First National Youth Games of the Olympic and Paralympic sector. Antioquia reached the 100th medal and with it secured the general title of the national competitions. Two golds, three silvers and five bronzes, Antioquia’s harvest on matchday 19. This Thursday Antioquia will play the men’s handball final against Quindío. In badminton, the Antioqueños will be in several finals on the last date of the games. In the Paranational Games, Valle del Cauca surpassed Antioquia. Bogotá continues to lead the way. This Thursday, November 28, the games in Manizales will close.(Photo above, Tatiana Bernal and Sharick Agudelo, the 100th medalists from Antioquia. Photo by Indeportes Antioquia).
In Canoeing in Calima-Darién, in Valle del Cauca, Antioquia achieved the 100th gold medal, within the framework of the nineteenth day of competitions of the First National Youth Games and with this medal the Antioquia team secured the general title of the athletic competitions that began on Saturday, November 9 and will close this Thursday, November 28 at the Jorge Arango Uribe Coliseum in the city from Manizales.
With that gold medal, which went to the K2 500 meter women’s kayak duo (Leidy Tatiana Bernal, Sharick Michel Agudelo), and with the 99th medal, which was also in canoeing thanks to the athlete Melisa Andrea Carrillo in the C1 500 meter canoe modality, the Antioquia team secured the overall title of these First National Youth Games.
With the medals that remain in dispute this Thursday (17 gold), and with two sports in which Antioquia has finalists (men’s handball and badminton), his most immediate follower (Cauca Valley), He will not be able to achieve it, even if the difference is 14 medals, because in three badminton finals of the five that Antioquia has, an athlete from Antioquia faces another from Antioquia, that is, he is assured of at least three golds out of the five he there is.
Apart from the two gold medals for canoeing in Calima-Darién, the Antioquian paddlers added four silvers (3 in canoeing and 1 in judo) and five bronzes (1 in badminton and four in canoeing).
With the metallic loot of Wednesday, November 27, Antioquia reached 100 gold medals, 96 silver and 82 bronze medals and remains more solid than ever in the general medal table of the games. Valle del Cauca, which on the date in question achieved four gold medals, moved a little away from Bogotá. The Valle del Cauca now have 86 gold, 89 silver and 73 bronze. For its part, Bogotá, which won two gold medals on Wednesday, has 82 gold medals, 63 silver and 91 bronze. The fourth is Santander with 17 golds and the fifth is Atlántico, also with 17 golds. Boyacá is sixth with 16, Cundinamarca with 14 golds is seventh and Risaralda is eighth with 9 golds.
This Thursday, November 28, at the close of the Games, Antioquia will play five finals in badminton and will also seek the gold medal in men’s handball, against the representation of Quindío.
For its part, in the First Paranational Youth Games, the gold medal winners on Wednesday were Valle del Cauca, Bogotá and Boyacá. The sugar producers added three gold medals and with them displaced Antioquia from second place. Bogotá won one and remains the leader, while the other yellow medal went to Boyacá. In the paranational medal table, Bogotá has 38 golds, 32 from Valle del Cauca and 32 from Antioquia. The people of Valle del Cauca have 25 silvers compared to the 22 of the people of Antioquia.
On the last date of the games, number 20, in the nationals there will be badminton competitions in Pereira, canoeing in Calima-Darién and men’s handball and free BMX cycling in Armenia and in the paranationals the parabadminton tournament will close in Pereira. The sport climbing tournament will end in Bogotá, a discipline that is invitational and does not count in the general medal table.
