KRISTEL KOBRICH EXTENDS HER LEGEND: GOLD IN THE 800M FREESTYLE AT THE BOLIVARIAN GAMES

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The best swimmer in Chilean history has added another medal to her illustrious sporting record. On Sunday, she won the gold medal in the 800m freestyle at the 20th Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho-Lima 2019, and she is going for more.

Check out the medal table for this Bolivarian sporting event.

She turned 40 in August, but her energy, passion, and love for what she does make it seem as if she were just beginning her athletic career.

With five national records to her name, six Olympic appearances, five medals in the Pan American Games, and 16 in the Central American and Caribbean Games, she is undoubtedly a true legend of Chilean sports.

This Sunday, Kristel Köbrich proved once again why she is the best Chilean swimmer of all time. At the 2025 Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho-Lima, she won another gold medal for Team Chile. At the National Sports Village in Lima (VIDENA), she gave an outstanding performance, taking first place in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:43.63. Tiffany Murillo of Colombia came in second with 8:48.87, and María Victoria Yegres of Venezuela took third place and the bronze medal with 8:55.33.

“I am very happy to have won Chile’s first gold medal at the Bolivarian Games, in a pool that brings back many memories from 2019 and that I hope will be there in 2027,” said the Chilean swimming record holder, recalling that six years ago she won the silver medal in that same pool at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

“This tournament is just beginning, I have three more events left and we’ll see what other medals we can add to Chile’s tally,” added the Chilean “Little Mermaid.”

Team Chile has already won 10 medals at these Bolivarian Games, placing them in 5th position in the overall standings. Venezuela is the absolute leader with 28 medals, 15 gold, 7 silver, and 6 bronze, followed by Colombia with the same number of medals (9, 16, and 3), and third is the host country, Peru, with 20 medals (4, 4, and 12).

The Bolivarian Games are being held in Ayacucho-Lima with the participation of more than 4,000 athletes from 17 countries.

Below is the updated medal table for this exciting competition in Peru.