perseveres, achieves.’” Fotos: CONADE

The Mexican team excelled at the 2024 Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championship in Panama, winning two gold medals (mixed pair and individual), one silver medal, and achieving notable results in the trio events.  Mexico once again stood out at the Pan American Aerobic Gymnastics Championship Panama 2024, capturing another gold medal, this time in the mixed pair category thanks to the impressive performance of Mario Nava and Elizabeth Quintero.      In the final, they outscored five other pairs with a score of 18.300, improving upon their third-place finish in the qualifying round (17.650 points).  Nava and Quintero firmly established themselves as the top representatives of the discipline at a continental level, followed by Argentineans Kevin Riveros and Brenda Weber (18.200) and Uruguayans Diego Ramírez and Julieta Perazza (17.700), who completed the podium.  You might also like: Daniela Gaxiola and Yareli Acevedo to compete in the UCI Track Cycling Champions League In other events, Mexico placed among the top 10 in the trio competition. In the final, the team consisting of Iván Veloz, Mario Nava, and María Fernanda González finished in sixth place, while the trio made up of Neftalí Reyes, Saúl Vázquez, and José Madero secured the eighth position.  With these results, the Mexican delegation wrapped up the championship with two gold medals (one in the mixed pair and one individual by Iván Veloz), as well as a silver medal earned by Mario Nava in the individual category.  Fotos: CONADE

Mexico secured 4 gold medals, 3 silver, and 3 bronze at the 6th Pan American Deaf Games 2024, excelling in athletics, indoor volleyball, and taekwondo, and finished sixth in the overall medal table.  The national team returned to Mexico following their participation in the 6th Pan American Deaf Games 2024, held from November 10–17 in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The team collected a total of 10 medals: four gold, three silver, and three bronze.  In athletics, Lourdes Ponce Juárez won gold in the 5,000 meters, while Freya Danae Nieves Medina took the gold in the 400 meters.  In indoor volleyball, the men’s team claimed the championship by defeating Uruguay 3-0 in the final. Additionally, Brenda Sánchez Ramírez secured gold in taekwondo in the -49 kg category.  Freya Nieves also earned two silver medals in the 100- and 200-meter sprints. Meanwhile, swimmer Ángel Archivet Hernández won silver in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 59 seconds and bronze in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 27.3 seconds.  You might also like: Mexico continues to add medals in the 2024 Para Swimming World Series In athletics, Mexico added two more bronze medals, thanks to Ángela Gabrielle García Flores in the women’s 100-meter sprint and Jhonatan Manuel Jauregui Ávila in the men’s 100-meter sprint.  Meanwhile, the soccer team concluded their participation with a victory against Jamaica but suffered losses to Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.  With these results, Mexico placed sixth in the overall medal table, led by Brazil with 17 gold medals.  Fotos: CONADE Galería

Jalisco athlete Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez earned a silver medal in the 50-meter backstroke women’s event, with a time of 1:09.81 minutes, reaffirming her place among the best in the world at the 2024 Para Swimming World Series in Mexico.  Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez, a double silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, stood out on the second day of the 2024 Para Swimming World Series in Mexico by winning silver in the women’s 50-meter backstroke, multi-class classification S1-S5, with a time of 1:09.81 minutes.      The podium was completely Mexican, with Karina Amayrany Hernández Torres taking gold with a time of 48.48 seconds, and Leilani Itzel González Ibarra earning bronze with a time of 55.36 seconds.  “Winning this medal today made me relive the moment I experienced at the Paralympic Games in France, and it’s something very beautiful—again it was silver, and in this event,” said Haidee Aceves.      The Jalisco athlete also highlighted the importance of public support at such events: “It helps us a lot because having so many people here supporting us and cheering us on motivates us, as well as the generations that come after us to push them to want to fulfill their dreams. I hope these kinds of events happen more often at home,” she added.  You may also be interested in: Haidee Aceves does it again, earning her second personal and Mexico’s silver medal In other results, Mexico also dominated the women’s 200-meter freestyle, multi-class S1-S5 and S14. Citli Siloe Salinas Rojas took gold with a time of 2:24.42 minutes, followed by Karen Amelyn Morales Galván, who earned silver with a time of 2:36.28 minutes, and Rebeca Hernández Carmona, who completed the podium with bronze at 2:36.64 minutes.  Aceves Pérez emphasized the importance of hosting international adapted and Paralympic sports competitions, highlighting their positive impact on the country’s sports development.      “We are on a very good path with these competitions, and the publicity needed to organize more events like this where many countries come is essential. It also gives us the opportunity to improve our records and qualify for more competitions,” she said.  This event is part of the qualification process for the 2025 Para Swimming World Championship in Singapore.