The medalists from Antioquia, on Wednesday, November 27, at the National Youth Games:
| Oro (2) | Melisa Andrea Carrillo | Boating | C1 500 meters female canoe |
| Antioch | K2 500 Meters Women’s Kayak | ||
| Plata (4) | Antioch | Boating | C2 500 meters female canoe |
| Juan David Vargas | K1 500 meters men’s kayak | ||
| Antioch | K4 500 Meter Women’s Kayak | ||
| Antioch | Judo | Mixed team | |
| Bronze (5) | Joshua Zapata | Badminton | Men’s singles |
| Antioch | Boating | C2 500 meters men’s canoe | |
| Leidy Tatiana Bernal | K1 500 meters women’s kayak | ||
| Antioch | K4 500 meters men’s kayak | ||
| Antioch | K2 1000 meters men’s kayak |
Partial medal table – First National Youth Games – until Wednesday, November 27:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1 | Antioch | 100 | 96 | 82 | 278 |
| 2 | Valle | 86 | 89 | 73 | 248 |
| 3 | Bogotá DC | 82 | 63 | 91 | 236 |
| 4 | Santander | 17 | 21 | 27 | 65 |
| 5 | Atlantic | 17 | 15 | 26 | 58 |
| 6 | Boyacá | 16 | 18 | 17 | 51 |
| 7 | Cundinamarca | 14 | 19 | 46 | 79 |
| 8 | Risaralda | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 9 | Casanare | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Caldas | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 11 | Córdoba | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 12 | Tolima | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 13 | Cesar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Bolívar | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | North of Santander | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | Sucre | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 | Meta | 2 | 10 | 14 | 26 |
| 18 | Quindío | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 19 | Magdalena | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 20 | Nariño | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 21 | FAITH | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | Wheels | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | La Guajira | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | Arauca | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Cauca | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 26 | Guaviare | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Saint Andrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Caqueta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 391 | 392 | 504 | 1287 |
Partial medal table – First Youth Paranational Games – until Wednesday, November 27:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1º. | Bogotá DC | 38 | 36 | 32 | 106 |
| 2º. | Cauca Valley | 32 | 25 | 23 | 80 |
| 3º. | Antioch | 32 | 22 | 25 | 79 |
| 4º. | Santander | 20 | 22 | 16 | 58 |
| 5º. | Cundinamarca | 18 | 17 | 10 | 45 |
| 6º. | Boyacá | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 7º. | Caldas | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 8º. | Córdoba | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 9º. | Tolima | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 |
| 10º. | North of Santander | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 11º. | Cauca | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12º. | Meta | 2 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 13º. | Nariño | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14º. | Risaralda | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 15º. | Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 16º. | Quindío | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17º. | Cesar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18º. | Casanare | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19º. | crashed | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19º. | Sucre | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 172 | 169 | 169 | 510 |
The corner of “Holi”by Beatriz Elena Quiceno Gil.
A few hours after finishing these first National Youth Games, all that remains is to say that we did it! The National Government achieved it, the Coffee Axis achieved it, Antioquia achieved it. We did very well.
Those of us who represent the white and green colors of Antioquia thank the Ministry of Sports, the Olympic Committee and the Paralympic Committee for organizing these first 2024 National Youth Games.
The holding of these sports games that brought together the protagonists of the Olympic and Paralympic sector is a good time. Not only from Antioquia are we grateful to the national government and the Ministry of Sports for leading this event that clearly contributes to the development of national sports. We are sure that, from La Guajira to the Amazon, from Nariño to Arauca, and all the departments of the country plus the Capital District, we are pleased with this magnificent multi-sports event.
These first National Youth Games were a success. A challenge assumed with integrity and good taste by the Ministry of Sports to which the departmental sports entities of Risaralda, Caldas, Quindío, Valle del Cauca and the IDRD of Bogotá joined with substantial contributions. Gratitude also goes to those who welcomed our delegations, with open arms: the cities of Pereira, Armenia, Manizales, Cali and Bogotá, and the municipalities of Chinchiná, Calima-Darién and Nilo. And while it is true that, in Buenaventura and Chía , Antioquia did not arrive with its athletes and para-athletes, these populations were also architects of the success of these sporting events that, among other merits, put the Olympic sport and the paralympic.
With special enthusiasm we hope to meet again in 2027 with our senior category athletes and para-athletes. And in 2028, in Córdoba and Sucre, in the 2nd National and Paranational Youth Games.
We will be there with some of the young people who were here this year and with others who, like us, will appreciate this type of initiatives in favor of the country’s sports development.
From Antioquia, Land of Champions!, special gratitude.
Antioquia sports results for Wednesday, November 27, 2024, medalists, medal tables and program for Thursday, November 28, 2024: Pereira Press Release 19-2024
