Arkema Mexico supports Mexico's women's artistic swimming team, which will take part in this year's Artistic Swimming World Cup and in Paris this summer. A commitment that came naturally after this team was denied funding by the Mexican government.
A united team
For Mexico's national artistic swimming team, 2024 is the year of all challenges:
- participation in the Mexican Artistic Swimming World Cup, which will be held in three stages between May and July in Paris, Markham in Canada and Budapest,
- and, of course, Paris during the 2024 summer!
Yet the journey of this young team of twelve athletes has not always been a smooth one: this year, the government has cut the budget for sporting activities and decided not to fund the team, which had to seek outside resources through corporate partnerships.
Arkema Mexico had no hesitation in becoming one of the sponsors of this crack team, more motivated and trained than ever!
Gold medal at the French leg of the Artistic Swimming World Cup
Mexico is getting used to success in artistic swimming. After their victories at the Central American Games, the Pan-American Games and the World Cup in Egypt, the Mexican swimmers have just won the World Cup in France (May 3 to 5).
The Mexicans did particularly well in the pool, beating China, Spain, France and the USA.
Now it's off to Markham (Canada) and Budapest (Hungary) for the next stages of the World Cup, with sights set on a medal this summer in Paris, which will take place from August 5 to 10.
A partner of choice
The team can count on an experienced athlete, the professional artistic swimmer Jessisa Sobrino.
Aged 29, she is capable of performing spectacular acrobatics and some of the world's most challenging aquatic figures.
Standing at 1m 58 cm, she is proud to claim that she won her case to eliminate the 1m 60 rule that restricted athletes below this height. She is already a multi-medalist, notably at the Pan-American Games and those of Central America and the Caribbean.
Attracted by her talent, strength of character and self-sacrifice in training (8 hours a day!), the Arkema Mexico head office team also decided to provide her with monthly financial support for all her transport costs.
We've worked hard, very hard, we're 10 girls who've overcome everything. These victories don't happen overnight. We've been training for over 15 years and now is not the time to slow down, we have to keep going because we still have time before this summer."