2024-07-12 23:53:48
The dream is fulfilled! Just a few days before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games We want to remember how Waleska Soto qualified in Olympic pit to his second Games.
The joy of the shooterwho is also flag bearer for Paris 2024 He lives his classification every day in the best way possible, which is why we want to remind you how he achieved the access mark and when will it come out? polygon in search of that medal which he has dreamed of since he started in the sportHow cool!
Paris 2024: Waleska Soto qualified for the Olympic trap
The access mark to be able to attend Paris 2024 was always close to the 34-year-old Guatemalan shooter, who will participate for the second time in some Olympics and now she will do so as a standard-bearer.
Waleska Soto climbed onto the podium at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Gameswhere the contract was awarded silver medalbut it was not enough to achieve the classificationHowever, I knew that the day would soon come when I would get my place.
The celebration in the Dominican Republic
In a year of ups and downs for the Guatemalan sportthe big day would come on March 3, 2024 in his participation in the XVI CAT Americas Championshipwhich was held in the Dominican Republic.
Waleska was awarded the gold medal after knocking down 40 dishes in the Olympic trap specialty and with that result he managed to secure the quota for Paris 2024It was an amazing and super exciting moment. I waited for the end proof to know that she would achieve her goal, she recalled excitedly.
While the silver medal It was for the Mexican Alejandra Ramirezwith 37 dishes and the bronzefor Ryann Phillips from the United States, with 30 plates knocked down.
A sport inspired by family
For Waleska, who played softball and now he does it for fun, he always wanted to practice a individual sport that would allow her to be in the big competitions and on the advice of her mother, who took her to the polygon, she decided to practice female pit.
«My mother encouraged me to love this sport because she saw that I had a talent for shooting. That’s how I said that I could achieve the dream of being in the Olympics and now I will compete for the second time.»she acknowledged excitedly.
The shooter Together with her companions, they traveled to Italy to continue with the final preparation heading to France, where they will arrive on Sunday, July 21, 2024, to be able to be at the opening ceremony, where Waleska will walk alongside the National flag and with that smile that characterizes him for his love of sport and his country. How cool!
When will the shooting events take place in Paris 2024?
According to the organizers, the Chateauroux Shooting Center will host 340 Olympic athletes, including four Guatemalans.
In the specialty of women’s trapwhere Waleska will compete alongside Adriana Ruano will be disputed first day of competition on Tuesday, July 30 and the second day will be on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, as well as the Grand finale where they will classify the best six shootersin which we hope is the GuatemalanHow cool!
Until now, Guatemala It has 15 athletes qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
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