Mexico and Brazil won their first medals and “Marchandmania” arrived

2024-07-29 00:07:29

In this edition of El Deportivo Olimpico we celebrate the first Latin American medal in Paris 2024, thanks to the bronze medal of the Mexican women’s archery team. We interviewed one of its stars, Alejandra Valencia. Big day for Brazil with three medals, while French swimmer Léon Marchand became a national hero after achieving gold and breaking an Olympic record.

In this edition of Radio Francia Internacional’s El Deportivo Olimpico we read the first medal in Latin America at Paris 2024, the bronze held by the Mexican women’s archery team. We interviewed one of its stars, Alejandra Valencia, who hopes for two more medals in Paris and we will listen to Ángela Ruiz, who achieved this medal at the age of 18.

We will analyze Brazil’s big day, with three highlights. Two of them are in Judo, one silver and one bronze. The third, another bronze, is skateboarding, thanks to the young Rayssa Leal, a world event in the sport at 16 years old.

Brazilian Rayssa Leal during the women’s figure skating final at Paris 2024, REUTERS – Pilar Olivares

We will also see how the swimmer Léon Marchand became the great French star of the day, after winning gold in the 400 meter medley and breaking the Olympic record, until the time held by Michael Phelps: He stopped the clock at 4:02: 95.

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We will also have tennis, with a preview of a great match, which will face Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic this Monday and we will remember the sadness of the defeat of the Cuban boxer Julio César la Cruz, who after winning the gold in Rio and Tokyo, lost in his first fight in Paris.