Mexico won 16 medals on the penultimate day of the 2024 Para Swimming World Series.
On the penultimate day of the 2024 Para Swimming World Series in Mexico, held at the Metropolitan Aquatic Center in Guadalajara, the national pre-selection team achieved a total of 16 medals: six gold, seven silver, and three bronze.
Jesus Alberto Gutiérrez Bermúdez, bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, earned his sixth medal in the international competition by winning first place in the 400-meter freestyle, multi-class classification, with a time of 5:23.32 minutes. Ángel Fernando Gutiérrez León followed in second place, and Colombian Luis Camilo Marín Regino took third.
Gutiérrez Bermúdez also earned second place in the 100-meter backstroke, multi-class classification, with a time of 1:23.10 minutes, while another Mexican, Alejandro de Jesús Alvarado Alvarado, earned third place. Argentine Joaquín Leiva took the top spot in this event.
Other notable results for Mexico included Citli Siloe Salinas Rojas, who claimed gold in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:14.48 minutes. Mexican Paola Lizette Ruvalcaba Núñez took silver, while Colombian Nicol Samantha González Arango took bronze.
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Additionally, Paola Ruvalcaba earned bronze in the 400-meter freestyle, multi-class classification, with a time of 5:45.16 minutes. The gold went to Micaela Apaestegui from Peru, and the silver went to Sharit Yunque Fernández from Colombia.
The competition will conclude today, November 24, with the preliminary rounds starting at 09:00 AM (Central Mexico Time) and the finals at 5:00 PM (TCM). This event is part of the qualification process for the 2025 Para Swimming World Championship in Singapore.
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