With a historic number of 18 athletes, Risaralda contributes greatly to the Colombian teams of the different disciplines that began competitions yesterday at the Central American and Caribbean Games, which take place in El Salvador. The departmental delegation is headed by boxer Jenny Marcela Arias, Olympic medalist, and Sara López, multiple world champion. The contest is held in San Salvador and will go until next Saturday, July 8.
Subjects present
The discipline that most Risaraldenses athletes contributes is swimming with four swimmers, followed by archery with three, bowling and gymnastics with two and with one appear badminton, boxing, judo, cycling, weight lifting and rugby.
Women take the lead
In addition, with the Risaraldenses representatives, the great moment of women’s sport in the department continues to be ratified, since of the 18 competitors in total, eleven are women and arrive with immense possibilities to fight to contribute medals to the national delegation.
The 18 Risaraldenses in Central America
Sarah Lopez. archery
Juliana Gallego. archery
Jagdepp Teji Singh. Shooting with a bow
Juliana Giraldo. Badminton
Diana Lopez. Handball
Juliana Botero. cakes
Sebastian Salazar. Bowling
Jenny Arias. Boxing
Angelica Mesa. Gym
Alison Bones. Gymnasia
Johan Sebastian Rojas. Judo
Angie Lara. Cycling
Oscar Garces. Weightlifting
David Cespedes. Swimming
David Arias. Swimming
Viviana Uribe. Swimming
Felipe Uribe. Swimming
Daniela Moncada. Rugby
Risaraldenses trainers present
The Risaralda flag is also carried by coaches William Gutiérrez of the Colombian badminton team, accompanied by Silvia Méndez of gymnastics and Heber Mantilla of archery, as well as Juan Carlos García as delegate of the Table Tennis Federation.
2023-06-24 14:39:12
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