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The fight between Mexico and Colombia for first place in the medal table of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean is increasingly closed.
The Mexicans bounced back and led the metal table with 19 gold medals from the Colombian delegation, only a gilded metal of difference, that ratify that these games will be very closed, and that Cuba remained a little, but it should not be excluded.
Mexicans win gold at taekwondo, mountain biking, diving, rowing and skating, while the local delegation wins in weight, taekwondo and skating, metals that help them recover the road they lost in the first day of competitions and metal conflicts last Friday.
Isaac Vélez started the national harvest in the taekwondo poomsae test and followed with Karool Blanco on the start of 58 kilos of weight, although he failed in clean and jerk; Johana Riveros prevailed in the 1,000 meter skating, as Eduardo Estrada, in a sport in which Colombia was shaken, because the morning lost two unexpected ends, but this discipline is still in debt.
"It was not easy, but we are recovering the way, we must already think about what comes, what is, what can not be," said Estrada after his victory.
Álex Cujavante also celebrated, which won the category with 10,000 elimination, with which the skating started box square.
At the end of the swimming day, again Isabella Arcila was the big figure, to win in the 100 back competition.
" I already have two contested two medals and that makes me happy.Particularly, this Saturday was very complicated it was a closed end.Luckily, I had to finish better, but until I arrive and look at the painting, I did not sing the victory, "said Arcila, who won in the back 50 meters on Friday.
Also in the pool, Jorge Mario Murillo responded favoritism in the men's 100-meter test.In the morning, he qualified with a good advantage, with tranquility and in the night ended the best way, by winning his first gold in this edition of the Games
"I felt good, I did not hurry, but I did not trust the last shot and we can already see the fruits of the good preparation that we had", said Murillo.
Cyclomontañismo could not give victories to Colombia e There in the cross country competition the metals went to Mexico and Guatemala
Medal: Gold / Silver / Bronze
1. Mexico 19 16 21
2. Colombia 18 12 12
3. Venezuela 5 7 7
4. Cuba 4 6 6
5. R. Dominicana 2 7 7
6. Guatemala 2 3 4
7. Puerto Rico 2 1 4
8. Jamaica 2 0 1
9. Bahamas 2 0 0
10. T. and Tobago 1 0 0
LISANDRO RENGIFO
Sent special of El TIEMPO
Barranquilla
Twitter: @LisandroAbel
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