The Colombian delegation ended its participation in the Ibero-American Athletics Championship in Cuiabá, Brazil, with a haul of three gold medals, six silver and eight bronze, a competition in which the athletes stood out Flor Denis Ruiz and Martha Valeria Araújo.
Ruiz, current world runner-up, achieved an excellent mark of 66.70 meters, with which she managed to lower her national and South American record and takes her to be the first in the world ranking of the event.
He did it on the third attempt, after 59.07 meters in the first exercise and 65.37 m in the second.
The fourth attempt left him 62.83 meters and he did not make the fifth or the sixth. “Silver was the Brazilian Jucilene Sales de Lima, with 62.31 meters, and the bronze was obtained by the Uruguayan Manuela Rotundo, with 61.84. Meanwhile, the other Colombian in the test, Maria Lucely Murilloplaced fourth, with 57.80 meters,” reported www.runningcolombia.com
“Araújo also achieved first place in the heptathlon, with a mark of 6,274 points, with which he surpasses his previous personal best (6,112) and in the process gets closer to the Olympic Games. This result allows the Colombian to add 100 points in the Rumbo a ranking Paris 2024which would leave her among the first 20 athletes among the 24 who will obtain their place at the Olympic Games, event for which only five athletes have achieved the minimum qualification mark (6,480 points). Her record also places her with the third best mark in the world for the season,” stated the specialized page.
The medals
Natalia Linares, high jump, 6.82 (vv 0.9)
Flor Denis Riuiz, javelin throw, 66.70 m. (South American record)
Martha Valeria Araujo, heptathlon, 6,274 points
Silver
Pedro Marín, 5,000 meters, 14:27.65
Arnovis Dalmero, long jump, 7.97 (vv 0.5)
Relvo 4×100 ladies (R. Palacios, K. Vélez, Y. Padilla, L. Licona), 3:33.20
Men’s 4×100 relay (J. Perlaza, L. Arrieta, M. Henao, R. Palacios), 3:07.09
4×400 ladies relay (R. Palacios, K. Vélez, Y. Padilla, L. Licona) 3:33.20
Men’s 4×400 relay (J. Perlaza, L. Arrieta, M. Henao, R. Palacios), 3:07.09
Bronze
Meiker Abello, 100 meters, 10.26 (vv 0.8)
Anthony Zambrano, 400 meters, 46.05
Pedro Marín, 3,000 meter dash, 8:10.22
María Isabel Arboleda, high jump, 1.86 m.
Geiner Moreno, triple jump, 16.54 (vv 0.2)
Mayra Gaviria, hammer throw, 66.92 m.
Katherin Castillo, pole vault, 4.30 m. (equals national record)
Mixed 4×400 relay (E. Bermúdez, N. Castro, O. Leal, P. Loboa), 3:25.10 (RN Sub-20)
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