First National Youth Games of the Olympic and Paralympic sector. The games are ending and Antioquia is getting closer to the title. On day 18, Tuesday, November 26, the Antioqueños won gold in canoeing. There are already 98 gold medals from Antioquia, compared to 81 from Valle del Cauca and 80 from Bogotá. This Wednesday 13 gold medals will be awarded. On the last date there will be 17. In the Paranational Youth Games, Córdoba won boccia. The paranational medal table will move again this Wednesday with five more gold medals. (In the image above Kevin José Antequera and Martín López. Photos from Indeportes Antioquia).
There were 13 gold medals that were disputed on day 18 of the First National Youth Games on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Those medals were played in Calima-Darién (7), Pereira (4) and Bogotá and Chía (2).
The first sport to give gold on the 18th was canoeing. Those seven medals remained in the possession of Bogotá (2), Santander (2) and the remaining three were for Antioquia, Boyacá and Cesar. Everything was very well distributed on the first date of the canoes and kayaks.
The Antioquian gold medal was obtained by Kevin Josué Antequera and Martín López González in the Canoe 2 – 100 meters test, where they surpassed Santander and Bogotá.
In canoeing, Antioquia also added a bronze in the K4 1000 meters emulation with Camilo Rendón, Ever Andrés Arango, Juan David Vargas and Wilter Jerónimo Guarín. This test was won by Bogotá and the silver went to Valle del Cauca.
After the canoeing chapter closed in Calima-Darién, on November 26, we arrived in Pereira where four gold medals in judo were up for grabs. Those medals went to Valle del Cauca (2), Bogota (1) and Risaralda (1). In the capital of Risaralda, the Antioqueños added a bronze in judo with Kevin Alfonso Herrera in the -100 kilogram category.
To close the tour, looking for gold medals, we landed in Bogotá and Chía where the two gold medals in sport climbing, speed modality, for men and women were awarded. Those medals, both, were won by Cundinamarca, but they do not count in the general medal table since this sport is presented on an invitational basis.
After the delivery of the eleven gold medals that do add up, Antioquia reached 98 gold medals, followed by Valle del Cauca with 81 and Bogotá with 80. Atlántico is fourth and Boyacá fifth, both with 17 gold and 15 silver, but the coastal They have 26 bronzes compared to 16 from those from Boyacá.
For this Wednesday, November 27, another 13 gold medals are announced. They will all add up to the general medal table, since there are 12 in canoeing and one in judo. For the last day, on Thursday the 28th, there will be 17 golds left: 5 in badminton, 1 in men’s handball, 9 in canoeing and 2 in free BMX cycling.
At the Paranational Youth Games, on Tuesday, November 26, there were no medals. Bogotá remains the leader in the general standings with 37 gold medals, with second place for Antioquia with 32 gold medals and third for Valle del Cauca with 29. This Wednesday five gold medals will be awarded in the paranationals: 3 in powerlifting, 1 in soccer for the blind and another in PC football.
The medalists from Antioquia, on Tuesday, November 26, at the National Youth Games:
| Oro (1) | Antioch | Boating | C2 1000 meters Men’s canoe |
| Plata (1) | Kevin Alfonso Herrera | Judo | -100 kilograms male |
| Bronze (1) | Antioch | Boating | K4 1000 meters Men’s Kayak |
Partial medal table – First National Youth Games – until Tuesday, November 26:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1º. | Antioch | 98 | 92 | 77 | 267 |
| 2º. | Cauca Valley | 81 | 88 | 71 | 240 |
| 3º. | Bogotá DC | 80 | 62 | 86 | 228 |
| 4º. | Atlantic | 17 | 15 | 26 | 58 |
| 5º. | Boyacá | 17 | 15 | 16 | 48 |
| 6º. | Santander | 16 | 19 | 27 | 62 |
| 7º.. | Cundinamarca | 14 | 17 | 42 | 73 |
| 8º. | Risaralda | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 9º. | Casanare | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 10º. | Caldas | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 11º. | Tolima | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 12º. | Córdoba | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 13º. | Bolívar | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 |
| 14º. | North of Santander | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 15º. | Sucre | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 16º. | Cesar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 17º. | Meta | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 18º. | Quindío | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 19º. | Magdalena | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 20º. | Nariño | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 21º. | FAITH | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 22º. | Wheels | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 23º. | La Guajira | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23º. | Arauca | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25º. | Cauca | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 26º. | Guaviare | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26º. | Saint Andrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26º. | Caqueta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 378 | 378 | 481 | 1237 |
Partial medal table – First Youth Paranational Games – until Tuesday, November 26:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1º. | Bogotá DC | 37 | 33 | 31 | 101 |
| 2º. | Antioch | 32 | 22 | 25 | 79 |
| 3º. | Cauca Valley | 29 | 25 | 21 | 75 |
| 4º. | Santander | 20 | 22 | 14 | 56 |
| 5º. | Cundinamarca | 18 | 17 | 10 | 45 |
| 6º. | Boyacá | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7º. | Caldas | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 8º. | Córdoba | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9º. | Tolima | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 10º. | North of Santander | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 167 | 164 | 159 | 490 |
The corner of “Holi”by Beatriz Elena Quiceno Gil.
Today I want to show you a couple of contrasts in sports. On one hand, the joy for success, for achievement, for triumph and on the other hand, sadness for a setback, for a defeat, for a frustration.
In sports, at all levels, amateur and professional, high competition and even recreational, when you wear the jersey of your homeland, department or country, you see these scenes all the time. Today we enjoy and there is joy and tomorrow we cry and there is sadness. Sport combines all that and much more. Sport is life, health and well-being.
Antioquia sports results for Tuesday, November 26, 2024, medal tables and programming for Wednesday, November 27, 2024: Pereira Press Release 18-2024.
