How Mexico Became the Proving Ground for Wrestling's Rising Stars
Despite a natural disaster, Mexico hosted major wrestling events with resounding success. Mexican wrestlers won medals, Olympic quotas, and global recognition, proving their nation a force in the sport.
After a trilogy of renowned associated wrestling competitions held in Acapulco, Guerrero, including a Pan American Olympic Qualifier, the president of the Federación Medallistas de la especialidad (FEMELA), Guillermo Díaz Gutiérrez, considered the objective achieved in terms of the level of the Mexican athletes, as well as in the response of the public of that entity.
“This series of events in our country was something unusual, and we organized it: the Pan American Championship, the Pan American Qualifier and the Beach Wrestling World Series, which was held for the first time in America and will consist of four stages,” he said in an interview with the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE).
