January and February were months of great activity in Chiapas, with national and international events. However, in mid-March the decline began with the cancellation of competitions due to covid-19
JANUARY
01/01. ATHLETICS
Total success of La Ultima and Let’s Go
They celebrated the San Silvestre La Ultima y Nos Vamos Race, in which more than 600 runners participated. Ingris Santos got the first position in women’s and Carlos Hernández Montes, in men’s.
1/3. TENNIS
Alexia, for a 2020 of more achievements
Ready for a 2020 full of serves and points, the award-winning tennis player from Chiapas Alexia Coutiño Castillo, based in the United States, where she went to live in 2017, was granted a scholarship to play tennis and complete her professional studies.
5/01. PENTATHLON
They presented program for 2020
Civic events and competitions in state territory and in different parts of the Mexican geography is what the University Militarized Sports Pentathlon of the VIII Chiapas Zone had in store.
1/7. WRESTLING
Laughter triumphs at Deportivo Roma
Great joy was experienced at the Deportivo Roma facilities with the presentation of the show of the clown Yin Pin to celebrate his 45 years of artistic life, together with the wrestlers Súper Ratón, Súper Ratón Jr. and Súper Chavo.
1/8. ATHLETICS
Triumph of the Kings Day 2020 Race
The Volunteering of the State Attorney General’s Office, authorities of Ocozocoautla and the association Sumando el Poder Ciudadano held a race to celebrate Three Kings Day, summoning more than 600 athletes from different municipalities of the state, as well as from Guatemala and Kenya.
15/01. FOOTBALL
They presented the 2020 edition for Chiapas
With the goal of achieving the registration of 315 teams in the entity, as well as promoting physical activation and training values in childhood, another edition of Futbolito Bimbo was presented.
01/16. DEATH
For investigations they suspend activities
Athletes and staff working at the State Sports Institute (Indeporte) were evicted due to the death of a young Judo practitioner. The first investigations indicated that it would have been a suicide.
01/18. SKATING
Wheels at full speed
The First Chiapas 2020 International Speed Skating Open was launched, a contest that brought together 185 athletes, from Hidalgo, Sonora, Mexico City, IPN, Jalisco, Tabasco, Michoacán, Chiapas and Guatemala.
20/01. BOX
“Lobito” and “Pillo” show their punch
The return of the sport of the “cauliflower ears” was quite explosive as announced by the promoters of the function, and it is that in the stellar Fermín “Lobito” Morales “was dominant by winning spectacularly against Audel Jiménez.
01/20. SKATING
The International Open was for Chiapas
Chiapas athletes won the championship of the First International Speed Skating Open, beating the representatives of Guatemala and Jalisco. Venezuelan Johan Guzmán claimed victory in the 21 kilometers and in the women’s branch Osiris Girón from Chiapas did the same.
20/01. PREMIER LEAGUE
Tapachula hit the Pumas
The best start of 2020 could not have Cafetaleros de Tapachula, who beat the Pumas de la UNAM 1-0, in the match that served for the successful presentation of Marco Aurelio Valverde as its new technical director.
01/21. TENNIS
Chiapas has its racket monarchs
The greatest exponents of white sport today in the state, as well as the athletes who will seek their classification to the next Conade National Games, were defined after the FMT Chiapas 2020 State Youth Youth Tournament.
01/23. CUP MX
Cafetaleros put a dance to Monarcas
With good soccer, daring and goals, Cafetaleros de Chiapas put a real dance to Monarcas Morelia, whom they defeated 4 goals to 1, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the MX Cup.
01/30. CUP MX
Chiapas, eliminated from the Cup
Bitter elimination for Cafetaleros in the MX Cup at the hands of Monarcas; the Chiapas team fell 0-3 to Morelia and, despite the overall tie (4-4), were left out on penalties.
01/13. BUMPER RACE
Kenya maintains its dominance
The XXIV edition of the traditional Parachico Race was presented, with its queen distance of 15 kilometers, in which Kenyan Moses Wanyoike Gitau and Karina Pérez Delgado from Tlaxcala were the big winners. More than 8 thousand runners participated.
FEBRUARY
02/1. MARTIAL ARTS
Kru Vargas lectured at the EFA Chiapas
Technical, sports, philosophical and traditional knowledge about Muay Thai and Muay Boran were transmitted by the kru Luciano Vargas Sánchez to the students of the Extreme Fight Academy (EFA) of Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
02/3. BUCKET FLAG
Flaccid, four-time heavyweight champion
Flágcidos was crowned four-time champion in the heavyweight category of the Municipal Flag Football League, beating the Fatsónicos team by a resounding score of 36 points to 12. In commitment celebrated in Caña Hueca.
02/04. CHESS
Caballero del Rey and Grupo Emdur are crowned
The Caballeros and Emdur teams shared the scepter of the VI Team Chess Championship, which was organized by the Tuchtlán Chess League.
6/02. FOOTBALL
Final whistle for Wilfrido de la Cruz
The Chiapas arbitration was dressed in mourning when Wilfrido de la Cruz Pacheco lost the battle to a severe illness that afflicted him and led to his last resting place in less than a week.
02/09. TOCHO FLAG
Kings was two-time champion
After an exciting final in which the adrenaline flowed to the maximum, the Kings squad was crowned two-time champion of the men’s category A of the Municipal League of Tocho Bandera (LMTB) by beating the favorite DC by 38 points to 12.
