Coronavirus in Mexico: Paralympic multi-champion trains on the street due to the closure of sports facilities

After the increase of those infected by coronavirus in Mexico, athletes have been affected by the suspension of tournaments or the closure of facilities for training. One of these cases is that of Angeles Ortiz, world Paralympic champion.

The bullet launcher went to train in Havana, Cuba, but, with the emergency that the world is dealing with, he decided to return to his country. The Tabasco woman from birth, but Veracruz from the heart, returned to the port.

When he attended the facilities of the Veracruzano Sports Institute, he was surprised: it was closed. This as a preventive measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which until the cut of this Saturday has claimed the lives of two people.

Although I would like to train elsewhere, as has been the case with other athletes, the record holder does not have her team. He only has three bullets at his disposal, which are the ones he took to the Central American country.

The rest of your team is inside the warehouse of the facilities, which is located in the Sports City "Leyes de Reforma".

However, the spirit did not decline for the Mexican and He decided to continue preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in a park. Along with her coach Júnior Vázquez Ávila, the world Paralympic champion went to a park located within the Hípico neighborhood in Veracruz.

Again, Ángeles Ortiz had another setback. After two days of training, three heads of the block asked him to leave. According to the athlete, the neighbors assure that they pay the maintenance of that park and consider that she could damage the place with her training.

Desperate, the athlete uploaded a video on her social networks where she requests the support and understanding of citizenship in order to continue with their preparation for the Paralympics.

“Our national sports authorities They have decided that we train at home in each of our states. It seems easy, but it is not, "said Ortiz.

He assured that they are not against sanitation measures, but recalled that for some athletes their preparations continue. "We don't criticize anything. We only need to train because Tokyo 2020 is still valid. There are countries in the world that continue training and are preparing, "he said.

"We are trying to find a space, on some land, in some park, in some public place to be able to carry out our exercises that cannot be done at home or in some closed space"asked the Mexican.

In Mexico the number of COVID-19 cases increased to 251, reported the Ministry of Health this Saturday. The agency confirmed in a press conference at the National Palace that 2% is still considered serious and requires further assessment.

José Luis Alomía, director of Epidemology, and Hugo López-Gatell, undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, reported that There are 697 suspected cases, thousand 473 cases discarded or negative, and no deaths, suspected or confirmed, in the last 24 hours.

It was stated that 63% of cases are men and 37% women, while the hospitalization data is maintained: 90% were ambulatory and their receipt was domiciliary. Of the remaining 10% who did require medical attention at a second level, 6% remain stable and 2% remain serious. Alomía said that the average hospitalization in Mexico is below the world average, which is 15% to 16%.