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Ray Zapata, Olympic silver medallist
The Spanish gymnast reaches the podium and comes close to gold after completing a magnificent floor exercise
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The Spanish gymnast reaches the podium and comes close to gold after completing a magnificent floor exercise
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
Once again, this year, the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee has opened its doors for the presentation of the new athletes who were awarded a scholarship by UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia. The event, presided by José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, minister of Culture and Sport, has been opened by Alejandro Blanco, president of the Olympic institution, and was attended by José Luis Mendoza, president of UCAM, and 37 of the athletes who were awarded a scholarship by the educative body.
Alejandro Blanco, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, and José Luis Mendoza, president of UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, gathered this Friday, online, with the majority of the Olympic and Paralympic athletes who participate in the UCAM-COE project and who are training to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Among the participants, there were more than 250 international medals, 19 Olympic medals and 10 Paralympic medals.
The presidents of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and of UCAM, in a virtual meeting held this Thursday, reaffirmed all their support to these athletes, listened to their concerns and exhorted them before the challenge<br /> <br />
The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) presents the ‘Office of Attention to the Athlete’, working closely with UCAM with the goal to promote the double career (academic career and athlete career) of the great champions
The agreement was signed by the presidents of the three entities: Josep María Bartomeu (FC Barcelona), Alejandro Blanco (Spanish Olympic Committee) and José Luis Mendoza (Catholic University of Murcia)
Javier Fernandez, double world champion of skating, says thanks to UCAM and COE on behalf of the 19 athletes in attendance.<br /> <br />
Several participated yesterday to the conference organized between UCAM and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE)