The National Sports Award (PND) it has reached economic stability for four years. Since 2018, the amount that accompanies the gold medal for the winners is 796,005 pesos, different from the previous three years, since between 2015 and 2017 the figure varied from 703,580 to 763,921.
The first president to deliver the amount of 796,005 was Enrique Peña Nieto, during the last ceremony of his six-year term and in which the winner in the non-professional category was the marchista Alegna Gonzalez. Since then, in 2019, 2020 and now 2021 the figure has remained intact under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, while with Peña Nieto the figure increased to a maximum of 60,341 pesos until 2018.
Aremi Fuentes (weightlifting) was awarded in non-professional sports, accompanied by Monica Olivia Rodriguez (athletics) in Paralympic sport, Julio Urías (baseball) in professional sports, Jose Manuel Zayas (weight lifting) and Jannet Joy (taekwondo) as coaches, as well as Mayte Ivonne Chavez (soccer) as referee and Maria del Rosario Espinoza (taekwondo) by sporting career.
For the first time since 2006 there was no award for the Sports Promotion category, which in previous years has recognized figures such as Mauricio Sulaiman, Carlos Slim O Carlos Bremer, or to institutions such as Sedena, the IMSS o la Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation. The award for this category began to be awarded in 1985, but in 2021 it became vacant.
“If there are good athletes in a country, therefore it is understood that there is a good society in that country. This day brings us together a special reason, the recognition of the effort that is made to enhance Mexican sport, I thank and feel very proud to receive this award and share it with such admirable people “, said María del Rosario Espinoza, recognized for her most 13-year career and his three Olympic medals between 2008 and 2016.
It should be noted that the monetary award is not awarded to the categories of Professional Sports ni de Promotion of Sports, so the baseball player Julio Urías, Major League Baseball champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of 2020, he will not receive the almost 800,000 pesos from the Mexican government, but he will receive his first class gold medal of 0.900, like the rest of the athletes, coaches and referees.
Although Uriah was left out of the 2021 World Series, his main merit for being a winner of Professional Sports was his 2020 title, since the analysis range for athletes was from October 22, 2020 to October 10, 2021. The baseball player is now part of a select list in the that they have won Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez (boxing), Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández (soccer), Lorena Ochoa (golf), Gustavo Ayón (basketball) and, the last antecedent, Renata Zarazúa (tennis).
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“It is a pride, a reward for my effort and the years that I have given to Mexico Yet the weightlifting. The PND is a super motivation for me heading to Paris 2024”, Mentioned the weightlifter Aremi Fuentes, after the ceremony at the National Palace, where Ana Gabriela Guevara, the director of Conade, was also present.
The Olympic medalists who were left out of the PND 2021 They were Alejandra Valencia, Luis Álvarez (archery), Alejandra Orozco, Gabriela Agúndez (diving) and the men’s under 23 soccer team. Regarding professional sports, the tennis player Giuliana Olmos, the first Mexican to qualify for the WTA Finals, the pilot Sergio Pérez, who achieved his best year in points in Formula 1 or the golfer Abraham Ancer, who stood out in the field of professional sports. became the fourth Mexican to win a trophy on the PGA Tour.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx