“They should apologize to the three medal winners”

Francisca Crovetto creates pure history with skeet gold at Paris 2024The athlete won a gold medal for Chile after 20 years and became the first woman in the country to reach the podium in a five-ring event.

However, Crovito’s victory was somewhat controversial, as in the tie-break for the first place, the Englishman Amber Jo Rutter accused of feeling hurt In one of his photos.

“Due to the wrong decisions of three referees, I was deprived of the chance to continue in the decider and the chance to win an Olympic gold medal (…). “I think it is necessary to take some responsibility and apologize” the European wrote on her Instagram account this week.

Thus, during an event at the Los Andes University Clinic, Crovito recently mentioned Root’s statement and insisted that “They should apologise to the three medallists, the same thing happened to the three of us. The first to be affected was Austin Smith, who got a plate that probably meant Amber would have finished third.”.

“And then it happened to me in the definition before the shoot, and then Amber. It’s a call, and I hope they start to reduce those margins of error in the future, but if they owe her an apology, they owe the three of us an apology.”he added.

On the other hand, speaking about how his life has changed since winning the historic gold medal in Paris, he commented: “People recognise me more easily on the street, it was more obvious before because I was wearing a Chilean wetsuit, but now that’s not necessary. It’s incredible how this touches people’s hearts and helps them believe, especially children. I get so many photos of children copying my competitive outfit or making medals with my face on them, it’s priceless.”

Regarding his new goal, he said “I hope to do well in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and beyond. As Simone Biles said, ‘Babe seeks medals’. Yesterday I trained again for CAR and in another month I’ll be shooting again. “There are a lot of commitments to keep. ”

In addition, Crovito also talked about Chile’s application to host the 2036 Olympic Games. “It’s a great sporting event, both in terms of logistics, infrastructure and the preparation of the athletes. The bottom line is that if we were to host the Olympics, I feel that San Diego is a city that can accommodate the flow of people that it involves, but we also have to take into account the sports of this generation. It will be in 2036.”he pointed out.

“In addition to inviting private companies, I hope the state will invest more resources than just a 5% increase in the sports budget next year. “High-performance sport cannot be 100% run by the state.”he mentioned.