Colombian goalkeeper Santiago Arcila qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by qualifying for the final of the Olympic Games Continental Qualifier for The Americas, which takes place this week in Medellín.
The Colombian goalkeeper qualified for the Olympic Games. | Photo: yes
The gold medal, already with the country’s numerical quota secured, confirmed the Colombian’s great moment.
Arcila obtained the 46th place for the country and the second for Colombian archery, after beating Oscar Ticas from El Salvador in the semifinal, with a score of 6 to 2, in the Men’s Recurve Modality, to advance to the final and obtain one of the two individual quotas offered by this continental competition.
During the third day of competition, Colombia also had representation with Andrés Hernández and Jorge Enríquez, who in the quarterfinals lost to Nicholas D’Amour (Virgin Islands) and Mario Jajarabilla (Argentina).
In this way, Colombian Archery already has two numerical quotas, both for men and women, which was added by archer Ana María Rendón.
Santiago Arcila, Colombian goalkeeper. | Photo: yes
Colombia will seek the team classification, both in the women’s and men’s branches, in a definition that will take place over the weekend.
The women’s team is made up of Ana María Rendón, Maira Sepúlveda and Valentina Acosta, while the men’s team is made up of Santiago Arcila, Jorge Enríquez and Andrés Hernández. There is only a place for the champion of each branch.
With the weightlifter Mari Leivis Sánchez, Colombia adds 45 athletes classified for the Paris 2024 Olympics
The Colombian Mari Leivis Sánchez qualified this Sunday for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after finishing in seventh position in the 71 kilogram division during the Weightlifting World Cup in Phuket, Thailand.
Joining Yenny Álvarez, Luis Javier Mosquera and Jeison López, Mari Leivis added one more ticket to be the fourth weightlifter and the 45th Colombian to secure a place in the Olympic Games, an event she would attend for the first time, taking into account that Like all places for Paris 2024 in weightlifting, they are numerical.
Mari Leivis Sánchez, weightlifter from Colombia qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games | Photo: COL Olympic Committee
The winner of the event was the American Olivia Lynn Reeves, who completed an Olympic total of 268 kilograms, while the silver went to the Chinese Guifang Liao, with 264 kilos, and the bronze went to the North Korean Kuk Hyang Song with 261 kg.
2024-04-09 23:22:31
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