Venezuela will seek with 467 athletes to preserve the fourth place of the Central Americans

With a delegation of 467 athletes led by flag bearer Robeilys Peinado, Venezuela will participate this Thursday in the 23rd edition of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean that will be held in Barranquilla, Colombia, until 39. August 3.

This edition of the sporting event will be the fourth to be held on Colombian soil and the second to receive the city of Barranquilla, after that of 1946, where 1,540 athletes participated in 19 disciplines. In this edition, more than 5,400 athletes from 37 countries and territories will compete.

The Venezuelan delegation, the fourth of the fair, will fight to retain the fourth place achieved at the Veracruz 2014 edition, with 245 medals (56 gold, 79 silver and 110 silver medals).

Venezuela will participate in 30 sports of the 36 in dispute, in which he will seek in 10 of them the ranking at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru: athletics, baseball, bowling, cycling, horseback riding, karate, wrestling, modern pentathlon, racquetball and shooting sport.

In addition to Peinado, bronze medalist at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, the delegation will be represented by two-time world champion kata and five-time champion American Central Antonio Díaz, in addition to the footballer Deyna Castellano, finalists of the prize of the best of Fifa To the list could add the triplet Yulimar Rojas, who is recovering from the an injury in Spain.

"We think that Cuba should retain first place, Colombia should replace Mexico and Venezuela retain fourth place. in recent days, the president of the Venezuelan Olympic Committee (VOC), Eduardo Álvarez.

For his part, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Pedro Infante, estimated that Venezuela could reap more than 40 gold medals.

The Central American Games, which take place every four years since 1926, Venezuela ranks third in the medal table with 2,264 medals (564 gold, 782 silver and 918 bronze ).

Cuba occupies first place, with 3,320 medals (1,752 gold, 889 silver and 679 bronze), and the second Mexico, with 3,537 metals (1,235 dg). gold, 1 215 silver and 1 087 bronze). AVN