Bad Bunny funds Adriana Díaz's training team and expenses, report says

Bad Bunny is doing more than lending star power to Adriana Díaz. Since January 2025, he has been covering the Puerto Rican table tennis standout’s preparation costs, including a permanent strength-and-conditioning coach, an assistant for her father and coach Bladimir Díaz, and a physiotherapist. For a 25-year-old three-time Olympian, that is not cosmetic support. It is the kind of backing that changes how often an athlete can train, recover, and arrive fresh to the table.

The timing matters. After the Paris 2024 Olympics, Díaz’s team approached Benito Martínez Ocasio through her manager, and the setup grew out of a simple competitive reality: Bladimir Díaz said the group had been operating as “she and I against the world” before asking for a larger staff around his daughter. In a sport where marginal gains are often built in the weight room, in rehab, and in the daily management of travel and workload, that extra layer of help can be the difference between holding level and losing ground.

The arrangement is also bigger than a celebrity sponsorship headline. The support is separate from Rimas Sports and sits on top of the assistance Díaz already receives from the Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico and the Departamento de Recreación y Deportes. That matters because funding in Puerto Rican table tennis has long been thin enough to force top players and their families into improvisation. Díaz has spent years carrying the island’s expectations while dealing with the practical burden of staying funded at the elite level.

Díaz, who is from Utuado, told Olympics.com that Bad Bunny has helped her career and continues to encourage her. That backing lands at a moment when Bad Bunny’s influence in Puerto Rico clearly stretches well beyond music. His residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, announced on January 13, 2025, sold out 400,000 tickets in four hours, a reminder of how much cultural leverage he now brings to anything he touches. For Díaz, the payoff is much more concrete than fame. It is a full support system built around the daily grind of elite competition, and in table tennis that can be a real competitive edge.