Gabriela Bollé conquered gold for Colombia in the BMX | Cycling

Colombian Gabriela Bollé Carrillo surprised Barranquilla yesterday when the gold medal was hung on the BMX Games of Central America and the Caribbean, in a test for the injured Stefany Hernández, who finished disqualified.

Bollé, aged 17, has accumulated six points in the three series, in the C & # 39; was growing and was taking advantage of the fall of two competitors to better accommodate and sign to their last start the first place of the test.

The rest of the podium was set following a protest, which resulted in the disqualification of Stefany Hernández, bronze medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Silver went to the Mexican Dayanna Hernández with eight points, while the bronze was awarded to María Isabel Méndez with eleven.

I am happy to win at home. I ran with a cool head and I looked for a good strategy. This result makes me think big but I'm going step by step. The three races were tight and there was a very high level because Stefany is a very good runner, "said Bollé, who has just won his second race of the Olympic cycle.

The now Central American champion, who seemed comfortable on the Barranquilla track, is a bronze medalist in the junior category at the UCI BMX World Championship held in Baku, Azerbaijan in June. ).

For the Venezuelan Hernandez, the dream of a Central American gold bath in the second set, in an action with the Colombian María Camila Restrepo, who also finished on the pitch.

With the absence of Colombian Mariana Pajon, two-time Olympic champion, Hernández emerged as the leading candidate for the gold-plated metal in the contests.

However, after crossing the finish line in the initial heat, he had the first mishap that paved the way for Bollee. And in the third series, despite finishing first, was unable to reach the podium to collect the money to be disqualified by a maneuver on the track.

On the men's side, Colombian Olympic medalists Carlos Alberto Ramírez and Carlos Mario Oquendo failed to beat Venezuelan Jefferson Milano Durán in the grand final of his category, strong from the start and maintaining the top spot up to ############################################################################################# 39 at the finish line.

So things, Bollé with gold, Ramírez with silver and Oquendo with bronze, gave Colombia three metals.