The I National Youth Games, the platform for the future of Colombian sports, came to an end, and Bogotá, my City, my Home He stood out as the undisputed protagonist. In the Paralympic sector, the capital was crowned champion with authority, increasing its advantage on the last day and reaffirming its supremacy. In the Olympic sector, he reached a creditable third place after a close confrontation with Valle for second position.
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Para badminton was the sport that closed the Games, and delivered 2 gold and 2 silver medals to Team Bogotá, reaching 41 gold medals in total, and ahead of Valle and Antioquia by 9, reaffirming their title.
Bogotá ended up leading the medal table with 112 medals (41 gold, 38 silver and 33 bronze), followed by Valle with 80 (32-25-23), Antioquia with 80 (32-22-26), Santander with 59 (20 -23-16) and Cundinamarca with 49 (20-18-11). Of the Bogotá medals, the men won 77 (30-26-21) and the women 24 (8-10-6), in addition to 11 mixed medals (3-2-6).
The reasons for the victory shine by themselves… teamwork, attitude and desire, not giving up and giving everything. Great support from IDRD and its multidisciplinary team. He triumphed in four sports: Parabadminton, paraswimming, paracycling and wheelchair tennis, sports in which he reaffirmed his power.
Third place
Regarding the Olympic sector, Bogotá had to settle for third place in the medal table, after a close duel with Valle, since Antioquia secured the title days ago with 293 medals (108 gold, 101 silver and 84 bronze), followed for Valle with 254 (90-91-73), Bogotá with 244 (85-66-93), Santander with 67 (19-21-27) and Atlántico with 59 (17-15-27).
In the Bogotá medals, women prevailed with 124 (43 gold, 37 silver and 44 bronze); The men added 100 (34-26-40), adding 20 mixed (8-3-9). Bogotá won 10 Games championships in sports in which it is a powerhouse such as water skiing, squash, canoeing, shooting, speed skating, tennis, equestrian, silver volleyball, and surprised in others such as rhythmic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics.
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In other sports, the plan was met, and in others there is concern because important medals that could have been useful, such as bowling and weights, were lost.
Good performance in general terms, it was 10 days as a leader and he must prepare better, in sports where they make very wide differences, such as swimming and badminton.
