Osmar Olvera (Mexico City, 20 years old) is an extraordinary athlete. The Mexican has won his second medal at the Paris Olympic Games after dazzling in the individual springboard final. The Mexican’s fine and energetic diving helped him to win the bronze medal, behind the unstoppable Chinese Siyi Xie and Zongyuan. Mexico thus adds its … Read more
He cinema and the Olympic Games are closely related, not only because of the number of films that have been made about the Games, but also because there are numerous Olympic athletes throughout history who have also appeared on the big screen. Some of the films most famous about the games are Olympicsby Leni Riefenstahl, … Read more
ABBA is playing. Dancing Queen. Around a bend, Mondo, the King, dances wrapped in the Swedish flag. He is 24 years old. He is a pole vaulter. Higher than anyone else. He took the world record with 6.17m four and a half years ago. In Paris, in a Stade de France full of people, 75,000 … Read more
Similar numbers for Spain and Morocco in these Games Both teams are entering their semi-finals with a record of three wins and one loss at these Games. Morocco has scored ten goals and conceded two, while Spain has scored nine goals and conceded three. Morocco began their journey in the tournament by beating Argentina (1-2) … Read more
At the same time that Yaroslava Mahuchikh is flying to gold in Paris, wowing the stadium, Volodymyr Zelensky, her president and the president of all Ukrainians, announces that the F16 fighters promised by Europe have begun to land in kyiv, and both pieces of news will surely make the front pages of his country, broken … Read more
I’m not choosing the best time to say that I don’t like Simone Biles’ gymnastics, but at least no one will accuse me of being an opportunist. I write this while she is proclaimed Olympic champion again, another milestone to add to a dazzling list of achievements. There is no space in this column to … Read more
On the speakers of Terminal 2 of the capital’s airport, the Mexico, Mexico! He said goodbye to around twenty athletes who left yesterday for Olympic territory. The cheering was spontaneous. As soon as Ale Orozco, Osmar Olvera, Gaby Agúndez and the rest of the diving team approached the counter area, the travelers began to applaud … Read more
Against all odds, Spain fell to second place in their group and now their path to medals in Paris will apparently be more complicated. Japan, with whom they already met in the semi-finals of Tokyo 2021, await in the quarter-finals. Santi Denia’s team lost to Egypt in a bad match, played in the heat with … Read more
David Popovici lost everything during 199 metres and won the gold in the last few centimetres of what he defined as a “dogfight”. The crowd gathered in the pavilion let out a unanimous gasp at the sight of the final commotion in the pool. There was something magical in the touch that decided the final … Read more
And do you know Alan Cleland? It is one of the unknowns that has been cleared up in the first days of the Olympic Games. Now the question is: what Mexican does not know Alan Cleland? The Mexican surfer has been supported like no other on the fluctuating social networks. From a character from Rocket … Read more