The Chapina delegation accumulates 30 gold medals, 26 silver and 33 bronze (89 in total), in a table headed by Colombia (137-117-76), Venezuela (101-89-113), the headquarters (78-79-103), Chile (51-56-60) and Ecuador (39-47-44).
For those in blue and white, in speed skating the day before, the young Faberson Bonilla climbed to the top of the podium in 200 meters inside the Costa Verde Sports Center.
The kickboxing held in pavilion 1 of the Ayacucho Convention Center left Cristian Chávez, in the -54 kilograms (kg) category, with silver, the same as César Rodas, at -57.
On that same day, the legendary Erick Barrondo, this country’s first Olympic medalist (silver in London 2012), won a bronze in the march.
Last Friday José Marroquín, Diego Aguilar, Gerardo Pineda and Marvin León worked together to win gold in bowling and in women’s bowling Ana Bolaños, Ana Morales, Priscila Girón and Sofía Granda won silver.
In this color, the experienced karate fighter Allan Maldonado will bring home his medal, who lost alone in the final 1-6 against the Colombian Juan Felipe Landázuri.
In Basque pelota, Diego Quan gave a bronze in the paddle tennis modality, while Isabella Soberanis and Valeri Castañeda also finished third in kickboxing, in the 52 kg and 56 categories.
PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS
Bowling, rhythmic gymnastics (one silver and two bronze), pentathlon (with four exponents and four medals), boxing and poomsae (with seven) contributed to the cause of those in blue and white.
In addition, artistic gymnastics closed its participation with nine medals (one gold, five silver and three bronze), billiards left its mark, as well as sports shooting and hunting weapons (1-1-1).
Badminton won four titles and two third places, sailing sailed to gold with David Hernández, while archery added to the harvest.
THE REGION
Guatemala is the leader of the region, ahead of the Dominican Republic (seventh, 12-17-45), Panama (ninth, 7-8-21), El Salvador (tenth, 5-7-15), Trinidad and Tobado (thirteenth, 1-2-1), Curacao (0-1-1) and Jamaica (0-0-1), all invited to the competition.
For local analysts, after the impressive performance in the XII Central American Games where they surpassed the mark reached in 2001, those from the land of the quetzal consolidate the path towards the Olympic cycle
In 2026 they will continue with the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; while they will return to Lima at the Pan American Games next year; and will culminate in 2028 with the event under the five rings of Los Angeles.
Guatemala made its debut in these Bolivarian jousts in Trujillo, Peru, 2013, with 382 athletes. It then participated in Santa Marta 2017 and Valledupar 2022, in which it stood out as one of the nations with projection in key sports.
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