In the middle of a radiant morning accompanied by a temperature above 30 degrees Celsius, the second day of the South American Judo in the U-13, U-15 and senior categories, in women and men contest that takes place at the Toto Hernández Coliseum.
Although Cúcuta has hosted South American basketball, rhythmic and aerobic gymnastics in the past, It is the first time that it organizes a Judo tournamentin which the delegations have felt good and happy in the city, said the president of the Northern Judo League, Liseth Johana Orozco Pallares, qwho thanked the illustrious visitors for attending and participating in the tournament, demonstrating that the city can organize sporting events of this magnitude.
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In total there are seven countries that are present in South America, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Colombia as host.
In the first moments of change, the Colombian delegation gave him the first medals, where the Cucuteño Felipe Villamizar, andn his first participation in an international tournament.
local medal
As I had anticipated Johana Orozco, with Felipe, had good expectations of achieving a medal in the U-13, 31 kilo category and she did not disappoint. The young promise that resides in La Fe settlement He won a bronze medal.
The gold went to the Venezuelan Santiago Maduro and the silver medal to the Colombian Xavi López.
In the 28 kilo category, Colombian José won the silver medal. In the 38 kilo category, local Jhoan Correa won the gold by beating Venezuelan Daniel Carrasquero in the final.
On the other hand, in the 42 kilo category, Colombia won a silver medal with Samuel Clavijo and a bronze medal with Josué Videl. In the minus 52 kilo category there was another bronze with Jesús Rodríguez, while in the 47 kilos Andrés Cabrera surprised with the gold medal and in the plus 52 Yeimar Caicedo gave a silver medal to Colombia.
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Regarding what the South American has been and its development that closes this afternoon, Orozco highlighted “it is a pleasant experience, fortunate for the city, to show what we have (as idiosyncrasy), the people who are visiting us have She seemed surprised, they had an idea of an underdeveloped city, but they have already visited it and the concept has been different.
We are doing a great job, effort. It is the first international tournament held by the League and the city and we hope it will not be the last,” said the leader and coach while attending to a thousand things at the same time.
According to what Johana expressed, the heat has been quite strong and they have had to battle against that other rival.
One of the things that has caught their attention the most is Cucuteño cuisine, including the chickpea pie that has fascinated them. And from a logistical point of view, “each of the delegations was happy with the organization and the attention to each one.
