Colombia has finished its best participation in the history of thes Paralympic Games, In the Paris games he won 28 medals: seven gold, seven silver, 14 bronze and 42 diplomas.
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The medals were won in five sports: boccia, paracycling, parapower, paraswimming and paraathletics, the latter being the most popular: 16, of which six were gold.
The best
Karen Palomeque She was the star of the show after winning two golds and a bronze. Her first title was in the 100m T38 competition, with a time of 12.26 seconds, a world record. Her second was in the 400m in the same category with 58.67 s, another world record. She also finished third in the long jump.
For the first time, boccia won medals, a gold in mixed with the pair of brothers Leidy and Edilson Girlwho also won two more in the individual categories, one bronze and one silver, respectively.
“The results have been very good, but that only tells us that although the process is going well, it sets a high bar for what is to come, but we have done some work and for the Los Angeles Games we will seek to improve on what we did in Paris,” he told TIME Julio César Ávila, president of the Colombian Paralympic Committee (CPC).
He added: “We need to plan some things better, such as strengthening some disciplines like table tennis or taekwondo, without neglecting the rest of the sports. What we did in Paris should help us improve, thinking about strengthening the next cycle, which will last four years.”
According to Ávila, 13 billion pesos were invested in Team Colombia in 2022; a year later it was only 3 billion and this year, with a view to the Paris Games, 14 billion pesos were allocated.
“What I emphasize is that Colombian athletes have taken the practice of their sport as their profession and have dedicated themselves to it. The aid we have received has supported their idea, they have been given full support and they have responded,” said Ávila.
Multi-medalists
Carlos Daniel Serrano won two silver medals and one bronze, while Nelson Crispin They won three silver medals and became the Colombians with the most wins in the history of the games, each with 10 medals.
“I am satisfied with what I did. The cycle to Paris was short, but we achieved our goals. I take these medals and more successes for my career from Paris and I hope to analyze what we will do from now on with my goals in mind.” Los Angeles“Crispín told EL TIEMPO.
In addition, Serrano achieved a record for the men’s 100m breaststroke SB7 category with 1 min 10 s 55 cent, and Crispín set the Americas record in the 200m medley SM6, with 2 min 38 s 04 cent.
Jose Gregorio Lemos He set a world record in the F38 javelin throw with 63.81 m. Mauricio Valencia achieved an Americas record in the F34 javelin throw, with 39.04 m, as did Buinder Bermudez in the 400 m T13, 48.83 s, and Eglain Mena in the plus 107kg parapower category with 236 kg.
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