Alejandra Orozco enters the history of Mexican sports

Alejandra Orozco already rubs shoulders

with names like

Paola Espinosa, María del Rosario Espinoza, Joaquín Capilla,

among others.

The Jalisco diver

reached two Olympic medals

after

hanging the bronze with Gabriela Agúndez in Tokyo 2020

on the synchronized 10-meter platform and her harvest of medals could increase in this same Olympic event.

London 2012

Orozco already

boasts of being an Olympic medalist on a couple of occasions.

In London 2012,

at just 15 years old

, she won

silver with Paola Espinosa

on the synchronized 10m platform and became the

youngest Mexican Olympic medalist in history.

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Alejandra Orozco with Paola Espinosa in London 2012 OSVALDO AGUILAR NIKON D4 (OSVALDO AGUILAR)

Tokyo 2020

Nine years later,

Alejandra Orozco made history again.

On this occasion, she

took the role of leader

and accompanied by

Gabriela Agúndez, 20

, she won

bronze

in the synchronized 10 m;

awarding the

second medal to Mexico in Tokyo 2020.

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The bronze images of Mexico in synchronized diving

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez during one of their executions

Photo: Jorge Martinez / Jorge Martinez

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez during one of their executions

Photo: Jorge Martinez / Jorge Martinez

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez during one of their executions

Photo: Jorge Martinez / Jorge Martinez

Thus were the scores, where Mexico was in third place

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China, the United States and Mexico went to the podium of 10 m synchronized

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Alejadra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez with the bronze medal

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Alejandra Orozco with her bronze medal

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Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez on the podium with their Olympic medal

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Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez with the flag of Mexico

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The medal aspirations do not end for

Alejandra Orozco because there is still the individual test on the 10 m platform

, where she will seek to add one more medal.

The Preliminary will be on August 4.

The Mexicans with the most medals in the Olympic Games

The Mexicans with the most medals in the Olympic Games

• Joaquín Capilla |

  4 |

  Dived

• Humberto Mariles |

  4 |

  Equestrian

• Maria del Rosario Espinoza |

  3 |

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• Rubén Uriza |

  2 |

  Equestrian

• Raúl González |

  2 |

  Athletics

• Germán Sánchez |

  2 |

  Dived

• Paola Espinosa |

  2 |

  Dived

• Joaquín Pérez de las Heras |

  2 |

  Equestrian

• Alejandra Orozco |

  2 |

  Dived