The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeal presented by Colombia against the decision of the boxing judges of the Olympic Games, which last Tuesday gave the Japanese Ryomei Tanaka as the winner in a quarter-final fight of the flyweight against
Yuberjen Martinez. Mariana Pajón, silver in Tokyo, wore the ’10’ and has proposed to help the boxer win his medal.
La paisa, a triple Olympic medalist (two golds and one silver) and a benchmark of the Colombian delegation, heads a great initiative, at the head of its Foundation, it is intended to make a collection to obtain the prize that the Colombian boxer would have won with a medal in the Tokyo Olympics.
It is worth remembering the award table defined by the national government, gives the winner of a gold medal in Tokyo an incentive of $ 56,340, equivalent to $ 217,866,000, while the winner of a silver medal will receive $ 31,682, which at the exchange rate in Colombian pesos is equivalent to $ 126,377,427 and a bronze will have a prize of $ 23,472, equivalent to $ 90,766,000.
This Thursday night, the rider did a live on her instagram and took the opportunity to invite the Colombian Yuberjen Martínez, there both athletes told about what happened in Tokyo, and above all the invitation from the paisa to all Colombians to enter the page and donate to give the medal to the boxer from Antioquia.
Yuberjen Martínez: We win because of what the committee gives us, because of our results, it is unfortunate what happened to me, we get up at 5 in the morning every day, very early, we train three times a day, we prepare for 5 years in this cycle , leaving the family and children, as an anecdote, the Colombian told what the mother of his children told him during this Olympic journey: – Yuber, you kill yourself looking for an improvement to have your children well, but what is missing to your children, it is you. I didn’t know what to answer, because he told me the truth, the time one spends is immense, it makes me want to cry because I still feel as if the combat was happening.
The Colombian intervened and added:
Mariana Pajon: You receive blows to get your children out, that’s why I do this live so that we listen to you from the heart, and so that we all unite, because together with my Foundation and we create a platform for us as Colombians who know about your effort and your dedication, we can hang that medal on you, we are ready to help you and many more athletes. We want to give back a little to his family, so that you earn what you should have earned, you fully deserve it and I want you to invite everyone to continue dreaming.
Yuberjen Martínez: I want to invite all Colombians, those who supported us in this race, at this time that has been so critical for us.
Mariana Pajon: In the link you will know how to donate, a warrior, a fighter, a champion of life, for me he was the person who took the pressure off me in Rio. He has a family and he needs us all, all the money that the platform receives will go to you, everything will go to you and your family, for your future. For me it was Yepes’s goal and now it was Yuberjen’s medal, this has to be worldwide, you won it and we give it to you, Colombia united does very beautiful things, continues to give many joys, we will need you forever (Dismissing Yuberjen from the en alive).
Mariana Pajon: Everyone can donate, remember that that was his and you have to give it to him, thank you, because I know that we are all going to give Yuber, his family, his future a joy, and what they just did is cut off his plans and some needs. Let’s start donating we are going to donate to Yuber because he needs us, new projects are coming but he needs us, thank you.
To find out more information about this initiative, click here.
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