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In the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, goalkeeper Alejandra Valencia has the firm intention of improving her results at the last edition in Veracruz 2014, where she won two medals of the year. In the women's and mixed team. In individual he remained in the quarterfinals
"Now in Barranquilla I want to improve my results and I want to achieve three medals, but in mixed it will depend on the place that I have in the l '. I already have a lot of experience after competing in more demanding events in four years, "said Valencia.
After four years, the Sonoran has achieved outstanding results, such as the team silver medal at the World Championship specialty. in Mexico City 2017, the individual money at the World Cup in Berlin 2017, and even last year he got the best world ranking of his career, with the third place.
"Now we will face archers from Central America and the countries are going against us, therefore, now he will shoot as we have done in all the formations .. C & # 39; is the beginning of the Olympic cycle because after the Pan American Games and then the Olympics, and what better to start well with a good result in Barranquilla, "said the goalkeeper.
In the modality of the team, Valencia will relaunch with Aída Román, but also with a new member of the national team, Ana Paula Vázquez. However, the three goalkeepers have already achieved a podium finish together and it was June 24th, at the last Salt Lake City World Cup, where they won the silver medal.
"After the national team was done, the first training was to see how we went together, to see what dynamics suited us best and if we could work well at the time of filming, and we would We have already realized, at the present time we come from the Salt Lake World Cup and we had a good competition and now we know we can trust the team. " said the athlete.
Sonoran continues her training at the National Center of High Performance where, alongside her teammates, she has the last details to offer her best shots. 19659002] "What I can badure is the mental work that I have .. At my first Central American Games, I had no idea that I had to train that part of the mind, and now I see things differently and I know how to control other situations like pressure, so it's like a different competition.What I'm currently working on at the CNAR, is the pace and speed of out of the arrow, "said Valencia
. The archery competitions in Barranquilla will take place at the Puerto Colombia stadium on May 29th. from July to August 3.
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