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After 20 days of competition, the province "albiceleste" occupies the first place with 268 medals.

Editorial GUAYAQUIL

The Guayas delegation paid tribute to Guayaquil in his Juliana festivities. He took first place at the eighth edition of the National Youth Games. Last Monday, they celebrated with a large caravan the main avenues of the city with flags, mosses and songs.

The guayasenses won 268 medals, including 102 gold, 87 silver and 79 bronze, over Pichincha, which reached 73 gold medals, 73 silver medals, gold medals and gold medals. silver and 69 bronze. Swimming was the best performance, getting 21 gold medals. Tracked by athletics with 14 and lifting weights with 12. He participated in 21 disciplines. The ages were between 12 and 21.

Several athletes received a plaque yesterday for their significant participation during this competition. Among them, Adrián Cedeño (cycling), Armando López (artistic gymnastics), Allison Chiriguayo (rhythmic gymnastics) and Karelys Castro (boxing).

In recent speeches, Franchesca Carvallo won the silver medal in women's Taekwondo, as well as her partner Melanie Valdiviezo.

Virginia Salazar, a Taekwondo athlete, mentioned the support she received throughout her preparation and was pleased with her participation as she came back tired and beaten by an international competition, but she still managed to win

Jefferson Olaya, Director As part of Fedeguayas' training project, he pointed out that it is the first time that they win 268 gold medals . "It's thanks to effort and planning." In 2014, we started to win these categories, so these athletes are the ones who gave us this success. "

" We had this confidence there are four disciplines in which we have achieved great distances above the other provinces – swimming, which is a significant percentage and the same for athletics, besides, we bet this year for that the boys perform various concentrates, which has greatly benefited them and has also located them, "he added. (SJMS)

Medal Support

General

State Gold Silver Total Bronze
Guayas 102 87 79 268
Pichincha 73 73 69 215
Azuay 24 36 31 91
El Oro 17 14 9 40
S. Sunday 14 12 16 42