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The Mexican delegation that will participate in the Beijing Olympics 2008 was championed by President Felipe Calderon, who gave him the labarum native to the diver Paola Espinosa.

In the ceremony at the National Center for Talent Development and High Performance (CNAR), the president was accompanied by his wife Margarita Zavala, in addition to Josefina Vázquez Mota, Secretary of Education PÃ º Republic, Carlos Hermosillo, head of the Conade, and Philip Munoz, president of the Mexican Olympic Committee.

During his speech the Mexican president acknowledged the work that made ​​each of the competitors to earn a spot in the Mexican delegation in search of good results for the country.

Calderón said the national athletes who will go to Beijing 2008 enjoyed the admiration and respect of all Mexicans and also have their hands on the ideal of competition to the limit of his strength.

He noted that each of them will face major challenges being the primary to the other athletes in the world who have also been prepared to obtain a good result in the Asian Olympics and asked them to concentrate fully to meet its objectives.

But Mexico's president stressed that they ignore all the criticism of the media and concentrate on competing for their country.

Similarly, Olympic delegation noted that this is well prepared as it invested 130 million dollars and increased by 80 percent grants for athletes who are within the Comprehensive Commitment trust Mexico with its Athletes (CIMA).

Meanwhile, the CEO of the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), Carlos Hermosillo, Mexico noted that this team is composed of the best athletes in the country who were chosen from different states and that will give all for have a good performance.

Hermosillo said Goytortà ° to each of those selected has a health insurance under and over and that his return will be welcomed by the effort made ​​in Beijing 2008.

He noted that of the 83 selected, 61 of them have competed in the National Olympiad, which is the greatest sporting event in the country and carried out in different states of the Republic.

Meanwhile, the head of the delegation Carlos Padilla said it is an honor to be selected Olympic and that this selection has an average age of 23, which is composed of 41 men and 40 women.

Paola Espinosa

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