- The capital delegation maintained its difference of 5 gold medals over Antioquia, and 8 over Valle, when there are 14 medals left in dispute. In the Olympic sector, Bogotá is third, two golds behind the Valley.
Bogotá, November 25, 2024.- With the 17th date of the 1st National Youth Games being played, Team Bogotá is a solid leader in the medal table of the Paralympic sector and is getting closer and closer to the title, while in the Olympic area it occupies third place and with the hope of be second
In the Paralympics, Bogotá’s possibility of being champion is getting closer and closer. There are three days of competition left and 14 medals at stake. 1 in blind football – where gold could be awarded –, 1 in PC football and there is no option there; 7 in for badminton, where our athletes have shown themselves to be strong, and 5 in for powerlifting, a sport in which Team Bogotá is strong.
On the day, Bogotá won one gold and two silvers, maintaining control of the table. The gold medal was in mixed teams BC1-BC2 only, a group made up of Andrey Traslaviña, Andry Yudeni Rodríguez and Valeria Guataquirá, by beating Valle 6-5 on the closing day, thus winning all their games since they had won before to Meta and Risaralda, securing first place.
The silver went to Adrián Meléndez in the single BC4 men’s singles, behind Santiago García (Valle), and Valeria Guataquirá in the single BC2 women’s singles, since she lost the final with Susana Botero (Caldas).
Thus, the medal table is headed by Team Bogotá with 101 medals (37 gold, 33 silver and 31 bronze), followed by Antioquia with 79 (32-22-25), Valle with 75 (29-25-21) , Santander with 56 (20-22-14) and Cundinamarca with 45 (18-17-10).
Regarding the Olympic sector, judo was the only sport that awarded medals and Valle took the opportunity to win three golds and take second place in the medal table, surpassing Bogotá by two, which was blanked on the day. Antioquia, the leader, even increased one gold difference from Bogotá because it won a competition, and it already takes 20.
The medal table in the Olympic sector shows Antioquia as the leader with 264 medals (97 gold, 91 silver and 76 bronze), followed by Valle with 234 (79-86-69), Bogotá with 220 (77-59-84) , Atlántico with 55 (17-15-23) and Boyacá with 45 (18-17-10).
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Carlos A. Gracia B., journalist.
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