Paralluelo, Iguacel, Abián, Domínguez, Bautista, Briz, García, Bergua and Pradilla, are the Aragonese representation in Paris 2024.

Nine athletes are representing Aragon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will take place from 24 July to 11 August, although the opening ceremony will be held this Friday. This is an almost record-breaking representation, the largest delegation in the history of Aragonese Olympics, together with the Games held in Moscow 1980 and Barcelona 1992. Esther Briz in rowing, Begoña García in field hockey, Salma Paralluelo in football, Luis Domínguez in swimming, Inés Bergua and Alba Bautista in rhythmic gymnastics, Pablo Abián in badminton and Jaime Pradilla in basketball, are competing under the flag of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), and Christian Iguacel in athletics is competing with Belgium. Seven debutants, because only García and Abián were at the Tokyo 2020 event three years ago.

The first Aragonese to debut in Paris 2024 will be the footballer from Zaragoza Salma ParallueloAt 20 years of age, the youngest member of the Aragonese delegation, the left winger of FC Barcelona is already a regular in the Spanish national team with which she was crowned world champion last summer, being chosen as the best young player of the tournament. Her debut in the Games will be this Thursday (17.00) against Japan, in the first match of the Spanish team in group C. The next match will be against Nigeria, on Sunday 28 July (19.00), to close the group stage against Brazil, on Wednesday 31 (17.00). If they qualify, they will go on to the quarter-finals, which will be played from 3 August. She is one of the best options for the gold medal.

The Valencia Basket power forward, Jaime Pradilla He is one of the twelve chosen by Sergio Scariolo to compete with the Spanish basketball team after earning a ticket to the pre-Olympic tournament on July 7 with a victory over the Bahamas. Trained in the Olivar and Basket Zaragoza youth academy, at 23 years of age, the Paris 2024 Games will be his first. The challenge for “La Familia”, although complicated, is to fight for the medals. They have been placed in group A, the most equal of the three, in which they will have to face Australia (Saturday 27, 11.00), Greece (Tuesday 30, 11.00) and Canada (Friday 2 August, 17.15) at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve-d’Ascq (Lille). If they qualify, the top three, the three seconds and the two best third-placed teams will go through, and they will play the quarter-finals on Tuesday 6 August in Paris.

The swimmer from Zaragoza Luis Domingueztrained at Club El Olivar, is another of the debutants in Paris 2024 after certifying his qualification at the Doha World Cup held in February of this year. Winner of two medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – silver in the 4×200 freestyle relay and bronze in the 200 freestyle event – ​​he will participate in the 4×100 freestyle and 4×200 freestyle relay events at the Paris La Défense Arena pool. The 21-year-old swimmer’s debut will be on Saturday 27th, at 1:00 p.m., in the 4×100. If he makes it to the final, it would be that same day at 9:50 p.m. The 4×200 heats will be held on Tuesday 30th July, starting at 11:00 a.m., and the final at 10:01 p.m.

The Zaragozan rower Esther Briz Briz arrives in Paris alongside Catalan Aina Cid to compete in the coxless two-man event, and with one dream: the gold medal. At 24 years old, she is making her Olympic debut with a great track record behind her, including a bronze at the 2023 European Championships in Bled (Slovenia) and gold at the U-17 World Championships in 2017. She is also a world champion in sea rowing. Briz will take to the waters of the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Sunday 28 at 10.30. If she makes it to the final, she will compete on Friday 2 August at 11.42.

At 29 years old, Begoña Garcia She is one of the Aragonese with the most Olympic experience. Trained at Honigvogel, the oldest field hockey club in Zaragoza, the Paris Games will be her third, after Rio 2016 – where she finished eighth – and Tokyo 2020 – seventh. The ‘Red Sticks’ are in Group B together with Great Britain (Sunday 28, 13.15), the United States (Monday 29, 13.15), Argentina (Wednesday 31, 10.00), South Africa (Thursday 1 August, 17.30) and Australia (Saturday 3, 12.45). If they qualify, they will play the quarter-finals on Monday 5 August. All matches will be played at the historic Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, the main venue of the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and the scene of the opening ceremony and athletics 100 years ago.

Pablo Abián has participated in five consecutive Olympic Games – Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Born in Calatayud 39 years ago, and with more than 20 years in the elite, he is the most veteran Aragonese athlete in Paris and also in his competition, badminton. A great dominator of the state championships, since 2007 he has won 25 – 17 in singles, eight in doubles and one in mixed doubles – until now he has never been able to get past the group stage in an Olympic event. He will not have it easy this time either. In the group stage he was knocked out in group G, along with Malaysian Lee Zii Jia and Sri Lankan Viren Nettasinghe. Pending official confirmation of the times, he will play on July 30 and 31. Only one qualifies for the round of 16 on Thursday, August 1. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Alba Bautista22 years old and from Utrillas, began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four at the Cuencas Mineras Club. Currently, like her teammate Inés Bergua, she trains at the High Performance Centre in Madrid. She will make her debut at the Olympic Games in the individual competition in the event. all-around –hoop, ball, ribbon and clubs – on 8 August at 10:00. If she qualified, she would play the final the following day. She earned her place after a brilliant performance at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia. In 2022, she won a commendable bronze medal at the World Championships, in the team event.

Inés Bergua She will also compete in rhythmic gymnastics, in the mixed team. Born in Huesca 20 years ago, she is the captain of the national team and has accumulated fifteen medals in international tournaments, the latest being gold at the World Cup held a few days ago in Cluj-Napoca and gold, silver and bronze at the European Championships in Budapest in May. She was the first Aragonese to get a ticket to the Games after winning bronze at the 2022 World Championships. She will make her debut in Paris 2024 on Friday, August 9 at 10:00. The final, which they have a good chance of reaching, will be on Saturday 10 at 21:12.

The athlete Christian Iguacel He was born in Balbastro 28 years ago – his mother is from Naval and his father from Javierre de Bielsa – although he has been raised since he was three years old in Belgium, with whom he competes internationally. With a federation license from the Zoiti club in Uesca, he is a specialist in speed races. He won a gold medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships, in the 4×400 event, held in Glasgow last March. In Paris 2024 he will make his debut on Friday, August 9, in the 4×400 qualifiers, with a great chance of winning a medal. The final, on August 10 at 9:12 p.m., precisely on Saint Lorién’s Day.

Medals

The last Olympic medal for Aragonese sport came in Tokyo 2020 with the footballer Jesús Vallejo, who won silver with the Spanish national team. He is, along with Andrea Blas (silver in water polo in London 2012), Conchita Martínez (silver in Barcelona 1992 and Athens 2004, bronze in Atlanta 1996), Martín López Zubero (gold in swimming in Barcelona 1992), Fernando Arcega and Juan Antonio San Epifanio “Epi” (silver in basketball in Los Angeles 1984), Miguel García (silver in hockey in Moscow 1980), David López Zubero (bronze in swimming in Moscow 1980) and Esteban Celorrio (silver in canoeing in Montreal 1976), the only Aragonese medallists. Until now.

More about Paris 2024 here. Calendar and results on the official website of Paris 2024.

2024-07-25 09:22:32
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