The Colombian delegation finished second in the general medal table of the South American U-23 Championshipwhich ended this Sunday in Bucaramangawith 14 gold, 11 silver and seven bronze medals.
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Brazil was the great champion with 19 golds, the same number of silvers and 12 bronzes, while the Argentines were third with four golds, three silvers and four bronzes.
The best of the best
One of the figures of the tournament and the locals was Maria Isabel Arboleda in the high jump, an event in which he won with a mark of 1.88 meters, which surpasses his own national mark of 1.87 meters, which he had recently achieved in the Lima World Cup.
Important is the gold of Colombia from the mixed 4×400 relay team, made up of Raúl Junior Palacios, Paola Loboa, Daniel Balanta and Nahomy Castro, who clocked 3:19.88, which surpassed the 3:23.79 that Angie Palacios, Neider Abello, Valeria Cabezas and Neiker Abello had since 2021.
He Matheus Lima Da Silva, In the 400 meter hurdles, he won gold. He came from being a semi-finalist in the Olympics and was chosen as the best of the tournament in men.
And in the ladies, that honor went to the Colombian Marleth Ospino, who with a mark of 23.25 s was gold in the 200 meter dash.
Luciana Zapata In the 100 meter hurdles, she lowered the national Under-20 and Under-23 record, making her one of the stars of the tournament.
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