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.
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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.
