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Virgin of Juquila, I thank you for giving me strength I needed to win this race. I was trying so hard.

Zimatlan
Odilon Cortez, May 18, 1960

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Erika Ballesteros was doing a dive in a competition and hit her head on the trampoline. She fervently thanks Saint Charbel because she recovered and has gained her confidence back.

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Raul Gomez brings the present retablo, with great devotion, to the Child of Atocha in gratitude for helping him to win the table soccer championship.

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Efren Guzman was in the middle of mountain bike racing, when he had an epileptic seizure and crashed into a tree. He thanks infinitely the Child of Atocha with the present retablo for his life was saved, although he won’t compete anymore.

April 21, Blue Demon won the wrestling championship title in a fight. Thanks, Holy Virgin.

11–Dec.–80

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Thanks, Virgin of Guadalupe, because on the last minute of the game I scored the goal with which we won the championship.

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I give infinite thanks to Saint George with this exvoto for having won the gran prix and the first place in the skeet shooting competition that took place in my town. The competition was tough, there was many good participants, but with my good marksmanship I was able to become the winner.

David Palomares ~ Moroleon, Guanajuato

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I thank the Holy Heart of Jesus for giving me tenacity and strength to win over my opponent in the fight for the national title. Also, I thank for letting me and Broncas come out safe from the fight to go on with the most beautiful sport.

Blue Demon, Toreo, 1977

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James Eddy gives infinite thanks to Matt Gonzalez, his coach, personal trainer and best friend, for helping him defeat his most formidable opponent.

San Francisco, California, June 2020

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I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for giving me tenacity and spirit to win the national championship by taking over the great Caveman in three falls matches at the Arena Coliseo in beautiful Guadalajara.

I give thanks, Lightning from Jalisco, 1959

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for her benevolent grace so that I was crowned as the heavyweight champion winning over the great Tinieblas (Darkness) at the tournament.

Canek, Mayan Prince, 1982

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A young man Florentino Mendoza thanks the Lord of Chalma for helping him to successfully perform the Pass of Death at the cowboy championship and get the first prize for his team “The Golden Cowboys”, for which he dedicates this humble retablo.

Tetepango, Hidalgo

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I testify for such a great miracle. On August 21, 1995, I was disputing the national welterweight title with Black Executioner. I was about to surrender because of pain, when I implored the intercession of the Tepeyac Mother. She gave me firmness to pull myself up and come out victorious.

La Incognita (Mystery), Pachuca, Mexico, 1996

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