From the Editorial Workplace
La Jornada newspaper
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, p. a12
Mexican Paola Longoria, first racquetball participant in the world, completed in eighth place with 65,428 votes as the best athlete of all time in the historical past of the World Video games received by the Malaysian Nicol David, the most awarded in the historical past of squash .
Throughout 25 days of on-line voting, Longoria had made the minimize to be amongst the 10 finalists out of 24 contenders in several disciplines, making the world multi-medalist, Pan American and primary on the Ladies’s Skilled Raquetball Tour, with 106 titles in a decade. , was the solely consultant of the nation for the distinction granted by The World Video games with a complete of a million 204 thousand 637 votes solid.
Longoria was nominated for the Grand Prize by being a two-time World Video games champion in 2009 and 2013.
Nicol David, the queen of squash, acquired 318,943 votes forward of Irishman James Kehoe, from Tug of Conflict who had 113,120, and Ukrainian Larysa Soloviova, in powerlifting with 80,790.
“I want to warmly congratulate Nicol David and likewise all the different candidates. The race was unimaginable and it was good to see how the athletes have been getting help not solely from their very own sport, but in addition from their nation and the highest sports activities authorities there.
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