Nelson Soto's Statements After Gold in Road Cycling in Central America – Other Sports – Sports



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Barranquillero Nelson Soto broke the spell: Colombia has not won the cycling test of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean since 1993, it had been 25 years without celebrating, after the triumph of Freddy Moncada.

And Soto did, one of the new generation riders, who next to Fernando Gaviria, Álvaro Hodeg and Juan Sebastián Molano are part of the new group of national packers, who seek victories like this.

I did not know this fact, the truth, "I did not know this fact, the truth, which gives me more happiness, because it is always good to compete and win for the country," Soto told EL. TIME

Although I hope this title would have been achieved in Barranquilla, the main venue of the Games.

I feel calm because these are the Games that represent my city

"When I learned that the bike was in Cali, I was sad, I wanted to win in Barranquilla, at my home , with my family and friends, but I feel calm because it is the Games that represent my city, "said the runner of Caja Rural de España.

At age 24, he continues his right foot in this Olympic cycle, since he was bronze at the Bolivarian Games, while his compatriot Juan Pablo Suárez was gold.

Celébralo Barranquilla! Nelson Soto, son of the house, won gold in road cycling, silver went to Panama and bronze in Venezuela. Congratulations! # Barranquilla2018 pic.twitter.com/SnVB1nq3VX

– Barranquilla 2018 (@ Bquilla2018) 29 July 2018

"I would like to win at the Pan American Games and the Tokyo Olympics For this, we work, go, participate and win medals, "he said.

Soto thanked the rest of the national team, who managed the leaks so that he won the

"It was thanks to everyone's work and I went into the escape that was. I knew the road and I finished better than everyone else, "said Soto, who beat Panamanian Christopher Jurado, silver and Venezuelan Carlos Linares, bronze.

Lisandro Rengifo
Special Envoy of EL TIEMPO
@lisandroabel

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