Colombian Tennis Federation has the last word in the case of Camila Osorio

The outlook is not clear Camila Osorio to go to the Olympic Games, After the Colombian Tennis Federation published a letter (which he deleted a few minutes later) in which he expressed “important doubts about compliance or not with the requirements (to be in Paris 2024), due to his effective participation or not in the competitions related to the Billie Jean King Cup”.

And he called on the tennis player: “We confirm that definitively clarifying these doubts is in the hands of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and not of this national Federation. The above, in order that, To the extent possible, take the necessary actions.”

The decision to give him the endorsement to be in the Olympic It is in the hands of the Federation, he explained Ciro Solanopresident of Colombian Olympic Committee, to this newspaper. “She meets the requirements to go to Paris. The Colombian Tennis Federation has its rules and we as COC respect them.”

And he added: “Osorio did not go to the Pan American Games for his given reasons and “Now Billie Jean doesn't play, that shouldn't be like that.”

The Colombian did not play a single match in the three confrontations that Colombia had against Ecuador, Chile and Peru, showing muscle overload after participating in the WTA 250 from Bogotá. In fact, this newspaper was able to learn that the 22-year-old Cucuteña was going to undergo tests (on Wednesday) to determine if she could play, but these results do not appear and her presence seems “strategic.”

Camila has already met the eligibility requirements requested by the ITF and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA for its acronym in English), including playing twice in the last two years of the Olympic cycle with her national team, a requirement that she fulfilled with her current call, the same one that she left in doubt after being champion in Bogotá on Sunday, although the captain Alejandro González I had already spoken to her two months ago.

“Alejandro summoned Camila Osorio, he went to Miami, to Indian Wells, and talked to her saying that he wanted to have her (on the team). She confirmed that she was going to play the Billie Jean King Cup, That's why it was registered. Her situation was totally sustained because she had said yes, until the end of the Colsanitas Cup, “He never said or sent a statement saying he was retiring,” a source told this newspaper.

And he pointed out that Camila is on the payroll just for meeting the requirement: “What she is doing is complying with the rule by saying that she is accompanying the team. If she wants to support the team she should play… The decision is now in the hands of the Federation whether they endorse her or not seeing what she has done,” a source told this newspaper.

The president of COC pointed out about the situation: “If it is true that she gets herself registered and does not play the Billie It's worse, it's taking away another player's spot and that's a deception. “She refuses to play and the Federation will make a decision, which we will abide by and support.”

And he added: “We, without exception, want the best athletes in the country to go to the Olympic Games. If someone doesn't do it, it has to be because of something very important.”

EL TIEMPO tried to communicate with Camila Osorio, but she and her entourage did not provide any response.

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