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This Sunday, July 29, the king sport begins in the Games of Central America and the Caribbean Barranquilla 2018. The athletics is one of the main courses in the events multisport, both because of the number of medals being distributed and for the emotions that it arouses in athletes and fans, and this time should not be the exception.
For Cuba, which finished half of the Games saw how Mexico escapes at the top of the medals table, the loot of athletics seems fundamental to climbing the table, although it will be difficult to repeat the performance of Veracruz 2014, when the number of titles was raised to 23.
Now, with a team that mix veterans with recruits – some certainly d & rsquo; Great potential, but novices after all – the forecasts are more conservative and point to around 15 crowns, which should be enough to win this sport by country. The delegation includes the main characters of the island right now and also many of the kings four years ago.
Among the first, the reflector flies along jumper Juan Miguel Echevarría one of the sensations of the current sports season around the world. At just 19 years old, the Camagueyan had a dream of 2018, in which he reached the universal universal title and improved his brands up to 8.66 meters (m) in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
He also pinned the spikes to 8.83m at the sixth stop of the Diamond League in Stockholm, Sweden, although the record was not approved because the wind in favor (+2.1) slightly exceeded the legal limit (2, 0). In Barranquilla, he will be competing on August 31st and his triumph seems so sure that he will not be new.
Another stellar will be the pole vault Yarisley Silva champion in Veracruz and with a record of world services. At the age of 31, she is a mature and competitive athlete with a progression in the current season.
Just a few days ago, on July 20th, Silva had his best jump of the year in Monaco, with an excellent result of 4.80. However, you can not be negligent because this Sunday in Barranquilla, you will meet the Venezuelan Robeilys Peinado, a young woman of only 20 years with whom she shared the bronze medal at the World Championships in London 2017 and which is one of the main letters of triumph of the South American nation
Gold discs
Clearer looks the way of Denia Caballero and Yaimé Pérez in the disc for ladies. For both, there has been only one strong opponent this year, Croatian off season Sandra Perkovic, and of course she will not participate in the regional tournament.
The Denia program is certainly more impressive, thanks to its Orb title in Beijing 2015 and Olympic bronze in Rio 2016. In addition, it won the 2014 Centrocaribeños and the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2015. But today hui, the best disco in Cuba is Yaimé Pérez, who has spent several times over 66 m -su The best mark of the year is 67.82, while Caballero could only do that. once only: 66.09.
Both seem predestined to do 1-2. It will only be necessary to see which of the two will hang gold next Tuesday.
Yorgelis Rodríguez is also expected to rise to the heptalón, which will end on August 1. The young Guantanamera is one of the best in the world today and she has won this year's World Indoor bronze medal and broke the Cuban record, which was in her possession, with 6,742 points at the combined rally of Götzis in Austria. 19659002] In addition, Yorgelis is also listed in the high jump, one of his strongest specialties, that could challenge on Thursday August 2 the current Caribbean Central Monarch, Levern Spencer, of Santa Lucia .
Other faces with possibilities are the champions of Veracruz Roberto Janet, in the male hammer; Jorge Fernández, on the album; and Lazaro Borges, on the pole; as well as the relays, in particular the length; the always competitive Leonel Suarez, at the decathlon; and the young but very talented triplets Cristian Nápoles, fourth in the past World Cup; and Jordan Diaz, who won the title of World Youth Champion a few days ago.
Among the women, the Central American champion Rose Mary Almanza – who has not had a brilliant season and did not manage to go down the 2:00 minute – will be repeated, while Yaniuvis López will try to To improve the money obtained in Veracruz and that the young Roxana Gómez will try to impose her strength on returning to the oval and will lead the renewed team 4×400.
No only Cuba [19659011] Apart from the Cuban delegation, in athletics in Barranquilla will also feature other well-known personalities of world sport. Two planetary aces are distinguished by the host country: the tripletist Caterine Ibargüen and the walker Eider Arévalo
Ibargüen is the current Olympic triple jump champion, a test in which she will take part next Wednesday and in which she also has the best mark of the year with 14.96. His way to the title seems clear because his big rival in the region and in the world, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas – world champion in London 2017 – will miss the Games because of an injury.
In the absence of Rojas, Ibargüen goes even further than he will try his luck on Monday in the long jump.
As for Arévalo, the flag-bearer of Colombia to the Games, will try to endorse his favoristo within 20 kilometers of the aupado march by the taste and endorsement of his scepter of the orb. However, you can not neglect the still dangerous Mexican walkers and Guatemalan Erick Barrondo, current king of Central America and Olympic silver in London 2012.
In speed highlights Jamaican Nesta Carter, a veteran of 32 years old who recently lost by doping The relay title runs to Beijing 2008. However, he remains a world-clbad sprinter and has to get up to the hectometer and lead the fast pole of his country.
The bout, however, is disputed, so it will be the Panamanian Alonso Edward, who already knows what it is to win in the Diamond League and who won silver at the 2009 Berlin Championship in 200, a distance in which this year has a mark of 19.90. Edward has already been a champion in the 100m South American Cochabamba 2018, making it 10.01, a better record than Carter has this season (10.19).
In the 400 smooth, the Dominican Luguelín Santos is the main character. Silver in London 2012, Pan American champion in Toronto 2015 and bronze at the 2013 Moscow World Cup, he has this year a score of 44.66 seconds, which makes him a favorite, although the Costa Rican Nery Brenes, the Jamaican Rusheen McDonald's and Trinidadian Deon Lendore they could eclipse it.
The other unavoidable names are those of Mexican walker Guadalupe González, Olympic vice champion of Rio 2016; The long-distance Aztec runner Juan Luis Barrios, winner of 5,000 and 10,000 meters in Veracruz; Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who at 21 has a fabulous 12.40 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles – the best of this year -; and also Puerto Rican Ryan Sanchez, number one in the 800 meter youth ladder.
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