Mexico at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Noc:	MEX
Nocname:	Mexican Olympic Committee
Website:	http://www.com.org.mx/
Competitors:	93
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:	6
End Date:	18 October 2018
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	6
Rank:	20
Appearances:	auto

Mexico participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event	Notes
Luis Avilés	Athletics	400 metres
Randal Willars	Diving	10 m platform
Nicole Meyer (El Capricho Champion)	Equestrian	Team Jumping	Mixed NOC
Sofía Ramos	Athletics	5000 metre walk
Jennifer Yazmin Carrillo	Boxing	-57 kg
Natalia Botello	Fencing	Sabre
Stephanie Rodríguez	Canoeing	C1 sprint
Gabriela Agúndez	Diving	10 m platform
Natalia Botello	Fencing	Mixed team	Mixed NOC

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1] ^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank
Carlos Daniel Vaca Cordero	Boys' Individual	680	4	W 6–0	W 6–0	L 4–6	did not advance		5
Valentina Vázquez Cadena	Girls' Individual	659	7	W 6–2	W 7–1	W 6–0	L 4–6	L 3–7	4

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Score	Seed	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank
	Mixed team	1288	26	W 6–0	W 5–1	L 2–6	did not advance		5
	Mixed team	1305	2	W 6–2	L 2–6	did not advance			9

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Boy's Events Track and Field

Athlete	Event	Stages				Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Martin Troera	100 metres	11.39	24	10.88	23	22.27	23
Luis Avilés	400 metres	47.45	1	46.78	2	1:34.23
Axel Vázquez	800 metres	1:52.44	10	1:53.84	11	3:46.28	9
Alejandro Gil	400 metres hurdles	54.89	10	54.29	7	1:49.18	9
Leopoldo Rincon	1500 metres	4:00.28	14	12:30	8	22 pts	11
Cesar Gómez	2000m steepleachase	5:53.05	11	12:14	7	18 pts	10
Jesus Macho	3000 metres	14:46	14	14:40	14	28.86	14
César Córdova	5000 metre walk	20:39.90	5	DQ
Jose Manuel López	shot put	17.13	15	17.20	12	34.33	14

Girl's Events Track and Field

Athlete	Event	Stages				Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alejandra Ortiz	100 metres	12.52	19	11.82	10	24.34	14
Lorena Rangel	400 metres	57.08	11	56.86	13	1:53.94	12
María Fernanda Patrón	100 metres hurdles	14.14	12	13.68	7	27.82	8
Yara Amador	400 metres hurdles	1:01.63	8	59.91	4	2:01.54	6
Arian Chia	2000m steepleachase	6:52.87	11	14:56	14	25 pts	13
Sofía Ramos	5000 metre walk	22:29.52	2	23:29.45	4	45:58.97
Sara Solano	long jump	5.00	13	5.23	14	10.14	14
Claudina Díaz	high jump	1.70	12	1.72	14	3.42	12
Xochitl Montoya	javelin throw	41.74	15	42.03	14	83.77	14

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified a girls' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[3]

Girls' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Karina Esquer	Shoot-out contest	7	4	did not advance
Martha Tapia	Shoot-out contest

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Girls

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified four boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[4]

Boys' C1 - 1 boat
Boys' K1 - 1 boat
Girls' C1 - 1 boat
Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	Rank
Miguel Adrian Figueroa Vargas	Boys' C1 sprint	1:54.98	5	1:55.00	4	L 1:55.20	did not advance
Miguel Adrian Figueroa Vargas	Boys' C1 slalom	1:38.38	12	1:35.39	6	did not advance
Alberto Chávez Contreras	Boys' K1 sprint	1:48.75	9	1:46.75	5	did not advance
Alberto Chávez Contreras	Boys' K1 slalom	1:28.52	12	1:24.63	9	did not advance
Stephanie Angie Rodríguez Guzmán	Girls' C1 sprint	2:16.69	2			W 2:18.53	W 2:16.52	L 2:16.22	W 2:16.04
Stephanie Angie Rodríguez Guzmán	Girls' C1 slalom	2:11.69	16	2:11.69	7	L 2:02.98	did not advance
Andrea Rocha Donias	Girls' K1 sprint	2:01.13	9	2:01.10	1	L 2:02.15	did not advance
Andrea Rocha Donias	Girls' K1 slalom	1:42.49	19	1:42.96	10	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.^[5]

