Mexico was not represented at the Paris 2024 volleyball tournament, despite being the top-paid confederation; Most of the evidence was for a match in Tlaxcala
There are no teams VolleyballRoom or beach, they went Paris 2024. Although Mexican Volleyball Federation Earned 235 million 310 thousand 673.09 pesos (almost 12.4 million dollars), the game did not receive results. What happened to the company that got the most resources towards Olympics?
“A little or a lot? It's not about give to you, you give back to me, and to put it in context, Marco Verde's, a very frugal medal, was given very little to boxing, let's say much less than we expected to other federations. Also. “Sport is something that needs to be nurtured,” reasoned its president, Ana Gabriela Guevara. Gonad.
On April 30, 2024, news broke: The High Audit of the Federation (ASF) and the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic are investigating the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (Gonad) for the resources allocated to the World Championship system Volleyball the beach Tlaxcala 2023, declared “a landlocked state”. Excelsior. And then, her own Gonad He denied the reference to avoid speculation.
“As part of its world tour, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) hosts beach volleyball events in cities such as Ostrava, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria and Gstaad, Switzerland, but Tlaxcala, a landlocked country, has been chosen because it is a favorite of the players and is close to the fans.” CONADE said in a press release.
The thing about volleyball is money Gonad It is not to develop the sport but to organize international events. The best example is the World Championship Volleyball A developed beach Tlaxcala And it cost over 100 million pesos.
The Gonad According to audit documents, the competition was under review ESPN had access.
Overall, the GonadBy Mexican Volleyball FederationMexico invested in 24 competitions in different branches, men's and women's and categories, senior and youth. Foreign trips were also paid for in places as far as Doha, Qatar; Paris, France; Shanghai, China; Agadir, Morocco or the Cayman Islands, which correspond to the venues of the tournaments that awarded points for the world ranking.
There were more than 61 expeditions between 2021 and 2023 to give participants a primer and characterize all possible methods of regulation. Olympics, But there was no reward for the investment, and for the first time since 2012, Mexico It is not represented in the Olympic Games in this sport.
to Volleyball She was paid more than 235 million pesos, almost 70 million more than the budget Taekwondo boasted, the second highest grosser. Paris 2024And five times the resources managed by federations such as judo, which returned with a silver medal Olympics.
For the indoor teams, Mexico finished last in both branches of the Olympic qualifiers, and for the beach pairs, Mexico did not qualify for the rankings and had to go to the continental eliminator, where they lost. The final round of each branch.
A beach volleyball tournament in Tlaxcala for 100 million pesos
The Gonad He wanted to bring the world championship Volleyball Tlaxcala 2023 Beach So Mexico Got his pass Olympics of Paris 2024A tournament that cost more than 100 million pesos and was held in coordination with a private company, in which the president of the Archery Federation (World Archery Mexico) Gabriel Ramos Rodríguez is a partner. This action was reviewed by the High Audit of the Federation.
“The Gonad Approved the verification of expenditure of 107,395.8 thousand pesos (5.65 million dollars), provided by the Sinalones Institute of Physical Culture and Sports; Mexican Taekwondo Federation, AC; Sports company Tlaxcala and the Mexican Confederation VolleyballEven when the supporting documents issued do not authorize the provision of services or the receipt of goods paid to suppliers in terms of quantity, quality, place and date for the development of various events; as well as the lack of authorization to supply the goods or the provision of the services charged, the costs incurred and the material, technical, human and financial capacity of the suppliers, from whom the information and documents were requested,” it says. ASF report.
Thanks to an investigation by this media and transparency requests, it was discovered Gonad Invested in the World Championship Tlaxcala 81 million 473 thousand 269 pesos were disbursed to the state government, according to the report of the Deputy Directorate of Quality for Sports.
For its part, the sports company Tlaxcala He points out that they invested 20 million pesos to pay for the rights to a non-tendered event. Gonad and the organization entitled to host such event. In total, 101 million 473 thousand 269 pesos were made.
The plan discovered was that Movio Lab received 20 million pesos from the Sports Institute. Tlaxcala For the concept of paying the rights to make the “World Championship” event a reality Volleyball the beach Tlaxcala 2023'”, reads 16 invoices used to cover the said amount and had access to this medium.
“The World Cup Volleyball Beach property Volleyball World is a company owned by FIVB (International Federation of). Volleyball) Both companies are located in Lausanne, Switzerland. A fee (rights payment) of 1 million dollars for the World Cup is mentioned in the contract to organize the event (the contract was signed with our company; due to the experience of organizing high-level international events in Mexico). Money to pay fee We will pay Volleyball World in two payments (500 thousand USD per payment) by bank transfer in October 2023. It is normal to have high-profile events like the World Cup Volleyball On the coast, the rights have been paid, in this case it is 1 million US dollars,” explained Gabriel Ramos Rodríguez, partner of Movio Labs and head of World Archery Mexico.
Moveo Lab, according to the Public Trade Register, is a company whose founding partners are Frenchmen Arnaud Pierre Andre Drijard and Gabriel Ramos Rodríguez. Paris 2024 As President of World Archery Mexico.
“Transparency and clarity in our work are important to us, however, we do not want any misinterpretations affecting our work. If necessary, we have all the support to make transparent the transfers we make and part of the agreement we have with the international federation,” said the Moveo Lab partner to this media's express query.
The company acquired the rights from the Tlaxcala Sports Institute for 20 million pesos. In 2023, the same company received another 21 million 748 thousand 168 pesos and 59 cents pesos from the Sonora Sports Commission for the “perception and logistics” of the “Hermosillo 2023 Archery World Cup Final” event. Ownership of this media. In addition, Moveo Lab appears on the “supplier register” of more than five sports organizations in different states.
More than one-third of the resources obtained through Mexican Volleyball Federation They were used for a beach competition held in association with a private company, which was held in a landlocked state. Even then, the discipline could not be classified Olympics of Paris 2024.
