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The Eleventh Day of the XXIII Games of Central America and the Caribbean – Barranquilla 2018 was good for the Colombia in terms of medals, although it is still far from Mexico in the medal count of games.
The Colombian Nelson Soto, Panamerican Road Champion in 2017 and part of the new generation of Colombian sprinters, took over the title of the road cycling test yesterday when he beat Panamanian Christofer Jurado and the final sprint. Venezuelan Carlos Linares
The 24-year-old athlete from Barranquillero, has completed the 168-kilometer race, with a route between the municipality of Buga and the city of Cali, sub-county regional jousts, in 3 hours, 36 minutes and 57 seconds
At the same time, Jurado and Linares arrived, as well as six of the remaining 48 riders who took part in the race.
The triumph had a particular flavor for the Colombian, since Luis, his father, traveled from Barranquilla to observe the competition and his son answered him in the best way.
"It was all worth it," said the proud father at the end of the competition.
The champion was very happy with his triumph. "I felt strong today (yesterday) and the team did a great job on my behalf, very happy to give this victory to my host city."
Santander Marvin Angarita, who shone on the track, finished the road test in position 18 to 6: 59 ". & # 39; soto.
Gold Bowling
The Colombian bowling duo, consisting of Clara Guerrero and Rocío Restrepo, won the gold medal in doubles.
The Nationals reached a total of 2,756 pins, beating the two Mexican teams who finished with 2,674 and 2,643, respectively reaching silver and bronze.
Gold Record
The Colombian Mauricio Ortega Girón was also covered in gold after winning the discus throw test.
Ortega Girón set a record of 66.30 meters, enough to defeat Cuban Jorge Yadian Fernandez Hernandez (65.27) and Jamaican Travis Smikle (64.68), who finished the podium.
Fencing Created
On the second day of fencing competition, Colombia won gold in individual women's foil, with Saskia Loretta's Van Erven Garcia, having surmounted in the final the Mexican Nataly Michel Silva by a result of 15-10. The fight was fairly even, however Garcia's category and experience prevailed and maintained his advantage throughout the match.
For a historic gold
Colombian Mariana Duque defeated Mexican Giuliana Olmos, with a 6-4, 6-2 semi-final, in one hour and 10 minutes of play, and advanced to the women's tennis final in the Games of Central America and the Caribbean Barranquilla 2018.
Duke thus became the first woman of our country who will fight for a gold medal in history of these sports games.
The Colombian racket will be measured in the final to Puerto Rican Olympic medalist Mónica Puig, who beat Breana Stampfli of Trinidad and Tobago with 6-1 and 6-2 games.
In women's doubles, Colombian women Mariana Duque and María Camila Osorio gave the country another joy by qualifying for the final after beating Simone Pratt and Danielle Thompson of Aruba, with 6-1 and 6-2 .
Duque, who aspires to achieve both gold medals, and Osorio will face in the final duel the Mexican Fernanda Contreras and Giuliana Olmos who had no problem to eliminate the Puerto Ricans Mónica Puig and Mónica Matías . This semi-final duel ended with 6-3 and 7-5.
Bronze WRESTLING
Mariana Duque,
Colombian tennis player.
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