The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, imposed at Miraflores Palace the Libertadores de América Order on Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas, an athlete who has given the country the highest awards to Venezuelan sport.
Accompanied by the group of Venezuelan Olympic and Paralympic medalists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Yulimar Rojas said she was very proud «for this people and for all the people who believe that dreams can be realized through sport”.
«I am happy to be in my country, to see my fellow heroes and heroines of our country have not stopped believing in them and that they gave everything in Tokyo so that the medals are hanging around our necks today,» said the Olympic champion.
In her words, the head of state assured: “We are in the best moment of Venezuelan sport, but we have to go for more. That is why I asked for us to make a new plan: the Olympic Dream Plan 2024, Olympic and Paralympic «, said the president while asking the Olympic champion to join this initiative.
«I ask you to contribute all your experience to this plan, so that we are sure that in Paris we will do better,» requested the head of state, highlighting the contribution of the gold generation to the entire country: «all the The path of sport is a path that forges values, honesty, and will. You are from the best team, that is Venezuela”.
With a record of 15.67 meters, on August 1 the «Queen of Triple Jump» broke the Olympic record of the Cameroonian Francoise Mbango, set on August 17, 2008 with 15.39 meters, and the world record of 15.50 meters by Ukrainian Inessa Kravets, established on August 10, 1995.
Yulimar recognized the support of the authorities, the effort of her colleagues and the achievements reflected in Olympic and Paralympic medals and diplomas in this cycle. «This is not here, sport has to continue growing, we must continue to bet on the replacement generation that is a fundamental part of the growth of a country,» she stressed.
