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Ecuador reaches 15 gold medals in Junior Pan American Games | Other Sports | sports

Marcos Herrera, in 110 meters hurdles, added another gold medal to the Ecuadorian team at the end of Saturday.

Athletics is the discipline that has added the most medals for the Ecuadorian delegation in the Junior Pan American Games, in Cali. The last one, conquered by Marcos Herrera, in 110 meters hurdles.

Herrera kept him first place in his discipline after setting a time of 13 seconds 94 hundredths, with which he added the fifteenth gold medal for Ecuador.

The end was dramatic for the Ecuadorian athlete, who beat Colombian John Paredes at the finish line.

I had a bad start, that cost meI had to discount the Colombian who is a great rival, we had already known each other in several competitions ago. I had to throw myself to the goal and he defined a thousandth of a second, the important thing was to get the gold medal, ”said Herrera.

With the medal, the tricolor sprinter He secured a direct ticket to the Santiago 2023 Absolute Pan American Games.

“Very happy for the work, I have done a season in Spain and this (medal) It is the fruit of what I have been doing”, He commented.

With what was conquered by Herrera, Athletics reached nine gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

Among these is also added the bronze achieved by Frixon Chila in triple jump.

But Athletics also adds setbacks, like the one starring the team of 4×100 mixed relays, made up of Anahí Suárez, Andreína Mina, Alan Minda and Steeven Salas.

The national team had achieved bronze in the modality, but they were disqualified “for an obstruction in the last relay, despite crossing the finish line in third place ”, reported a statement from the Ministry of Sports. The bronze went to the Dominican Republic team.

The most recent medals were in karate with Lili Alvarado, in the 50 kilogram category, and Eliana Miranda in 55 kilograms.

With these latest conquests in the general sum, Ecuador adds 15 gold, 14 silver and 24 bronze medals, medals achieved in disciplines such as weights, judo, speed skating, modern pentathlon, field tennis, table tennis, taekwondo, cycling, swimming, squash, wrestling and triathlon.

Until the morning of this Sunday, Ecuador reached the figure of 53 medals, with which it is located in seventh place in the overall medal table, which is led by Brazil, Colombia and the United States. (D)

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