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Columbia – FECOA manages return of Costa Rican marcher who could not leave Europe

The Costa Rican Athletics Federation reported that it is taking multiple steps to expedite a solution after the situation experienced by the athlete Deiby Cordero in the old continent.

Once the issue was known by the FECOA Steering Committee, they took various steps in order to solve the problem that the athlete faced, the administrative part of the Federation managed to contact Deiby Cordero in London to soak up all the inconveniences that he faces. He avoided his normal transfer to Aztec lands where his current domicile is located.

“Our administrative department managed to contact the representatives of the Costa Rican consular office in London and the Dutch Embassy, ​​where both representations activated the assistance protocols that are available in these cases in order to safeguard the well-being of the Costa Rican,” he explains. the Fecoa statement.

He adds that despite the response from the consulate in London, which offered Deiby Cordero board and lodging, he rejected it for fear of worsening his immigration situation and being trapped in London, yet they are still pending on his situation.

Finally, the administrative department of the Costa Rican Athletics Federation FECOA managed a credit ticket for the athlete to travel from London-England to the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where he will stop, later, the national would take the flight to arrive this Wednesday to your home in Mexico.

Cordero is an athlete who has performed in the Athletic March modality, specifically in 20 and 50 km, he has even been part of the national team.

How this whole situation starts

Deiby Cordero traveled to European lands to participate in the 50 km race in DUDINCE SLOVAKIA where he achieved a mark of 4:16:25, which once the corresponding process has been carried out will be ratified as a new national record.

Apparently, it could not have a normal return after the situation that the countries in Europe are experiencing due to the pandemic that again forced the entry of foreigners to the countries of the area to close, this coupled with an error by the Travel Agency to which Deiby Cordero bought him the ticket, which made the return difficult.

In FEOCA they explain that they had not planned to send a delegation to this event in Europe, first because of the problem of the pandemic that Europe is experiencing and apart from that, they state that the institution, at this time, does not have economic content to be able to send athletes who require competing in these events.

They detail that the decision was made by the athlete himself in a personal capacity, he fully financed the expenses and what corresponded to FECOA was to give him the endorsement that the marcher requested to validate his mark and points, in order to get as close as possible possible to the best 60 places in the World ranking in the 50 kilometers and open their possibilities to the Olympic Games “Tokyo 2020”

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