Venezuela finished in second place in the medal table of the twentieth Bolivarian Games that were held in the Peruvian cities of Ayacucho and Lima, between November 22 and December 7, with a harvest of 311 medals divided into 104 gold, 92 silver and 115 bronze to surpass what was achieved in the Valledupar 2022 and Santa Marta 2017 editions.
The Creole representation, which was made up of 520 athletes divided into 295 female and 225 male.won the championship in the disciplines of wrestling, fencing, boxing, judo, wushu, golf, indoor volleyball and softball, in the multidisciplinary event that marked the beginning of the Olympic cycle towards the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
The fight completed a total of 17 metals with 10 gold and seven silver, followed by 14 from fencing (6 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze), nine from boxing (six gold, one silver and two bronze), 17 from judo (five gold, four silver and eight bronze), eight from wushu (four gold, one silver and three bronze), three in golf (two gold and one bronze) and the absolute championships in women’s volleyball and softball.
Likewise, The disciplines of swimming and weightlifting led the production among the Venezuelan delegation with 35 medals for the first (13 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze) and 29 for the second (12 gold, nine silver and eight bronze). in its different modalities and weight categories.
Multimedallistas
Among the Creole athletes who won several medals in the Bolivarian Games, the gymnast Jimena Domínguez, the canoeists Cristian Canache and Ray Acuña, the rower César Amaris and swimmers Jorge Otaiza, Lismar Lyon and María Yegres.
Domínguez, 16 years old, She was the athlete who stood out the most with four gold and two silver medals.. The gold medals were won in the women’s events of individual clubs, individual ribbon, individual ball and individual hoop of rhythmic gymnastics, while the silver medals were won in the general individual and team events.
Meanwhile, Canache won four gold medals in the K2 200 meters and K4 200 m events in the men’s canoe kayak. added to the mixed tests of K2X 200 m and K4X 200 mwhile Acuña did the same in the K2 200 meters, K4 200 m and K4X 200 m, respectively.
Amaris took center stage in the men’s events of the rowing LM2x, 4LMx and LM2 to close with one of the standard bearers, Jorge Otaiza, who added six medals (3 gold, 2 silver and one bronze).
gold standard bearer
The swimmer took first place in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly and 4×100 m freestyle relaysecond in the 50 m freestyle and 4×100 mixed medley relay and third in the men’s 4×100 medley relay.
For its part, Lyon added gold in the women’s 50m and 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle, plus silver in the women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay and 4 x 100m medley relay.while Yegres was the protagonist in the 400 m and 200 m freestyle and 4 x 200 m women’s freestyle relay, silver in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m combined relay, and bronze in the 800 m and 100 m freestyle.
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Regional records
In addition to the medals, the Venezuelan delegation set five records as far as Bolivarians are concerned, with swimming as the leading sport. The first of them came through the swimmers Mariana Cote, María Yegres, Mónica Leidar and Paola Azzato in the women’s 4 x 200 m combined event.
The men’s relay added the second in the 4 x 100 m with Dennis Pérez, Jorge Otaiza, Manuel Díaz and Emil Pérez as the referencesescorted by the marks of María Yegres in the women’s 200 meter freestyle, Otaiza in the men’s 100 m butterfly and Lismar Lyon in the women’s 100 m butterfly.
The production of 311 medals (104 gold, 92 silver and 115 bronze) by the Venezuelan delegation served to surpass the gold medals of the Valledupar 2022 edition, in which he finished with 209 metals (61 gold, 69 silver and 79 bronze)as well as what was done in Santa Marta 2017 with 292 medals (94 gold, 95 silver and 103 bronze).
Colombia finished in first place in the general medal table of the twentieth Bolivarian Games with 341 medals (142 gold, 122 silver and 77 bronze). The podium was completed by the local representation, Peru, with a total of 262 medals (78 gold, 80 silver and 104 bronze).
Alejandro Colmenares / Mindeporte Press
