Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
Two more athletes from El Salvador boarded the boat that will leave with the blue and white delegation to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, these are surfer Bryan Pérez and sailer Enrique Arathoon, who were confirmed in recent days to represent the country in the event of the year.
“Bryan Pérez, second Salvadoran athlete confirmed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! Our surfer becomes the second Team ESA athlete who will represent El Salvador in the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games. Congratulations, Bryan! Your dedication and effort are an example for all of us,” shared the Olympic Committee of El Salvador (COES) on social networks.
According to the committee, the International Surfing Association informed the COES that Pérez was chosen through the university to participate in the Olympic Games, a selection that was carried out through a “rigorous filter and criteria” established by the same association and He thanked the athlete for his dedication and commitment.
Pérez won a bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023, in addition, it is worth remembering that it was one of the disciplines that stood out the most in the sports dispute after the golds of Sindy Portillo and Amado de Jesús Alvarado. The athlete was the second to be confirmed.
The sailer Enrique Arathoon was the third athlete that the COES confirmed for Paris 2024 with the message “Team ESA’s third place for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has arrived!” “In less than 24 hours I am pleased to announce the classification of a third Salvadoran athlete for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Congratulations Quique for your excellent work! What an honor to be able to say: Enrique Arathoon, 3-time Olympian,” wrote the president of the COES, Armando Bruni in the Apulo recreational park, which meant the fourth gold medal for El Salvador in that regional contest and who also already has experience because he participated in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The first athlete to get the ticket to Paris 2024 was Uriel Canjura, from badminton, after he reached the final at the XXVII Yonex Pan Am Individual Championship Guatemala 2024.
Salvadoran sport increases its expectations every day ahead of the start of one of the most important events of the year, which will be held from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11, and in which athletes from the Salvadoran territory hope to give their best. better to stand out among the best. To date, badminton, surfing and sailing are the first sports to sign up for Paris 2024.
#Surfing #sailing #board #Paris #Olympic #Games