Athletes	Event	Cross-CountryEliminator			Time Trial			Criterium		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Total Pts	Rank
Brian Joshua Ivan García Barrón Tomas Aguirre Garza	Boys' Team	1:45.6511:53.442	1433	8	8:50.65	6	30	7	50	17:1717:09	1111	0	1:31:03 1:31.03	1217	1	221	5
Fatima Anahi Hijar Marin Katia Elizabeth Martínez Miñarro	Girls' Team	2:01.051 2:08.222	1424	8	10:27.56	16	1	14	3	16:05 17:42	1015	0	1:42:191:42:19	825	20	32	13

Mixed Events

Athletes	Event	Semifinals		Total Pts	Rank
Athletes	Event	Rank	Points	Total Pts	Rank
Eduardo Vargas	Mixed Racing	10	10	12	14
Dayana Hernández	Mixed Racing	15	2	12	14

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys'

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Randal Willars	3 m springboard	497.70	8	528.10	5
Randal Willars	10 m platform	544.80	2	609.80

Girls'

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gabriela Agundes	3 m springboard	408.20	6	427.70	5
Gabriela Agundes	10 m platform	435.05	2	405.55

Mixed Team

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Mixed team	309.00	10
	Mixed team	301.10	11

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI North American Junior Championships.^[6]

Individual Jumping - 1 athlete

Nicole Meyer Robredo

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total		Jump off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Nicole Meyer Robredo	El Capricho Champion	Individual Jumping	4	2	8	8	20	12	20	did not advance
North America	El Capricho Champion Quid Du Plessis Canal Del Bajo Kithira Llavaneras Genquina Santa Rosa Valery	Team Jumping	4 #0000 #	0	4 #004 #0	0	0	4 #0 #000	0	38.07 #34.55 #34.0732.1631.66	97.89

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[7]

Girls'

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Result	Seed	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank
Natalia Botello	Sabre	Jolien Corteyn (BEL)		1	BYE	Kliuchnikova W 15-9	Corteyn W 15-3	Pusztai L 9-15
		Lee Ju-eun (KOR)
		Chaima Benadouda (ALG)
		Alina Kliuchnikova (RUS)
		Ma Ho Chee (HKG)

Boy's

Athlete	Event	Pool Round		Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Result	Seed	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank
Diego Cervantes	Foil	Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen (DEN)		1	BYE	BemL 12-25	did not advance		5
		Loaay Marouf (EGY)
		Matthew Lim (SGP)
		Maciej Bem (POL)
		Chan Pak Hei (HKG)

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Bronze Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank
Americas 1 Emily Vermeule (USA) (5) May Tieu (USA) (3) Natalia Botello (MEX) (2) Isaac Herbst (USA) (8) Kenji Bravo (USA) (2) Robert Vidovszky (USA) (4)	Mixed team	Americas 2W 30-15	Asia-Oceanía 1L 22-23	Europe 3W 30-24
(6) (4) (7) (9) (5) (10)	Mixed team	Americas 1L 15-30	did not advance		7

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys'

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Preliminary round

Ninth and tenth place game

Girls'

See main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament.

Preliminary round

Eleventh and twelfth place game

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Maria Fernanda Martinez Almeida	Girls' Individual	71 (+1)	2	77 (+7)	148	19	74 (+4)	222	12	222	+12	11
Alejandro Madariaga Couttolenc	Boys' Individual	74 (+4)	16	75 (+5)	149	17	71 (+1)	220	6	220	+10	13

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic

Mexico qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.^[8]

Rhythmic

Mexico qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.

