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Mexico Para Rowing Team Secures Paris 2024 Spot

Mexico's para rowing team made history, winning gold in two categories at the Paralympic Qualification Regatta. They await the decision on which boat will represent the nation at Paris 2024.

Mexicanist

Mar 17, 2024 — 3 min read

Ángeles Brittany Gutiérrez Vieyra and Miguel Ángel Nieto Carpio of Mexico show their winning spirit after taking gold in the PR3 Mix2x category. Credit: CONADE

The para rowing team achieved the feat and obtained a quota for Mexico to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, after winning the first places in two categories, in the Olympic and Paralympic Qualifying Regatta of the Americas 2024, which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a competition they attended with the support of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE).

Thus, for the second time, our country will be represented in the Paralympic Games for rowing, after the historic ticket obtained by Michel Muñoz in Tokyo 2020.

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