Mexican María de los Ángeles Ortiz, champion of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, came very close to winning a medal this Thursday at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after finishing fourth in the F57 shot put final.
Under incessant rain at the Stade de France, the Tabasco native, who is participating in her fifth Paralympic Games, registered a time of 10.33 meters, which put her 41 centimeters behind Algerian Nassima Saifi, who won bronze with 10.74.
Gold went to Safia Djelal, also from Algeria, who set a Paralympic record with a throw of 11.56 metres. Silver went to Mian Xu, from China, with 10.89 metres.
“I had a much better mark, as I demonstrated in training, but there are things that are beyond my control, such as judging. For the second time, judging is preventing us from achieving a higher position in this race.
“In Kobe (World Cup) it was the foul on the buttock, which was called on the shots prior to the valid ones, so the intensity had to be modified. Now it was the bench tube, they asked me to remove it, it is not flexible, it does not help me push, it is made of forged and filled steel, baked in Córdoba since 2015.
“They asked me to grab not from above, but from more than half of the tube, then I would go down, but here is the Leonawith my head held high, because I did not fail Mexico,” said Ortiz, who achieved his record on his second pitch.
This afternoon, the Para athletics action will continue, with the final of Gilda Cota in the shot put F33 and the preliminaries of Salvador Hernández and Leonardo Pérez in the 100 meters T52.
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– 2024-09-12 16:22:02
