Olympic medalists arrive at the Central American Games in Barranquilla



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The village of Central America has opened its doors to receive the various delegations that will participate in the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Sports Games of Barranquilla 2018.

In addition to the outposts of Cuba and Puerto Rico, which were already in the Villa, between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, new guests arrived at the residential complex.

At approximately 0330 this Saturday, in charter flight arrived at Arenosa a large delegation of Cuba, consisting of 284 people among the athletes: baseball, diving, basketball, shooting, swimming, weight, racquetball, softball , table tennis, taekwondo, artistic gymnastics, women's handball and hockey in the same category; in addition to the administrative and technical team, the medical corps and members of the Cuban Olympic Committee.

The Olympic medalists who represent the island and who are already walking on the floor of Barranquilla are:

– Frederich Cepeda, baseball. Gold in Athens in 2004 and silver in Beijing in 2008.

– Leuris Pupo, projectile. Gold in rapid shooting, London 2012.

– Robelis Despaigne, taekwondo. Bronze in the +87 kilograms of London 2012.

– Eglis De La Cruz, shot. Bronze in Beijing 2008, in an air rifle.

– Juan Miguel Rodríguez, projectile. Bronze in clay pigeon shooting, Athens 2004.

Also in the villa are boxing, BMX and sailing athletes from Guatemala, for a total of 28 representatives of the Maya delegation. They are joined Sunday afternoon by the walker José María Raymundo Cox

Similarly, the Colombian sailing competitors Santiago Grillo, Esteban Echavarría and Juan Esteban Restrepo, along with Diego Restrepo, of the Colombian Sailing Federation, They are located in the village of Central America

Subsedes: Bogotá and Cali

On Saturday and Sunday, the equestrian selections of Mexico, Barbados and Cuba arrived in the Colombian capital.

In Cali there is a commission conformed by 53 representatives of cycling, rowing and pentathlon of Cuba.

The "Sultana del Valle" receives the silver medal in the points race at Beijing 2008, Yoanka González, who stands out among the Cuban delegation.

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