Veracruz adds 43 gold medals

Veracruz won a total of 43 gold medals at the Conade 2024 Nationals, demonstrating a good performance so far by Veracruz State athletes at the sports fair.

The gold medals were distributed to both teams and individuals in the headquarters of Jalisco (29), Campeche (12) and Mexico City (2), with a total of 12 disciplines topping the podium (athletics, weightlifting). , swimming, fencing, cycling, trampolining, triathlon, canoeing, judo, boxing, tennis and beach volleyball.

The discipline that has brought the most gold medals to Veracruz is athletics at the Jalisco headquarters with a total of 10 medals, nine individual medals and one in the relay, with the U20 category contributing the most with Alejandro Cárdenas Rifka She won two medals in the individual (2-meter dash, 100-meter dash), followed by Aileen Bautista in the triple jump, María Elena Hernández in the discus, Jazmín López in the 200-meter dash, Anabel Méndez in the high jump and the 400×4-meter Relay (Esteban Flores, Ramón Vázquez, Alejandro Cárdenas Rifka and Jean Paul Benítez).

In the U23 category, José Manuel Higuera in the 400 meters with hurdles, also in the U18 category, Axel Manuel Landa, who gave Veracruz its first gold in the hammer throw, and Dana Sofia Peña in the 300 meters with hurdles in the U16 category. Weightlifting follows with nine gold medals won at the headquarters in Campeche, with six won in the women’s category and three in the men’s category. Ángeles Cruz and Amairani Shecid Reyes contributed three each in the 3-18 category, while in the men they won three each. In the 20-16 years category, Oswaldo Bravo won gold and in the 17-13 years category, Ángel Palestino Aguirre and Jesús Sánchez Luna Gómez each a medal.

The third discipline with the most gold medals won for the Entity is swimming, in which it won a total of nine in Jalisco, with the international Susana Hernández Barradas standing out, who says goodbye to the Conade National stage and in the competitions of 3 on her personal Account has won 50, 100 and 200 meter freestyle, followed with two medals, Marisela Escobar Falcón (100 and 200 meter freestyle), Luis Mario Guzmán in 400 and 800 meter freestyle and with one medal each Karla Vidal Soberano in 100 meter freestyle and Leonardo Yopihua free at 800 meters.

At the Revolución Sports Unit in Guadalajara, Jalisco, fencing was the discipline responsible for winning five gold medals and fourth place in the Veracruz medal table. In the 5-14 years category, two metal medals were won, including Tamara Oropeza in foil and Daniel López in espada, in the 15-12 years category, the one responsible for winning the heavy medal, Niza Rascón in foil and the remaining two were per team in the 13-14 years category, in the mixed relay and in the women’s foil.

Veracruz won a gold medal in 2024 disciplines at the Conade 12 Nationals

Veracruz, the cycling discipline in the Flatland modality, which made its debut at the Conade 2024 Nationals, won two gold medals at the Jalisco headquarters: Arturo Contreras Alegría in the U23 category and Ángel Contreras Alegría in the Youth B category, 15-16 years old.

There have been two gold medals so far in canoeing in Mexico City: Carlos Velázquez, Luis Peternell, Florentino Serrano and Diego Escudero won the first gold medal for the discipline with a time of 4 in the K500 1.38.84 meter test.

The second fell in the K-2 500 meter test by Diego Jacobo Escudero and Carlos Damián Vázquez with a time of 1.48.53:16 in the UXNUMX category

Trampoline gymnastics in Jalisco follows with a gold medal each. The medal winners were teams in the 13 to 14 year old category, men, in triathlon Roberto Durand Palacios in the 13 to 15 year old category, in judo At the top of the podium were Monserrat Landa Valencia in the over 78 kg category , 18–20 years old, as well as Manuel Ramírez in boxing, 2009–2008 category, Daniela Garzón would do the same in tennis, finishing with beach volleyball in Campeche, where the twins Vanessa Chay and Gisell Chay managed to win the gold medal.

Last year Veracruz won 41 gold medals, so the number of gold medals may increase as table tennis and canoeing compete in the final Conade Nationals for Veracruz

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