Inside Janeth Gómez Valdivia's Pursuit of Olympic Dreams

Follow Janeth Gómez Valdivia's quest for Olympic qualification as she prepares to compete in the World Cup of Weightlifting. With unwavering determination and sacrifices made, she aims to secure her spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics, facing both external rivals and inner demons along the way.

Inside Janeth Gómez Valdivia's Pursuit of Olympic Dreams
Janeth Gómez Valdivia, weightlifter known as 'La Guerrera Azteca', prepares to lift at the World Cup of Weightlifting. Credit: CONADE

Protagonist of an outstanding process towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, weightlifter Janeth Gómez Valdivia declared herself ready to try to seal her qualification for the great event when this Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. (Central Mexican time), she enters into action in the World Cup of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), held in Phuket, Thailand.

“I feel prepared, ready, and hungry. Some mental and other physical things had to be polished, but it is being achieved, and I have the desire, I want and need to get that Olympic pass because I have worked very hard, as well as other athletes have done. With all my heart, I wish that qualification, and with God's hand it will be achieved, I know it and I believe it because we have worked very hard to reach this last event we have to close in the best possible way,” she said.