Judoka Fabiola Díaz won Venezuela’s first gold medal at the Cali-Valle 2021 Junior Pan American Games on Friday, beating Mexican Renata Ortiz in the 52 kilogram final by ippon.
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The judoka Willis García, won the second gold medal in the 66 kilograms category, provisionally positioning Venezuela in eighth place in the medal table with seven medals achieved on the day.
Venezuelan Judo dresses in glory at the Cali-Valle 2021 Pan American Youth Games, with Fabiola Díaz and Willis García, who win Gold Medals and María Giménez, Silver Medal. Bravo guys! The national tricolor flies strongly in Colombia. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/d6bFc1ZUwi
– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro)
November 27, 2021
President Nicolás Maduro, expressed via Twitter his pride in the sports performance in which they managed to harvest seven medals in total, a work that positions Venezuela in eighth place in the medal table of the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games, in Colombia.
“Bravo! I am sure that it will be the first of many joys that the youngsters will give us in this sporting event “, predicted the Venezuelan President.
We started with a Bronze medal for Venezuela, in the I Junior Pan American Games Cali-Valle 2021, conquered by Fabián Márquez in weightlifting. Bravo! I’m sure it will be the first of many joys that the youngsters will give us at this sporting event. pic.twitter.com/QnsIJBD9w7
– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro)
November 27, 2021
In addition to judokas Fabiola Díaz and Willis García, Reinner Arango (silver), María Gabriela Giménez (silver), in Judo, while Fabián Márquez and Katherin Echandia each won bronze in weightlifting.
Two More Medals for Venezuela! The weightlifter Reinner Arango Méndez, Silver Medal and our swimmer María Yegres, Bronze Medal. Congratulations! Proud of you and of all the youth that went to triumph in the Cali-Valle 2021 Youth Pan American Games. pic.twitter.com/MKpmcewAQB
– Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro)
November 27, 2021
Another bronze came in swimming, with María Victoria Yegres in the 400m freestyle test.
Brazil took the lead in the 2021 Cali-Valle Junior Pan American Games on Friday, with 10 gold, five silver and the same bronze medal, while 17 other nations add at least one medal.
