First National Youth Games of the Olympic and Paralympic sector. Antioquia won one silver medal and two bronze medals on Sunday. Those medals were in judo, the only sport that awarded metals on day 16 of the jousts. Cauca Valley (2) and Santander (1), Sunday’s golds. Antioquia remains first in the National Games and second in the Paranational Games. This Monday, at stake, only four golds in judo. In the paranationals neither on Sunday nor on Monday, gold.(Parabadminton game and athletes in the city of Pereira. Photos taken from the website of the Youth Paranational Games).
On Sunday, November 24, within the framework of day 16 of the First National and Paranational Youth Games of Colombia, only three gold medals were in dispute, all of them in judo. Those medals remained in the possession of the delegations of Valle del Cauca (2) and Santander (1).
The Antioquia team, on Sunday, added a silver through Isabela Gutiérrez and two bronzes, thanks to Manuela Grisales and Yeison Santiago Quejada. The three medals in judo.
Antioquia, in the general medal table, continues first with 96 gold, 88 silver and 76 bronze. Bogotá remains second with 77 gold, 59 bronze and 84 gold. Valle del Cauca reached 76 gold, 85 silver and 69 bronze medals.
On the agenda for Sunday, November 24, apart from judo, there were also badminton competitions, qualifying phases, in the city of Pereira and men’s handball in Armenia, where the Antioquia team defeated San Andrés by a score of 51 to 7.
This Monday, November 25, there will only be gold medals, again, in judo (4), and badminton and men’s handball competitions will continue. On Tuesday the 26th, the canoeing tournaments in Calima-Darién and sport climbing will begin. On Wednesday the 27th, free BMX cycling will take place in Armenia, the last discipline to enter the scene in these that end on the 28th.
On the side of the Paranational Youth Games, on Sunday, November 24, there were competitions in boccia, PC soccer and para-badminton with no medals in dispute. This Monday there are no medals at stake either, the aforementioned sports continue and soccer for the blind and powerlifting begin. Bogotá with 36 gold medals is the leader, followed by Antioquia with 31. Valle del Cauca, third, 28 gold medals.
The medalists from Antioquia, on Sunday, November 24, at the National Youth Games:
| Plata (1) | Isabela Gutierrez | Judo | -57 kilograms |
| Bronze (2) | Manuela Grisales Noreña | Judo
Judo |
-52 kilograms |
| Yeison Santiago Quejada | -73 kilograms |
Partial medal table – First National Youth Games – until Sunday, November 24:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1º. | Antioch | 96 | 88 | 74 | 260 |
| 2º. | Bogotá DC | 77 | 59 | 84 | 220 |
| 3º. | Cauca Valley | 76 | 85 | 69 | 230 |
| 4º. | Atlantic | 17 | 15 | 23 | 55 |
| 5º. | Boyacá | 16 | 14 | 15 | 45 |
| 6º. | Santander | 14 | 18 | 24 | 56 |
| 7º. | Cundinamarca | 14 | 16 | 41 | 71 |
| 8º. | Risaralda | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 9º. | Casanare | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 10º. | Caldas | 7 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 11º. | Tolima | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 12º. | Bolívar | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 |
| 13º. | North of Santander | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 14º. | Córdoba | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 15º. | Sucre | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 16º. | Meta | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 17º. | Quindío | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 18º. | Cesar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 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. | Caqueta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26º. | Guaviare | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26º. | Saint Andrew | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 363 | 363 | 461 | 1187 |
Partial medal table – First Youth Paranational Games – until Sunday, November 24:
| Position | Delegation | O | P | B | Total |
| 1º. | Bogotá DC | 36 | 31 | 31 | 98 |
| 2º. | Antioch | 31 | 21 | 24 | 76 |
| 3º. | Valle | 28 | 24 | 18 | 70 |
| 4º. | Santander | 20 | 22 | 14 | 56 |
| 5º. | Cundinamarca | 18 | 17 | 10 | 45 |
| 6º. | Boyacá | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7º. | Caldas | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 8º. | Tolima | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 9º. | North of Santander | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10º. | Córdoba | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 11º. | Cauca | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12º. | Meta | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 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 | 161 | 158 | 153 | 472 |
The corner of “Holi”by Beatriz Elena Quiceno Gil.
The final stretch of these National Youth Games begins. There are 4 days of competition left, so Thursday, November 28 will be the closing ceremony and the medal table will be closed that will define the champion of this multi-sports event in its first edition.
We have already finished our participation in 42 sports modalities of the 47 that have ended. The handball (men’s), judo, badminton and canoeing teams have their time to shine. As far as conventional sports are concerned, it is the athletes of these four sports who are in charge of finishing the medal table, capitalizing on what those who have already finished their participation have achieved and catapulting our department until the last day of competition.
Boating will be the protagonist. From November 26 to 28 we will participate in 24 tests between kayak and canoe, and they will close with handball (men), free BMX cycling, judo and badminton.
As for the sports of the Paralympic sector, after the Antioqueños of paracycling, para-athletics, para-swimming, para-badminton, visual judo, para-table tennis and archery will place our department in 2nd place, The para badminton and boccia representatives will be in charge of closing our participation in the Paranational Games, where we have also left our mark.
Cheer up! The results speak of a good process and good sowing, and promise a good harvest not only of medals but of personal, professional and institutional satisfaction.
Antioquia sports results for Sunday, November 24, 2024, completed tournaments and programming for Monday, November 25, 2024: Pereira Press Release 16-2024.
