In table tennis, out of seven, Antioquia achieved six golds. In Cali, of twelve gold medals in track cycling, the Antioqueños won nine

First National Youth Games of the Olympic and Paralympic sector. In table tennis, of seven gold medals at stake, Antioquia achieved six. In Cali, of the twelve gold medals that were competed for in track cycling, the Antioqueños won nine. Antioquia, after a long time, added a gold in rhythmic gymnastics. On the eleventh day of the games, Antioquia won five gold, six silver and six bronze. Paranational athletes from Antioquia won gold, silver and bronze and are second overall. Bogotá leads both the National Games and the Paranational Games. (Tennis players from Antioquia in action. In Manizales they swept almost everything. Only one gold medal of the seven that was disputed escaped them. Photo taken from the website of the National Youth Games).

In the First National and Paranational Youth Games of Colombia, which this Tuesday, November 19, reached the eleventh day of 20 stipulated, the Antioquia delegation was awarded the track cycling tournaments in Santiago de Cali and table tennis in the city from Manizales.

The date also highlights the gold medal obtained in rhythmic gymnastics in Armenia, a sport in which the colors of Antioquia did not enjoy box one on the podium and did not hear, in that sport, the «Oh freedom that perfumes the mountains…”. Consulting history, from the year 2000 to date, Antioquia rhythmic gymnasts have only won a few bronze medals in the National Games. It does not have silver or gold.

In table tennis, in the capital of Caldas, of the seven gold medals that were up for grabs in the tournament, Antioquia won seven. The other was for Valle del Cauca.

In Santiago de Cali, of the twelve gold medals that were competed for in track cycling, the Antioqueños won nine. Women totaled six, of which Luciana Osorio Betancur registers five and is, so far, the multi-gold medalist of the games. The male cyclists totaled three.

In the «Miracle City«, the capital of Quindío, Armenia, the Antioquia rhythmic gymnastics team, after a good number of years without achieving it, won the gold medal in the women’s ribbon modality with Dhanna Antonella Castro. Dhanna beat María del Mar Quiroga and Geraldine Castaño from Valle del Cauca. In that sport Antioquia also added a silver in ball with Dhanna and a bronze with the five-mace team.

In summary, on the eleventh date of the games, Antioquia won five golds (2 in track cycling, 2 in table tennis and one in rhythmic gymnastics)six silver (2 in rhythmic gymnastics, 2 in weightlifting, 1 in taekwondo and 1 in Sailing) and six bronzes (2 in taekwondo, 1 in fencing, 1 in rhythmic gymnastics, 1 in weightlifting and 1 in sailing).

In the general medal table of the National Youth Games, Bogotá remains the leader with 63 golds, followed by Antioquia with 61 and Valle del Cauca with 47. Then there are Cundinamarca (11) and Santander, Boyacá and Atlántico with nine golds each.

As for sports titles, Antioquia already has ten, since on Tuesday, November 19, it won track cycling and table tennis and in previous days it had achieved another eight: archery, athletics, BMX racing cycling, road cycling, rugby 7 women’s, men’s rugby 7, skateboarding and men’s floor volleyball.

The other championship given on day eleven was the rhythmic gymnastics championship that was won by Bogotá, a team that already has nine, adding the first places in water skiing, artistic gymnastics, speed skating, squash, field tennis, shooting, beach volleyball women’s and men’s beach volleyball. Valle del Cauca continues with six tournaments under its belt: women’s basketball, karate do, wrestling, artistic swimming, diving and figure skating.

On the other hand, the athletes from Antioquia in the Paranational Youth Games added a gold, a silver and a bronze on the first date of para-athletics in Armenia and with this they surpassed Santander and are now second in the general with 20 golds, ten less than Bogotá, which is the leader and one gold above Santander, which is third. Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca are fourth and fifth, with 17 gold medals each.

The medalists from Antioquia, on Tuesday, November 19, at the National Youth Games:

Partial medal table – 1^os National Youth Games – until Tuesday, November 19:

The medalists from Antioquia, on Tuesday, November 19, at the Paranational Youth Games:

Partial medal table – 1^os Youth Paranational Games – until Tuesday, November 19:

The corner of “Holi”by Beatriz Elena Quiceno Gil.

How pleasant to know that, until today, it is a woman who holds the title of multi-medallist in these National Youth Games. She is from Antioch. This is Luciana Osorio Betancur, from El Carmen de Viboral, who is only 17 years old and is already a reference in youth cycling not only in Antioquia but in the country, as today she has five gold medals.

According to the technical and methodological work team of Indeportes Antioquia, in addition to the obvious, a collection of gold medals speaks of the versatile mental, physical and emotional capacity of an athlete, which allows him to train, compete and win in different events. of the same sport.

This characteristic allows us to suggest that an athlete or para-athlete is exceptional, in terms of development and sports performance, in addition to the qualities mentioned above, due to their versatility to face different tests, each with different demands.

Luciana Osorio Betancur (in the photo on the right) is one of those young women who becomes a reference for the boys and girls of Antioquia. She is a source of pride for her family and an illusion for Antioquia cycling. Her performance to date, at such a young age, suggests that she is a young woman with great capacity for adaptability and professional projection.

Best of all, it is possible that during the next few days other young people from Antioquia will surprise us, hanging numerous gold medals on their chests. Successes for them. Good wind and good sea in your promising sports career.

Antioquia sports results for Tuesday, November 19, 2024, medal tables, positions and programming for Wednesday, November 20, 224: Pereira Press Release 11-2024