In a hundred and eight years, Mexico has won, so far, 12 gold medals. Up to August 14th, the insignificant number of these medals has not changed for Mexico. On August 12th, however, two young women added their names to the list of Mexican medalists. The two women, Paola Espinoza and Tatiana Ortiz, won a bronze medal at the women's synchronized 10m platform competition. The media, and particularly the Mexican Olympic Committee, have praised the success of the two athletes.
As usual, the Mexican Olympic Committee has also declared that these medals are the beginning of Mexican history in Beijing. What remains to be seen is what kind of history this will be. Mexico is not well known for the success of its athletes, particularly when it comes to Olympic Games and Soccer World Cups. Yet, Mexican society is always hopeful; at least at the beginning of each competition. Nevertheless, and if history repeats itself, the end of the Games will bring a wave of complaints about the performance of Mexican athletes and how this is caused by the poor support that the Mexican government provides to its elite players.
But it is still too soon to predict the number of medals Mexico will win in these Games. Hopefully, history will not repeat itself and the previous paragraph described what would have happen if Mexico did not perform well. There are 10 more days to change that 43rd place that Mexico currently holds at the Beijing Olympic Games.
