Jonathan Camacho he feels he is at his best after many years. Last Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th of April he was fine performance in South American BMX Freestyle Open 2023in Lima (Peru), adding 90.20 points in which they placed him Fifth place. He admits that he has to be “sharper” and “more focused” only on the competition in order to reach his best version and thus climb the podium. smile from riderHowever, he hides his disappointment because he has not received support from the government so far this year Ecuadorian Cycling Federation despite persistent communications with Ministry of Sports that he mediates The athlete from Playas confirms that he does not know when he will be allocated a budget for his calendar of international competitions.

“I’m back, with everything…”, he tells EL UNIVERSO. The point is that Camacho’s presentation was exceptional in the last round until his bike pedal bent and he didn’t have enough spare parts. By the way, unfortunately for him, pedal damage caused him a sprain right ankle.

“In the final of my competition, my pedal was bent and I had the first round. Without a coach by my side to find a quick fix, I had no other choice and had to deal with that technical failure.. I slipped on a stunt and I sprained my right ankle. A colleague lent me a pedal and I was able to continue the second round”, he added.

Camacho finished very close to the fourth pit, which remained in the hands of the Canadian Jeffrey Whaley (90.67). Costa Rican Kenneth Tencio Esquivel got first place with 94.67 points, followed by a Peruvian Arnold Montanezwith 93 points, and the Brazilian closed the podium Gustavo Batista with 92.33.

In the first round he was fourth with 74.67 points, while in the second he finished with 90.20. If the pedal had not been damaged, Camacho maintains, he would have won the medal. He is not satisfied with the qualifications that Tencio, Montañez and Batista received. “Too high,” he asks.

He wants to come back next week and heal himself of any disappointment, as he reveals The Federation was not responsible for paying the $50 registration fee in the South American BMX Freestyle Open 2023 or transfer by plane to the capital of Peru.

Camacho comments that the Minister of Sports, Sebastián Palacios, has assured him that they will contact the undersecretary to find a solution for his registration, which was due on April 5. The athlete’s message to the minister reads: “I sent it differently electronic mail Federation to help me with registration, because as you know, only the state can register its athletes. I had no answers”.

He says he spent $654 on plane tickets to travel to Peru, $229 on a week’s hotel stay (April 3-11), about $400 on food and about $208 on two competition tires and spare parts (another tire and handlebar).

BMX Freestyle South American Open in Lima was high category event (C1) for International Cycling Union (UCI).

Despite the bleak odds standing in the way of his dream of being an Olympic competitor in Paris, Camacho says that “now that he’s back, I’m with everything.”

Jonathan Camacho’s next competition will be at the American Continental Championship, on May 7 in Asunción (Paraguay), and then at the World Cup in France, from May 17 to 21 in Montpellier, where he aims to qualify for Paris 2024. See you soon For this challenge, he is already hoping to get the support of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation.

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