Radio Havana Cuba | Colombian Ibargüen steals attention from athletics in Barranquilla



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Barranquilla, Colombia, July 30 (Prensa Latina) The big attraction of current athletics at the Games of Central America and the Caribbean will be the local Olympic champion, Catherine Ibargüen, who will perform at the long jump .

Although his strong test is the triple jump, the coffee idol archives this year a jump of 6.87 meters in this modality, which places it in favorite.

The day will also set the 800 meters and the hectometer between the ladies, while the knights will share the gold in the ball, the decathlon, and at 100 and 800 meters.

The duel between Jamaica's Ashinia Miller and Odayne Valentin Richards in the ball should be striking, as both have shots over 20 meters for this season, in order to play in a similar performance, the current regional record ( 19,63) could go down.

To end the day, the Queen's test still stands out as the main course, and this time the exception, especially for men, where cameras will follow Jamaican Nesta Carter.

On the first day of this Sunday, Mexico collected two scepters and temporarily led the country competition in this sport.

Mexicans Patricia Sánchez and Vianey de la Rosa won the gold and bronze medals at 10 thousand meters, while cross-country runner Juan Luis Barrios contributed the other title by winning the final of the distance between men.

Cuban Yarisley Silva won the pole vault final and revalidated the specialty crown with a record.

World champion in Beijing-2015 and Olympic captionist in London-2012, Silva is now 4, 70 meters, to get the gold medal in Barranquilla-2018.

This mark broke the maximum level for these regional nominations (4.60), which was in its possession of Veracruz-2014.

Colombian Mauri Cio Ortega won the gold medal in the release of the album, securing the crown from the first try, when he sent the tool to 66.30 meters, the best mark of his life.

A little before, Venezuela's Rosa Rodríguez won the gold medal in the hammer throw.

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