2024-08-28 03:01:00
On July 26, the City of Light dressed up to give the entire planet a ceremony that will be hard to forgetThe Seine River was the star of the Parisian evening, which culminated with a majestic performance by Canadian Celine Dion. For 17 days, the world’s eyes were on Paris 2024. The Argentine delegation brought a medal of each colour to the country to fill all the boxes. One month after the inauguration, the Argentine Olympic Committee decided to organize an event to recognize all the athletes which were part of the thirty-third edition of the Olympic Games, especially their medalists, who left part of their legacy in the Olympic Museum which was recently renovated at the institution’s headquarters.
The event was opened by the President of the COA, Mario Mocciawho was very grateful to the athletes and coaches: “We wanted to pay tribute to them for having represented Argentine sport in the best way possible. To those who participated, to those who received a diploma and especially to the medal winners. We wanted to do it in the home of Argentine Olympic sport.”
Before calling the athletes A video was broadcast showing the 136 athletes who were part of the Argentine delegation with the interpretation of “Aurora” by Abel Pintos, who made this collaboration as another tribute to the national representatives.
Following this, the Committee authorities called for the Olympic diplomas. Matías Osadcsuk, Santiago Mare and Tobías Wade were The Pumas Seven who received the recognition; men’s hockey team Agustín Mazzilli and Agustín Bugallo were present. In addition to Julian Gutierrez, who reached the final of the 10-meter air rifle shooting competition.
Trophies for the Museum
Finally it was the turn of the medalists, firstly Agustina Gorzelany, Clara Barberi and Juana Castellaro from Las Leonas They were representing the entire team and They left a team shirt signed by them. “We wanted to give away the shirt we wore at these Games to leave our little part as a souvenir,” said Gorzelany, the team’s top scorer in Paris with six goals.
When it was the turn of Eugenia Bosco and Mateo Majdalani, the sailors left the shirt they used on the last day, in the Medal Race in the Marina de Marseille where they won the silver medal in Nacra 17. In addition, their coach, Javier Conte, who was a medalist in Sydney 2000 was also part of the celebration.
The highlight of the night was when the award was given to “Maligno” Torres for his Olympic championship. The Cordoban He left his helmet as a legacy to the Olympic Museum. “It was a pleasure for me, we did our job, we did what we had to do,” the cyclist concluded.
Belen Casetta, Daiana Ocampo and Joaquin Gomez were other athletes who competed in Paris 2024 and received their participation pin.
To close the protocol part, The COA’s “Women in Sports Commission” made a video in commemoration of all Argentine women medalists from swimmer Jeanette Campbell in Berlin 1936, through Gabriela Sabatini, Paula Pareto to Las Leonas and Eugenia Bosco in Paris 2024.
Between bicycles and fire trucks
Last Saturday Jose “Maligno” Torres had done a bike ride in Córdoba with 600 cyclists to do an “Olympic Lap” more than three kilometers from the Parque de las Naciones to the “Maligno Park” BMX track at the Kempes sports center in the capital of Córdoba, where the athlete trained.
Eugenia Bosco and Mateo Majdalani had also been honored in San Isidro while they toured the municipality in a fire truck. The duo who took the legacy of Cecilia Carranza and Santiago Lange in Nacra 17 He also received recognition for nautical merit from the Argentine Naval Prefecture.
Domingo Monumental
Last weekend, four of the Olympic medalists, “Malignant” Torres, Eugenia Bosco, Mateo Majdalani and Juana Castellaro They were present alongside Mario Moccia in the presidential box of the River Plate stadium to experience the match against Newell’s. Before the game, the athletes were able to walk around the field and be recognized by the entire River Plate public. More than 80,000 people applauded four of the athletes who achieved some of the 80 medals that the national delegation has in its Olympic history since Paris 1924.