Belem Guerrero cuenta con 'wild card'
Un día después de su retiro
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Posted: 2008-07-03 18:29:34
México, 3 Jul (Notimex).- La subcampeona olímpica de Atenas
2004, Belem Guerrero, es un hecho que se precipitó al anunciar su
retiro del ciclismo de manera inesperada, pues hoy se dio a conocer
que la UCI otorgó la invitación solicitada por México para que
asistiera a los Juegos de Beijing 2008.
Este miércoles, la medallista mundial dio a conocer, en
conferencia de prensa, su retiro de los velódromos cuando se tenía la
esperanza de que la Unión Ciclista Internacional (UCI) otorgará un
"wild card" como ella lo había solicitado.

South Africa's double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius attends an AIPS (International Press Sport Association) news conference in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Pistorius has virtually given up his fight to compete at the Beijing Olympics and is focusing his efforts on running at the 2012 London Games. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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South Africa's double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius attends an AIPS (International Press Sport Association) news conference in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Pistorius has virtually given up his fight to compete at the Beijing Olympics and is focusing his efforts on running at the 2012 London Games. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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South Africa's double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius attends an AIPS (International Press Sport Association) news conference in Milan, Italy, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Pistorius has virtually given up his fight to compete at the Beijing Olympics and is focusing his efforts on running at the 2012 London Games. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Paramilitary police officers stand guard near China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. A Chinese official grudgingly acknowledged Monday that six workers have died working on venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Paramilitary police officers stand guard near China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. A Chinese official grudgingly acknowledged Monday that six workers have died working on venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, is seen at rear at the Olympic Green in Beijing Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. A Chinese official grudgingly acknowledged Monday that six workers have died working on venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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Japan women's handball national team head coach Bert Bouwer, left, of the Netherlands answers questions from packed reporters during the team's final workout prior to the rescheduled Olympic qualifier against South Korea in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Japan will proceed the game Tuesday under the threat of punishment from its Asian federation, as regional divisions deepen over a match-fixing controversy. The Olympic qualifiers were initially held in September last year, where referees from Jordan and Iran were brought in at the last minute by the Asian Handball Federation (AHF) to replace assigned German referees. Their contentious calls helped Kuwait win the men's tournament and Kazakhstan the women's, qualifying them for August's Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 28: (CHINA OUT) A visitor walks in the 'Bubble Bar', a relaxation area of the National Aquatics Center, dubbed the "Water Cube" on January 28, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center, which will host swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo competitions during the 2008 Olympics, is ready for its first event - the "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming China Open, from January 31 to February 5. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 28: (CHINA OUT) Workers work in the 'Bubble Bar', a relaxation area of the National Aquatics Center, dubbed the "Water Cube" on January 28, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center, which will host swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo competitions during the 2008 Olympics, is ready for its first event - the "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming China Open, from January 31 to February 5. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 28: (CHINA OUT) Visitors walk beside the warming-up swimming pool of the National Aquatics Center, dubbed the "Water Cube" on January 28, 2008 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center, which will host swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo competitions during the 2008 Olympics, is ready for its first event - the "Good Luck Beijing" Swimming China Open, from January 31 to February 5. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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Asimismo, la ahora ex ciclista dijo que si esa invitación
llegara, ella ya había tomado la decisión de irse de la actividad
deportiva.
Ante esta situación, el Jefe de Misión de la Delegación
Mexicana que acudirá a los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2008, Carlos
Padilla Becerra, dijo que si el documento es oficial se buscará
hablar con Belem Guerrero para ver si declina y acude a la cita
olímpica.
"Eso me han comentado, pero hasta este momento no tenemos el
documento oficial", dijo el dirigente deportivo.
Sin embargo, apuntó que en caso contrario ese lugar se regresará
para que sea utilizado por otra nación, ya que "no tenemos quien
cubra esa plaza".
Por su parte, el subjefe de misión y subdirector de la Conade,
Jorge Camacho, agregó que hasta que haya la confirmación de ese "wild
card" se podrá hacer algo al respecto.
El Comité Olímpico está a la espera de la resolución oficial.
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