Colombia vibrated this Saturday with a memorable day in the history of the Paralympic Gamesbecause in the jousts of Paris The overall haul was seven gold medals, the same number of silver medals and 14 bronze medals, for a total of 28 medals.
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It was an incredible harvest on the most important day for Colombia at the Paris Games, as two gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals were obtained, for six in one go.
The big stars were Karen Palomeque and Mauricio Valencia, who contributed two more first places for the Colombians in para-athletics.
Palomeque won gold in the 400m T38, her second personal record in Paris. Yesterday, with a time of 58.67 s, she won the event with a new world record. She left the Hungarian with the silver Luca Ekler, while the bronze went to Lindy Avefrom Germany.
She had already won gold in the 100 m with a world record of 12.26 seconds, and in the T38 long jump she won the bronze medal with an attempt of 4.99 metres, a new American record.
With a throw of 11.71 metres, Valencia won in the F34 category. In a tight final, the Moroccan Azeddine Nouiri He took the silver after a throw of 11.70 meters, just one centimeter below the Colombian. Third place went to Ahmad Hindi from Kuwait, with 11.66 meters.
Valencia, who competed in the F34 category, not only won the gold medal, but also achieved her best personal time of the season.
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Carlos Serrano won the silver medal in the 50-meter butterfly S7 of para-swimming.
He could not defeat the Ukrainian Andrii Trusov, who won the gold, but did beat the neutral athlete in the Paris pool Egor Efrosininbronze.
Para-swimming has won its sixth medal at the Paris Games, five silver and one bronze, a great performance.
And, to top it off, Colombia won a bronze in parapower after third place in Fabio Torres in the -97 kilo category.
In his first attempt, Torres lifted the barbell with 225 kilos, in the second he lifted 238 kilos, but he failed in the third by asking for 235 kilos. Torres could not handle the silver from the Chinese Jixiong Ye, with 229 kilos, while the gold and the world record went to Mohamed Ahmad Khattab, who exceeded all expectations and weighed 270 kilos.
The Bogota native Juan Jose Betancourt He won bronze in the T2 road race of para-cycling. Betancourt finished in a time of one hour 17 minutes and 9 seconds, losing the silver medal to the American in the sprint. Dennis Connor.
The gold medal went to the Chinese Jianxin Chen, with one hour, 15 minutes and 8 hundredths.
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John Obando gave the Colombian delegation a happy ending after winning bronze in the high jump in the T20 category. In his first attempt he managed 6.99 meters, then 7.38 m, which left him with second place in the partial, and in the third he left a 7.24 meters on the scoresheet.
Already at the end of the competition, Obando jumped 7.26 meters and a last attempt that was classified as null.
The gold remained in the possession of Matvey Iakushevfrom neutral countries, with 7.51 m, while second place went to the parathlete from Malaysia Abdul Romly, with 7.45 m.
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