Trampoline

Mexico qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Pan American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[9]

Athlete	Event	FencingRanking Round(épée one touch)		Swimming(200 m freestyle)			FencingBonus Round(épée one touch)		Combined: Shooting/Running(10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			TotalPoints	FinalRank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	TotalPoints	FinalRank
Sergio Flores	Boys' Individual	202	19	2:11.89	14	287	18	0	11:34.64	5	606	1095	11
Melissa Mireles	Girls' Individual	210	16	2:32.75	22	245	13	0	12:53.74	8	527	982	11
Team 10	Mixed Team	195	14	2:09.3758.67 1:10.70	19	292	16	1	11:58.42	12	582	1069	15
Team 16	Mixed Team	215	6	2:23.771:18.871:04.90	22	263	6	0	13:40.04	22	480	959	22

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. They also qualified a boat in girls' single sculls based on their performance at the American Qualification Regatta.^[10]

Boys' pair – 2 athletes
Girls' single sculls - 1 athlete

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two boats based on their performance at the North American Windsurfing Championship.^[11] ^[12]

Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the American Qualification Tournament.^[13]

Boys' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota
Girls' 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
Girls' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edson Ismael Ramírez Ramos	Boys' 10 m air rifle	615.3	15	did not advance
Gabriela Fernanda Martínez López	Girls' 10 m air rifle	615.1	14	did not advance
Sebastian Hernández García	Boys' 10 m air pistol	547	19	did not advance
Andrea Victoria Ibarra Miranda	Girls' 10 m air pistol	559	9	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	738	16 Q	W 10-5	W 10-8	L 3-10	W 10-4
	Mixed 10m air rifle	825.1	6 Q	W 10–4	W 10–4	W 10–8	L 9–10
	Mixed 10m air rifle	823.0	10 Q	W 10–7	W 10–8	L 8–10	L 7–10	4

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Javier Antonio de la Peña Schott	Boys	9:40	0:32	28:40	0:26	16:27	55:45	12
Sofia Rodríguez Moreno	Girls	10:39	0:50	31:14	0:34	17:49	1:01:06	12

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Americas 1	Mixed Relay	22:11 (3)---	DNF
Americas 2	Mixed Relay	23:23 (11)21:26 (6)23:49 (6)22:01 (7)	1:30:39 1P	6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Mexico qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.^[15]

Boy

Girl

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Key:

– Victory by Fall
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank	OppositionScore	Rank
Axel Salas	Greco-Roman −51kg	L 1 – 10	W 10 – 8	2	W 5 – 3
Miguel Ugalde	Greco-Roman −60kg	W 8 – 0	L 6 – 9	2	L 0 – 9	4
Luis Orozco	freestyle −110kg	L 1 – 4	W 4 – 0	2	L 2 – 6	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	OppositionScore	Rank	OppositionScore	Rank
Andrea López	freestyle −57kg	L 2 – 8	W 8 – 2	W 4 – 0	L 0 – 2	3	W 7 – 0	5
Sandra Escamilla	freestyle −65kg	L 1 – 4	L 1 – 2	L 0 – 3	L 0 – 10	5	W	9

Notes and References

News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys. World Archery Federation. 15 December 2017.
News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls. World Archery Federation. 15 December 2017.
Web site: 5 April 2018. 33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games. 6 April 2018. www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
Web site: 21 April 2018. Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut. 14 May 2018. International Canoe Federation (ICF).
News: 1 June 2018. Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics. UCI. 1 June 2018.
News: 17 January 2018. Qualified NOC’s to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018. FEI. 17 January 2018.
News: 10 April 2018. 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications. FIE. 14 May 2018.
News: 25 June 2018. 2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers. FIG. 26 June 2018.
News: 1 September 2017. YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Pan America. UIPM. 13 October 2017.
News: 25 April 2018. 2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained. FISA. 14 May 2018.
News: 28 May 2018. Qualifications come to an end at the North American Windsurfing Championships. World Sailing. 2 June 2018.
News: 5 June 2018. 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification. World Sailing. 5 June 2018.
News: 14 May 2018. Quota Places by Name and Nation. ISSF. 15 May 2018.
News: 1 July 2018. Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier. ITU. 1 July 2018.
News: 10 April 2017. Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships. International Weightlifting Federation. 10 April 2017.