Sport / MARCH 23, 2024 / 1 day before
Author: Andrés Felipe Ramos Gámez
Both Quindío badminton exponents were the best in the national selection.
The Quindian exponents are the country’s main references within the discipline of badminton.
Nicolás Morales Rey and Sergio Zapata Ramírez joined the Colombian badminton team that will participate in the competitions related to the Bolivarian Youth Sports Games.
The two Quindian quotas are the main references of the tricolor delegation, after reaching positions one and two in the national under-19 selection that took place a month ago. They won against rivals from departments such as Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Bogotá, Risaralda, Cundinamarca, Santanderes, Caldas, Atlántico, Bolívar, Nariño and Tolima.
Morales Rey and Zapata Ramírez will arrive at the international event, which will take place in Sucre, Bolivia, with extensive travel, after their performances at the international level, in addition to showing their credentials in the last Eje Cafetero 2023 National Sports Games.
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Even in the national competitions they were protagonists as they were key to obtaining the bronze medal at the team level, against more experienced and older rivals.
The coffee athletes traveled in advance to the South American highland country to acclimatize to the conditions and thus face more comfortably the official matches that will be held from April 3 to 7.
Colombia will have as rivals athletes from Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and Chile, and it is also the candidate country to win the majority of the medals.
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