02/11. SWIMMING
They totaled thousands of meters
Thousands of meters accumulated mermaids and newts of all ages in the XIII 6 Hours Swimming Tournament, an aquatic endurance event that took place at the Orcas de Chiapas Club facilities, in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
02/16. CHESS
Moved start of the 2020 Opening Tournament
The first day of the 2020 Opening Tournament was launched, an event organized by the Tuchtlán Chess League.
16/02. PEDESTRIAN
Mohammed puts on tennis shoes
In its 4th uninterrupted edition, the Great Race of Muhammad 2020, Year of the Tiger, it managed to significantly exceed the number of participants with just over 1,500 runners.
02/16. WRESTLING
Minis take the night at Roma
Microman, Ángel, Chamuel and Átomo micromancers from the World Wrestling Council (CMLL) made an appearance for the first time at the “cathedral” of this sport in the Chiapas capital.
02/16. SWIMMING
Jorge Trujillo won the Huatulco Journey 2020
The chiapaneco newt Jorge Rafael Trujillo Ovilla became champion of the Fifth Open Water Crossing Huatulco 2020.
02/22. STUDENT
The Universiade was launched
With the participation of ten public and private universities of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Tapachula, affiliated to the National Council of Sports in Education, A .C. (Condde), the inauguration of the 2020 Universiade Selective State Championship was held.
2/24. WINNERS
Canada dominated the International Tournament
The North America Armwrestling Championship 2020, an international tournament of the losers, was held in the Chiapas capital, where the representatives of Canada and Mexico took most of the victories.
MARCH
2/03. BOX
Undefeated Puma Cano ends
It was a nightmare night that Luis Amado “Puma” Cano lived, when on Friday’s return from Knockout, where he faced Eduardo “Cobrita” Estrada, who ended up “biting” the “Puma” in order to cut his undefeated streak that I had until that day.
03/03. SPORT FISHING
Moreno and Sandoval, two-time champions
The Chiapas Agustín Moreno and Julián Sandoval won the title of champions of the IV National Championship of Sport Fishing of Macabil and Tenguayaca, held in the imposing Sumidero Canyon.
4/03. FOOTBALL
Defined those selected from the FIFA Academy
After the female viewing for girls born between 2005 and 2006, the state coordinator Alexandra Zenteno and professor Ricardo Enríquez drew up the list of players called for the next stage of this selection.
3/8. CHESS
Almost a hundred on the anniversary of the Children’s Club
With an impressive response from almost a hundred participants of all ages, the Sixth Anniversary Tournament of the Children’s Chess Club was launched, a championship valid for national rating.
03/16. MOTORING
Rabbits season four underway
With the participation of eight teams, the fourth season of the Chiapas car series Rabbits Formula 1800 was launched, which took place in the Chiapas Super Oval.
Elite triumphs are distributed in competition
The Guatemalan cyclist Florinda de León and Eduardo Sarmiento Morales from Chiapas dressed in the yellow sweater of champions, after winning the absolute triumphs of the elite categories of the Classic Coyote 2020.
03/17. Ascent MX
Zoque Stadium runs out of Football
As part of the preventive measures implemented by the Mexican Soccer Federation (FMF), the duel on matchday 9 of Ascenso MX, in which Cafetaleros de Chiapas would receive a visit from Tampico Madero, was officially suspended.
03/18. OPEN WATERS
Postpone 100% Canyon
One of the great aquatic challenges of this year, the 100% Canyon Open Water Marathon of the Orcas club of Chiapas was postponed as a preventive measure in the face of the covid-19 outbreak.
03/18. WRESTLING
Captain Fury left Super Arm hairless
Captain Furia added to his trophy room the prestigious mane of the experienced Mexican international fighter Súper Brazo, in the stellar battle of the Lucha Libre “cannon shot” presented at the Roma Sports Center in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
03/18. SOFTBALL
They postpone the hits on the diamond
Softball had scheduled its inauguration for Saturday, March 21, but they have decided to join the call of the federal government and stop all competition.
18/03. IMMBUEBLE
Indeporte closes its facilities
Through a statement, the Chiapas State Sports Institute announced the closure of its facilities due to the contingency caused by the entry into our country of covid-19.
03/20. SKATING
Athletes on the podium in Jalisco
With good results, the skaters who represented the state in the 2020 Interasociaciones Championship, in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, returned to Chiapas, and which served as a qualifier for the 2020 Conade National Games and for the integration of national preselections.
03/24. CHESS
Iván López was crowned in quarantine
From the comfort of his home, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Chiapas chess player Iván Pastor López Cabrera was proclaimed champion of the First Covid-19 Quarantine Online Tournament, organized by the Tuchtlán Chess League.
APRIL
02/04. CONTINGENCY
All sports activities suspended
Once the implementation of the second phase of the quarantine was announced to prevent the spread of covid-19 in our country, municipal authorities announced that the various sports parks in the Chiapas capital will suspend activities for the general public until further notice.
4/04. ARTESMARCIALES
Adan Castillejos awarded with the Silver Dragon
The director of the Extreme Fight Academy (EFA) Chiapas, Adán Castillejos, was chosen by the Chilean specialized magazine “Visión Marcial” as the winner of the International Silver Dragon Award, for being one of the greatest exponents of Jeet Kune Do in the American continent .
04/17. COFFEE MAKERS
Players broke ranks
Although the Ascent MX board had not yet made the official announcement of the end of the Clausura 2020 tournament, suspended from matchday 8 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cafetaleros players began to pack their bags and terminate their commitment to the club .
