Swimming-Mexican artistic team keep Olympic dream alive by selling towels and swimsuits


FILE PHOTO: Artistic Swimming - FINA World Championships - Alfred Hajos Swimming Complex, Budapest, Hungary - June 25, 2022 A member of team Mexico performs during the women's team highlight final REUTERS/Lisa Leutner/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's artistic swimming team have put bathing suits and towels on sale to pay for their preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE) stopped providing financial support.

The crowd-funding project, led by three-times Olympian Nuria Diosdado, caught the attention of businessman Carlos Slim, who is known for providing scholarships to high-performance athletes in disciplines such as tennis, archery, karate and motorsports in which he sponsors F1 driver Sergio Perez.

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