Maialen Chourraut, Olympic legend
In a spectacular final, the Spanish UCAM canoeist wins silver, her third Olympic medal after gold in Rio and bronze in London.
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In a spectacular final, the Spanish UCAM canoeist wins silver, her third Olympic medal after gold in Rio and bronze in London.
The two athletes of UCAM bear the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games of Tokyo
The Spanish Olympic team, which is already in Tokyo, where the inauguration ceremony will be held this Friday, will experience unusual Games due to the absence of the public, but it will perceive the beat of its fans through the campaign launched by the alliance between UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia and the Spanish Olympic Committee.
The members of the Spanish delegation linked to UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia are 79: 61 Olympic athletes and 12 Paralympic ones, apart from three technicians and three doctors. It exceeds its participation in the Olympic Games of Rio, which were the result of the UCAM-COE model promoted by its presidents, José Luis Mendoza and Alejandro Blanco
The UCAM athlete from Mula has undergone a medical exam at the Research Centre on High Performance Sport of UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia before leaving for Tokyo, where he will compete in the 5,000 metres
During an online meeting, the presidents of the Region, Fernando López Miras, and the president of UCAM, José Luis Mendoza, thanked them for their effort and wished them good luck in the Games, which will start on July 23. UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia will be the university with the highest number of athletes in Tokyo in the world, with the Spanish delegation composed of 60 Olympic and 13 Paralympic athletes linked to this institution, aside from two trainers and two doctors.
The ‘Alejandro Blanco’ pavilion, located at Getafe, was created with the aim of facilitating the social integration of these people through sports
The double Olympic medallist in synchronised swimming gets ready for the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020, supported by UCAM