Ecuador started at the top of the podium the last week of competitions of the Bolivarian Games 2022. Gold in triathlon singles and doubles are added to the latest medals won on Sunday, in triple jump and mixed doubles in tennisto reach 24 gold medals in the tricolor account.
triathlon it was disputed in the Chimichagua sub-venue, with the national Juan José Andrade, Gabriel Terán, Armando Matute and Xavier Criollowho faced competitors from seven other nations.
Always in the lot of pointers, the group of Ecuadorians was able to define the Bolivarian title in the end. The first place in the test went to Andradeindividual gold, which combined with the Matute’s fifth place In general, it adds gold in pairs in this discipline.
These medals are added to those achieved in tennis with Álvaro Guillén and Mell Reasco in mixed doubles after beating Colombians Juan Sebastián Gómez and Carol Lizarazo in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0, to win the Bolivarian title.
“I really enjoyed it from the start and playing with Alvarito was a lot of fun for me, we always played concentrated from the beginning”, Reasco commented.
“Very happy because it was a very tough game, really, but we played very focused. We are happy to give Ecuador a gold,” said Guillén.
The participation of national weightlifters brought important achievements for the country, among these those achieved by Ivan Escudero, who got two silver medals in the 89 kilogram divisionby lifting 150 kg in the snatch mode and 187 kg in the clean and jerk.
The athletics competitions were held at the La Gota Fría High Performance Center, where the sprinter Anahí Suárez kept the bronze at the end of 200 flat meters.
Athletics closed on Sunday with Liuba Zaldivar gold, first in triple jump with a record of 13.57 meters. In the same mode, Steeven Palacios got the bronze medal.
On the first day of taekwondothe Ecuadorian Fernando Salgado won the bronze medal in poomsae adding a total of 7.24 points. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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