After his consecration in the French capital in July of last year, the BMX cyclist had visited the President in the Pink Housewhere he had expressed: “It would be good if you continued supporting athletes. It is also a job for all of us what we are doing“, he had remarked at that time.
However, this Sunday, months after that meeting, he revealed that financial support for athletes was far from improving in recent months.
Regarding the meeting, he revealed that he received a lot hate by those of the Government’s detractors and explained: “The President wanted to receive us and we were like any other person or athlete who accepts it with any government. We are not Messi who can make the decision of ‘I’m not going because they need us’. Whether I am a supporter or not is the least interesting. Later I realized that perhaps it did not benefit us to be there, because there are many people who are against the government and believe that we are in favor, and that is not the case,” he said in dialogue with Bolavip. From this experience, he He recommended that other athletes going through a similar situation remain “neutral.”
The “Maligno” Torres expressed his discontent with the economic present of Argentine sport.
At the same time, he said that after achieving Olympic gold he hoped to be able to consolidate himself, “to be a little more rewarded and a little calmer.” In that sense, he remarked: “It’s not that one expects it, but as an athlete one sacrifices many thingslike people in their work, and it is a moment in which you reach your maximum and as an athlete you think that you are going to be valued little more. You want to better establish your life, your economic situation, like anyone, we are not looking for anything to be given to us, but I think that at that moment many people were happy and could have grabbed hold of that moment and you feel that we achieved something important for everyone. the people.”
In any case, he regretted that the support, not only for him but for all the Olympic athletes, had not improved after what was done in Paris 2024. “It did not happen as we wanted, but I was still very clear and sincere with all of them. To their face I said I was a little disappointed, really, it’s not what I expected but it’s all very good, because I do it because I want to. But I want you to know that I don’t agree,” he said in an interview with Página 12.
On the other hand, he highlighted that the Olympic bonus was better during the administration of Alberto Fernandez Although he currently receives support from the State and “does not complain” but “it can always be improved.”
“There is always room for improvement and I hope it happens. And I hope that the next time I have the opportunity to be close to the Government, I mean the President, I can tell you to support this sector a little more, which may be somewhat complicated and I hope you can do it.“he emphasized.
According to the ENARD, In January 2025, “Maligno”, Olympic champion in the BMX Freestyle discipline, receives a scholarship of 689,907 pesos per month.
Source: Ambito
