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One of the more than 40 gold medals that Ecuador obtained in the last Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia, was obtained by the federated athlete in Manabí Dyander Pacho, in the pole vault specialty.
But not everything was sweet for Pacho, who last year also won gold medals at the South American Under-23 Championship and the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, because just like last season he had to intervene with a pole loaned by the national team. Colombian.
The tricolor acknowledges at the same time a wide gratitude to the coffee technicians for showing support for the athlete, despite the fact that it meant that he beat the rivals of that country, since Walter Viáfara kept the bronze and the Ecuadorian Austin Ramos completed the podium with the silver one.
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“I went to the event without a pole, I have poles that are very small, that are useless for me to compete. I already notified the Ecuadorian Athletics Federation last year and they told us that they were going to try to buy now after the Bolivarian Games…I went almost blindly to the Bolivarians, if it had not been for Colombia who had the heart of despite that I had a chance of beating their competitors, who were the favorites, they lend me a pole”, Pacho pointed out.
The pole that Pacho must have for his interventions is one with a length of 4.90 meters and one that supports weights of at least 180 pounds. The one that the Ecuadorian medalist holds does not exceed 4.60 meters in length and does not allow him to train comfortably with the strength that he shows every time he intervenes
“I’m a little embarrassed to have to lend a pole to another country to be able to compete,” said the athlete, who is classified for a South American sub-23 that will be in Brazil at the end of August, and for the South American Games in Paraguay at the end of this year, sports fairs in which he prepares himself with the pole that counts and that does not help him to compete in these international events.
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Despite these feelings, Pacho indicated that he has received an announcement of support from Mario De Genna, who is also an athlete, who has offered to sponsor him a pole vault that the Ecuadorian requires to continue holding medals for the country. This sports implement must be imported and its cost, depending on the technical specifications, exceeds one thousand dollars.
For now Pacho is preparing for upcoming sporting events and also in the academic part, since he is educated in the career of Pedagogy in physical education and sports at the Technical University of Manabí.
“If we don’t have a pole, everything we do is useless… we always say we’ll put up with the ugliest part, we’re going to pray for the beautiful part to come,” Pacho declared. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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