The Paris 2024 Olympic Games They will be inaugurated on July 26 and Colombia aspires to have a good number of athletes competing, a figure that at the moment stands at 62 and several more boxes are missing.
Complaints
The sports federations have delayed receiving financial contributions from Mindeporte, so several of them, such as cycling, archery and weight training, to give just three examples, have had to ‘take out of their pockets’ and insist on seeks to achieve its objectives with a view to fairness.
There are several athletes who have complained about this lack of support and to this is added that payments to athletes from support programs have not been paid in full. One of those who has criticized the current situation has been the boxer Yuberjen Martínezmedal in the ORio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics.
“I had several problems with the technical part and with the Ministry of Sports, because they suspended my financial support for eight months, through no fault of my own. It was just because,” he said. Mauricio Ortega, discus thrower, warned that payments are delayed.
“Four months have already passed since 2024 and the Ministry of Sports does not give incentives to athletes who are part of the Athlete Excellence program. When we look for an answer, they direct us to make the right to request, to do anything through the page, which would be fine if the response were immediate or if it were an answer that resolved, or gave a solution to, the questions we have, that The question is summarized in: Why don’t they give the support? If it is money that is intended. “So as not to deviate from the topic,” he said.
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