2023-11-04 13:55:04
Colombia added three new golds that keep it in the fight for the top-5 of the general medal table.
Photo: Panam Sports y AFP
Flor Denis Ruiz took the Olympic tour in the middle of the stadium. On her back she carried the Colombian flag, waving on the athletic track in the heart of the Pan American Games.
He was Colombia’s great hope in the athletics of Santiago de Chile 2023 and he fulfilled a country that gave its gold medal as a fixed title. Champion in the javelin throw, the woman from Valle del Cauca, who is also world runner-up, confirmed that she is one of the most important athletes in the country today.
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Happy, in the mixed zone, with a full smile decorating her face, she was proud: “I am already a champion of the Central American and South American Games, a world medalist and, now, a Pan-American champion!”
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And he also issued a warning for his rivals. A harbinger of joy for Colombia: “I only need the Olympic medal.”
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In Budapest he lost gold at the mid-year World Athletics Championships by a throw. The last of the round, he made Flor Denis Ruiz bitter on what had to be the best night of her life. However, she is preparing to have revenge in Paris 2024. He already has the place and this victory in the Pan American Games confirmed his great moment.
“I wanted to improve my mark, which is the South American record, here at the Pan American Games. The truth is I expected it, but I am very happy,” explained the athlete.
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Flor Denis Ruiz celebrates his Pan American title with the Colombian flag.
Photo: Panam Sports
Squash, glorious for Colombia
Athletics for Colombia at the 2023 Pan American Games has been wonderful. Perhaps, there was an extra medal with Anthony Zambrano. However, she leaves Santiago de Chile with three golds thanks, in addition to Flor Denis Ruiz, to the two long jump titles of Natalia Linares and Arnovis Dalmero.
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Squash goes the same way. With Miguel Ángel Rodríguez he made silver in individual and bronze in mixed, in which the Colombian participated with Catalina Peláez.
However, the golden day was this Friday with two very special golds for the national delegation.
Both came from the double modalities, in the female and male branches.
The champions, on the women’s side, were Laura Tovar and Lucía Bautista. On the men’s side were Juan Camilo Vargas and Ronald Palomino.
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Two podiums that left Colombia very close, once once more, to the top-5 of the general medal table. Cuba in the last two days took fifth place from the Colombians and currently has 22 gold. However, the national delegation already has 18 gold medals and dreams of reaching 20 Pan American titles this Saturday, the penultimate day of competition. Can the 27 gold medals from Lima 2019 and Toronto 2015 be achieved?
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