Hundreds of people cheer in URS for double Olympic medalist Mar Orla B. ochrez

The athlete Mar IrmaShe won a double Olympic medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, was entertained and cheered on Tuesday by hundreds of people in urs (Granada), her hometown, in the tribute she received for the successes achieved.

Grenada marchadora, Silver in the 20-kilometer walk and gold in the mixed relay with ochelvaro Martin, She received the affection of her compatriots the day after arriving in Spain after being one of the biggest winners of the Olympic Games.

The town of Urs took to the streets and was Hundreds of neighbors dressed up with small emblems of Spain, He greeted and cheered Mar Irma Bey ermriz in a greeting prepared by the town hall of the city.

It was the center of celebrations The New Square, where the city hall is located, whose balcony greeted the crowd and where a theater was created Where the athlete was greeted with the flag of Spain, another from Andalusia and two banners reading that Urs is “proud” of his neighbor.

This word, pride, is most used during the night by Maria Perez , who He arrived at the celebrations in a convertible while drumming sounded And that he was accompanied during the tribute by family and friends.

“I am proud to be from Urs and to walk in his name all over the world. This is the triumph of perseverance and also of illusion and the pretense that You can do the greatest things even though you were born in a small town“The athlete explained.

Maria Perez, who after this tribute confirmed that He’s going to take a few days off “Having lived a few historic days but also a lot of hustle and bustle”, she was accompanied at all times by the mayor of Urs, Juice Ram Ram Mart.

Gift of a sheep

The mayor, as he confirmed last week after gold in the mixed relay event, Marchadora gave a safe Lamb, a typical and classic delicacy of the place, “To restore strength”.

“We are very pleased with all the successes achieved by Mar Irma (B. ochriz), that the city lives as its own town. We are so proud of her and everything she stands for“Martinez said.

“We are running out of imagination to pay tribute to him , but We hope that we can return here several times to pay her all the honors she deserves“, Added the mayor of Urs.

In previous years, Mar Irma Bey ochrez has already been named the favorite daughter of this municipality in the north of the province of Granada Her name was given to the local school where the demonstrator studied.

In addition to the double Olympic medal in Paris 2024, Mar Irma Bey ochrez is the European 20 km champion and double world champion At that distance and a march of 35 km.