JALISCO, Mexico — Being one of the four athletes representing Mexico at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022, Donovan Carrillo achieved an Olympic first when he went to the last stage of figure skating where he obtained 22nd place.
Carrillo finished with a score of 138.44 in the free skate after scoring 79.69 in the short program for a total score of 218.13
The young 22-year-old figure skater was selected as the flag bearer for Mexico at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics along with Sarah Schleper from Colorado who represented the Aztec country for a second time.
Carrillo, a native Jalisco, ended Mexico's 30 year Olympic absence in figure skating. The last time there was an appearance was in 1992 when Mayda Navarro and Ricardo Olavarrieta participated in the individual figure skating event at the Albertville Olympics.
It has been a long time since the first participation of Mexicans in the Winter Olympics. It was in Calgary 1988 where Olavarrieta and Evans debuted and got the 28th position.
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