Author : Sports writing
With the presence of María Camila Galeano from Quindío, handball will come into action today.
Tonight will be the official opening. 7 members of the Colombian delegation are from Quindío.
With the presence of bowling players Clara Juliana Guerrero and Edward Camilo Rey, long-distance runner Gerard Nicolás Giraldo Villa, pole vaulter Thomás Nieto, athlete María Fernanda Montoya, handball player María Camila Galeano and cyclist Sérika Gulumá, Today the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games officially open, which will last until July 8.
The venues for the jousts are San Salvador, the main venue, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the sub-venue. Villa will compete in the 3,000 meter hurdles and 5,000 meter hurdles; Montoya Marín, in the half marathon (21k); Guerrero, in individual, doubles, trios, quintets, all individual events; Rey, in individual, doubles, trios, quintets, all individual events, and Gulumá Ortiz, in individual time trial (CRI) and individual route.
The local delegation is complemented by coach Tatiana Mercedes Herrera Giraldo, assistant to the Colombian women’s handball team, who will direct goalkeeper Galeano.
There will be action in swimming, open water, diving, artistic swimming, water polo, chess, athletics, badminton, basketball, 3×3 basketball, handball, baseball, bowling, boxing, MTB cycling, track cycling, road cycling, BMX, fencing, beach soccer, artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, soccer, trampoline gymnastics, golf, judo, karate, weightlifting, netball, speed skating, rowing, rugby 7, softball, surfing, tennis, table tennis, shooting, shooting with archery, triathlon, sailing, indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, equestrian, canoeing, field hockey, taekwondo, modern pentathlon, racquetball and shotgun shooting.
Colombia, current runner-up
Five thousand athletes from 37 countries say present. Of them, 375 are Colombian. The competitions in this event started on Wednesday, June 21, with the women’s beach volleyball competition, in which the tricolor team, made up of Ana Beltrán and Yaleni Moreno, defeated their counterpart from Suriname by a score of 21-0 and 21- 0. At press time, sports such as boxing and table tennis, both with a national presence, were in action.
There will be 440 medals up for grabs. The inauguration will take place tonight, starting at 7, at the Jorge ‘El Mágico’ González National Stadium, in the capital of El Salvador. The flag bearers of the tricolor will be the weightlifter and world medalist Yenny Álvarez and the gymnast Andrés Martínez.
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In the last edition, in Barranquilla, Colombia finished in third position, adding 79 gold, 93 silver and 97 bronze medals, for a total of 269 metals, behind Mexico and Cuba. This position has been repeated by the national representation since the San Salvador 2002 games.
Historically, Colombia has participated in 19 editions of the Central American and Caribbean Games. The first of these dates back to Panama City, in 1938. The only thing he was not present at was the games that took place in Havana in 1982.
On only one occasion, the tricolor reached the figure of 100 gold medals and it was in Mayagüez 2010, while in Barranquilla 2018 it became the participation with the highest number of metals: 269. Today the definition of handball will begin, with the presence of Galeano, who hopes to return to Quindío with a medal hanging around his neck.
2023-06-23 11:11:08
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