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For this Tuesday, the arrival of the flame that will illuminate the 23rd Games of Central America and the Caribbean Barranquilla 2018, scheduled from 19 to 3 August, was expected on Colombian soil from Mexico.
The Pyramid of the Sol, in Teotihuacán (80 kilometers from the Mexican capital), one of the most visited places in the world and where it is said that anyone located in the center of this monument will receive a source of cosmic energy, the historic place of fire delivery to coffee growers, to give continuity to a competition born in 1926 in the Aztec land, host of the Games held in Veracruz in 2014.
The torch, after having crossed the main arteries of the island of San Andrés, in the hands of the Colombian sports glories led by ex-boxer Linfer Contreras, 76 years old and bronze at the Quito Bolivarian Games in 1965, will also travel to Bogota and Cali before spending the night in Cartagena On Friday, he will begin his journey by sea to Barranquilla. He will visit schools, parks and neighborhoods until 18, one day before the opening of the regional competition.
At the opening night of the Games, Daniel Noguera, his general manager, confirmed the performance of singer Barranquilla Shakira, on July 19 at 20:00 local time, at the metropolitan stadium Roberto Meléndez. "Very soon I will be singing in my house and for my people at the Games that will be held in the corner that I love most in the world," wrote the artist on Twitter
A SECOND OPPORTUNITY
This will be the second time in which Barranquilla, the main economic center of the Caribbean region of Colombia, will ride the clbadic. The previous edition was held in 1946, and the Cubans dominated with 78 medals: 29 gold, 26 silver and 23 bronze, among the 13 countries.
For the next meeting, Cuba readjusted the number of athletes by 538, taking into account that recently the event organizers added 12 events to the 22 previously eliminated, so as not to have the participation of At least five national committees needed to achieve them.
Jose Antonio Miranda, director of the High Performance of the Inder, recalled a few days ago Round Table that in the current situation, our country will not have any action in 82 tests on the 436 planned.
The flag of the delegation will be next Saturday, at 10:15, at the cemetery of Santa Ifigenia, day that will ratify the victorious commitment to the monolith that keeps the remains of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro.