Colombia definitively took off from Venezuela in the medal table of the XIX Bolivarian Gameswhich are held in Valledupar, adding eight golds, six more than the Caribbean country hung on the day.
The hosts already have 38 gold, 26 silver and 16 bronze medals in the medal table, while Venezuela has won 18 gold, 23 silver and 23 bronze medals.
Despite not having won any test on Tuesday, Chile remained in third place in the standings with 12 golds, eight silvers and 27 bronzes.
Colombia closes successfully in gymnastics
Colombia successfully closed the gymnastics this Tuesday by winning one of the last medals in competition with Andrés Felipe Martínez, who won the gold of the high bar, while the silver went to the Venezuelan Edwar Rafael Rolin and the bronze to the Chilean Joel Gonzalo. Alvarez. Martínez established himself as the best gymnast of the games by hanging five gold medals, because in addition to winning on the high bar, he won the general individual, team, floor and pommel horse events.
Thus, the host delegation took seven of the 13 disputed golds, followed by Peru with three and Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile and the Dominican Republic.
The Peruvian women’s team and the Colombian men’s team won gold medals in the water polo competition on Tuesday.
On the final day of the tournament played at the Popular University of Cesar Aquatic Complex, the Colombian men’s team won a resounding 20-6 victory over Venezuela, which was overwhelmed from the beginning and never had a reaction in a match that had Andrés Felipe Mora and Nelson Bejarano as figures.
The tournament started for the Cafeteros with a 13-5 victory over Peru in the first phase, in which they also drew 9-9 with the Venezuelans in their second appearance. In the final phase, they were ruthless with their 22-6 victory before rounding it off in the final game with gold.
Triumphs in fencing and football
The Colombians also closed fencing with a flourish by winning the gold medals for women’s foil team and men’s saber team. The women’s team -made up of María José Figueredo, Laura Guerra, Juliana Pineda and Tatiana Prieto- defeated Venezuela in the final with a score of 45-43, a test in which Chile won the bronze.
Meanwhile, Sebastián Cuéllar, Luis Correa, Mario Palacio and Erwin González defeated the Vinotinto representation 45-44 in a fairly close duel that was played in the Great Hall of the Country Club.
In addition, the Colombian sub’20 team won the gold medal in women’s soccer at the XIX Bolivarian Games in Valledupar on Tuesday by beating Venezuela 3-0 in the last game of a home run that they dominated with authority to revalidate their crown.
The Colombians, who will compete in the U20 World Cup in Costa Rica, made a perfect score in their three outings (9 points). They beat Panama 4-1 in their debut and then thrashed Paraguay 4-0. For its part, the Paraguayans kept the silver after accumulating four points and taking advantage of the slip of the Vinotinto, which was bronze.
EFE
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