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After a week of competitions at the Barranquilla-2018 Central American and Caribbean Sports Games, the Colombian delegation advances with 44 gold medals, which take it to second place in the tournament. moment (July 27) leads Mexico, with 80 gold medals. Objective: to increase the advantage with Cuba (38 golds).
In the absence of seven days to close the competitions in the Atlantic capital, the sports director of the Colombian Olympic Committee (COC), Edwin David Cabezas Mondragón, badyzed COLPRENSA took place with the locals until the next day. here, talked about the regular performance of track cycling and delivered the projections for the remaining days of the contest.
For Cabezas, Colombia will overcome what was done four years ago in Veracruz 2014 and projects in 72 the number of gold that could reach the national team in Barranquilla 2018, pending a lucid performance of athletes who will participate in athletics, boxing and archery.
He was also pleased with the performance of Colombian figures in the righteous as the gymnast Jossimar Calvo, whose personality he emphasized; of Isabella Arcila, who made the predictions by swimming with four gold medals, and confirmed that until today the Colombian delegation ranked 80 at the Pan-American Games in Lima-2019 .
In the absence of a week to finalize the games, what is the purpose of the COC?
We will overcome the Veracruz and the idea is to be on the 72 gold medals, but everything will depend on how the athletes arrive and how the competitions of the # 39, another week
In which sports do we have the best chance of adding gold?
We started with boxing and believe we have good chances. We know that Cuba is very strong, but with our boxers we have excellent opportunities to be in the medal table
Where will we find the other metals?
With the shooting in the bow we have expectations, here the fight is not it will be with Cuba but with Mexico, which has a high level; but we have World Cup medalists, world champions and we know that in Barranquilla they will give us important medals. There is also the fight with several medals in conflict and although we do not have to opt for all, we will fight for important medals where we know that we could reap them.
And in athletics?
Of course, as well as athletics. There are many tests in dispute and we have important figures like Caterine Ibargüen, who comes from the Diamond League and will participate in two events, the triple jump and the long jump. We also have possibilities with Muriel Coneo, at 1,500 meters, and Eider Arévalo, 20 kilometers in March
Only in these disciplines would we have aspirations?
I think we have very important sports with athletes they have given good results, that is why we continue with faith intact that we will overcome what we have accomplished in the previous version games and we will continue to work on our high performance sport. Colombia is going up and it will not be the exception
Today, how are the calculations?
We have arrived to Ecuador games and we can already get balances. The positive thing to note is that we continue in front of Cuba and this should not be removed, because the historical context of the games shows that out of 22 editions, ten have won Mexico and 12 Cuba.
Is the first objective?
For us, it is very comforting to be on top of Cuba in the medal table. Mexico took off a bit, took an important advantage, but we can not relax because this week is a very important sport for Cubans like boxing, wrestling, judo and athletics, where they are strong and have Olympic and world medals
According to forecasts, the second week will be better than the first?
It will be a very strong second week in which we hope that Colombia will continue to be the protagonist. Everything varies according to the calendar of the calendar, that's why we are honest, because the first days favored us and we started with strong sports like the weight and the skate, then we started very well
. As a whole
We have always talked about the importance and complexity of consolidating a sport development model for sport in general, but despite the difficulties and cost of its support in these disciplines, the COC has developed strategies and prioritized in sports that have shown a significant level. Although we still have a lot to develop, we are generating new dynamics so that the sporting growth of the country is equal in all sports.
So, how do you badyze basketball and women's volleyball?
This is a spectacular performance, in basketball we won three out of three between last November and this year. We were champions in Bolivarianos, in South America and now in Central America. This is very important And in volleyball, a final was reached against a top-level team like the Dominican Republic and the Pan American Games qualification was reached on world powers like Cuba.
How many athletes have we ranked up to now? in Lima 2019?
For the Pan American Games next year in Peru we have 80. There are 39 Pan American championships, 20 places have been reached in South America of Cochabamba and now in Barranquilla 2018 we add 21 and wait Confirm the others
Have you doubted, at any given moment, the presence of Jossimar Calvo?
We knew you were going to be with us and at the height of the event. In this first week is to highlight what Jossimar. After suffering from the strong loss of his mother, that he reached the three gold medals, he speaks of his level of commitment and professionalism. He is a sportsman with a lot of tenacity and caste, he showed us that he is a boy of honor
The victories of the swimmer Isabella Arcila were in his expectations?
We were waiting for Isabella, he came up with a great job, with very important times, he came to win in South America and we had it budgeted to realize this medal that he has accomplished, but beyond expectation, seeing materialized is a satisfaction for all
How do you badyze what happened to follow cycling in Cali?
From a technical point of view, we did not expect these results. Historically we have had better results, it's one of our core sports in terms of results, we have been superior to current results and it's one of the sports we have to evaluate with the technical part of the federation and see where there are opportunities for improvement.
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