Who are former Exatlon members who will represent Mexico at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games

A woman with an umbrella walks past the newly installed Olympic rings to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Yokohama, Japan, June 30, 2021. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon
A woman with an umbrella walks past the newly installed Olympic rings to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Yokohama, Japan, June 30, 2021. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon

The Tokyo Olympics definitely have athletes that you should not lose sight of, such as the gymnast Simon Biles or swimmer Caeleb Dressel, however, some controversial athletes will also make their debut in the jousts and these are the contestants of the reality Exatlón.

After a year of delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the maximum competition in sport returns and this time new talents are ready to stand out, also off the screens.

At the moment, these three competitors will seek the greatest feat in the most anticipated sporting event, which had to be postponed due to the health crisis. Since the season ended Exatlón: Titans vs Heroes, some have not let go of the role of great competitors.

The Mexican will seek to position himself as the best gymnast in the jousts. Photos: @danielcorralmx
The Mexican will seek to position himself as the best gymnast in the jousts. Photos: @danielcorralmx

Daniel Corral, the 31-year-old gymnast who is currently one of the most sought-after contestants to continue starring in the reality sports. In interviews he has said that he is mentally preparing for the summer joust

The boyfriend of Antoinette Gaxiola, lost last season against Ernesto Cázares. After his defeat, he has recounted his aspirations to continue growing to new levels.

Also another Olympic athlete will be Kenia Lettuce. She advanced to the end of the previous season of Exatlon what was there cfollowed his pass to the Olympic Games, and his goal is to win gold in rowing.

Kenya Lettuce was in the first season of Exatlon, where he was part of the team of Famous, with whom he reached the semifinal.

Kenia Lettuce will give everything in the rowing competition. Photos: @kenialechuga_
Kenia Lettuce will give everything in the rowing competition. Photos: @kenialechuga_

Carolina Mendoza is another athlete who will be in the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The diver won a competition of the Mexican selective held in the National Center for Talent Development and High Performance of Mexico City, allowing you to be in the Olympic Games.

Sunshine, together with the diver from Veracruz Dolores Hernandez, they won the synchronized final from a 3-meter springboard.

After so much effort and so many practices, Mendoza he sees the fruit of his effort and returns to Olympic Games, after its debut in London 2012 and its absence in Rio 2016.

On the other hand, it was already anticipated that the Mexican delegation in these Olympic Games will be quite decent.

Photos: @caromsunshine_
Photos: @caromsunshine_

“It will be a very robust delegation with great quality,” he told Around the rings the president of the Mexican Olympic Committee, Carlos Padilla Becerra. With its 160 athletes, Mexico currently becomes the third largest team in Latin America for Tokyo behind those of Brazil and Argentina.

The national record for Olympic participation was set at home with whats Mexico Games 68 with 272 athletes while in Munich 72 Mexico attended with 174.

Padilla Becerra at the head of COM closes a relevant Olympic cycle with the brilliant performances of Mexican sport in the Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 and in the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

Mexico will have one of its strongest delegations in years. EFE / EPA / FRANCK ROBICHON / Archive
Mexico will have one of its strongest delegations in years. EFE / EPA / FRANCK ROBICHON / Archive

The Olympic leader highlights other angles beyond the fact that the Mexican will be one of the largest delegations in Latin America. ” Beyond the number, it implies the quality. Because it is a generation that has already been pushing ”comments Padilla who illustrated, for example, the unexpected absences of the emblematic María del Rosario Espinioza (taekwondo), the most successful Mexican in the Olympic Games, and Paola Espinosa (diving).

“The generational change is important since those of us who thought that they were going to be in their last Olympic Games, it was not like that, and well, no way, this is sport and we have to give way to the new generations,” he commented.

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