There is support, but little; hopefully things will change: Ángel Camacho

After a successful participation in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Ángel de Jesús Camacho returned to Mexico with three medals hanging on his chest and a request to the next administration of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (Conade).

I hope they give more support to adapted sports. I don’t want to talk too much about that subject, but I was only able to attend a preparation competition and a camp. I don’t know if it was due to lack of resources or another reason.shared the swimmer, who became the top winner of the national delegation.

Surrounded by dozens of people who gathered at the airport, Camacho made an appeal to the sports authorities.

The truth is that I don’t think the preparation I had was fair, in reality it was very little but my mentality helped me get ahead when it came to presenting myself in the pool. There is support, but not much, hopefully things will change..

Camacho, who is just 19 years old, is on the rise. She won bronze in Tokyo 2020 and yesterday she returned home with a silver and two bronze medals.

My parents were the ones who encouraged a competitive personality in me and that was fundamental. I feel very happy for what I achieved and more than encouraged to start a new cycle towards the 2028 Los Angeles Games.he added.

Jose de Jesus Castillo, bronze in powerliftingseconded the request.

I would ask whoever comes to CONADE to look at Paralympic sport. Our conventional colleagues made a great effort but we are the ones who brought back the medals.

Castillo returned to the podium after eight years after doing so at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer event.

I dedicate the medal to my son. He turns six this week and I think it’s a great gift. I really enjoyed these Games because unlike in Tokyo, there were a lot of people, including Mexicans everywhere.

The national team member hopes to end his career in four years.

I think Los Angeles could mark the end of my career. We have to work a lot harder because there is a very strong generational change.

José Alberto Gutiérrez, who won bronze at the age of 17 in the 400-meter freestyle, among others, also returned to Mexico.

Dozens of people arrived at the airport with flowers, posters and gifts for the medalists, who took a few minutes to take the traditional selfie.

The Paralympic delegation won 17 medals in Paris, five fewer than in Tokyo 2020.

The Parisian podiums barely surpassed the 15 medals achieved in Rio 2016 and are below the harvests of Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Winning medals has become much more complicated. We have to prepare better and apply new technologies to our training.Castillo said.

The generational change taking place in high-performance Paralympic sport was reflected in the medal haul, which, although smaller than in Tokyo, is encouraging for those who represent us internationally.

Except for September 3, a medal was won every day, which is encouraging.said the head of the Mexican Paralympic Committee, Liliana Suárez, in a statement.

Mexico has participated in the Paralympic Games since Heidelberg 1972, when it failed to win a medal. Since Toronto 1976, it has always been on the podium. Counting the number of medals in the 12 editions with a metal medal, Paris is the fourth worst performance.

In this cycle, Conade has invested an average of 50 million pesos in Paralympic sports, distributed in the form of cash prizes and scholarships.