Between April 4 and the 14th of the same month, theThe first edition of the Bolivarian Youth Games in SucreBolivia, and weightlifter Ingrid Segura will be the standard bearer for the Colombian delegation.
The sporting event will have the presence of more than 1,400 athletes in 27 sports disciplines, and Colombia will be present in 17 sports with 164 athletes.
For the 2023 season, The woman from Tulu who belongs to the weightlifting discipline, Ingrid Vanessa Segura, won two bronze medals at the Under 17 World Championships in Albania, becoming Pan American youth champion in Lima, under 17 national champion and youth national champion.
Other titles of the Valle del Cauca native have been: under 17 world championship in Saudi Arabia 2021 and Mexico 2022, under 17 national champion 2020, 2021, 2022 and National Youth Champion 2022. In addition, she managed to bathe in gold at the South American Youth Games Rosary 2022.
According to Panam Sports, the sporting event in Sucre 2024 will feature 24 sports and 27 disciplines: athletics, badminton, basketball, handball, baseball, boxing, cycling, fencing, futsal, artistic gymnastics, judo, karate, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, Basque pelota, and racquetball.
“The holding of the first Bolivarian Youth Games Sucre 2024 constitutes for the Bolivarian Sports Organization a special reason for satisfaction not only because of the opportunity that this event represents for the Bolivarian youth to start building their Olympic dream but also because we are giving shape to a sports development strategy in our affiliated countries “What they have seen in this event, the ideal means to support the local processes of talent preparation and sports reserve as a replacement generation for their current champions,” said the President of ODEBO (Bolivarian sports organization), Baltazar Medina.
A good performance is expected for the national delegation, since there are several athletes who have been champions in their disciplines.
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2024-03-28 22:53:33
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