The Tokyo 2020 champion has resumed training at CEPAMEX; He has recovered from surgery on his right shoulder
Paralympic swimming medalist Diego Lopez during his CEPAMEX training
Author: CONADE
Mexico City. – Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winner at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Diego Lopez DiazHe returned to his training at the Mexican Center for the Paralympic Games (CEPAMEX), a complex of the National Committee for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), in preparation for his main events this year: the Manchester World Paralympic Swimming Championships, scheduled for July and the Parapan American Games, which will be held in November. / November in Santiago de Chile.
“I am very happy that I was able to spend the Christmas season with my family, it motivates me a lot to continue all the work. We started with this focus in CEPAMEX, with better form in my physical condition, the most important thing and with confidence little by little I can ask for more, until we can resume the level we had a year agoThe wheelchair-bound Newt shared, in an interview with CONADE.
In 2022, the S3-class Veracruz native won two gold medals, in the 50-meter backstroke and 50-meter freestyle, at the Swimming World Championships in Madeira, Portugal, which was held in June, but due to a right shoulder injury, he could not continue in the competitions.
“I had some complications before the World Cup, I had a tear that I didn’t know, at the World Cup I couldn’t finish the tests, I only swam twice, because I couldn’t lift my arms anymore because I had already had a lot of damage, but thanks to the care of the CONADE doctors, especially Dr. Enrique Figueroa, who helped me with all the procedures from Portugal, I received prompt attention and less than a month after my return, I had already received after an operation, things became easier so that I could have a quick operation and start to recoverDetails of the swimmer’s paragraph known as the “Xalapeño Rocket”.
The five-time gold medal winner at the Parapan American Games Lima 2019 highlighted that he has already regained his strength and mobility, thanks to working with CONADE physiotherapists, which has pushed him to start this year.
“We’re going to cut through all those lost times and do our best as always, because this year we have the World Championships in July and the Parapan American Games in November.The 28-year-old swimmer, who is training under the professor’s orders, pointed out Fernando Gutierrez Velez.
Diego Lopez has made it clear that he plans to attend the 2023 Indianapolis Swimming World Championships, scheduled for April, in the United States, before the World Championships in Manchester, UK, where he will review his career rankings and the Mexican Open Swimming, before concluding his preparations for the world fencing.
“My goal for the World Cup is to recover well and start getting closer to the best times I’ve had in Indianapolis“.
And in the second important event of the year, the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago de Chile, which will be held from November 17 to 26, he indicated that his personal goal is to repeat the number of medals he won in Lima 2019, where he won five medals from the prayer. .
“I am very excited this year to be on top of the podium again, this will be my third Parapan American Games, after Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019. Paris 2024 will also be my third Paralympic Games, after Rio 2916 and Tokyo 2020.The two-time world champion highlighted.
The Paralympic and world champion shared a phrase that accompanies him on his day to day: “Desire changes nothing, decision changes everything“.
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