Although the competition has already started and the first medals have already been awarded, at 19:00 hrs today the cauldron will be lit at the Las Américas Stadium in Ayacucho, to start the Bolivarian Games of the Bicentennial 2024. Meet the athletes who are called to shine in this event and the first medalists.
There are 10 countries and more than 1300 athletes who will see action in Ayacucho 2024. A competition that includes traditional sports of the Olympic cycle, and others that represent a novelty in this renowned multisport event. Such is the case of E-Sports, Chess, Dominoes and Billiards, to name a few.
For the disciplines that are part of the Olympic movement, several figures will lead their countries.
For example, the host country, Peru, will have the outstanding karateka, Alexandra Grande. The Pan American champion and world medalist will also have the honor of being the flag bearer of her country tonight. Along with her, weightlifter David Bardalez, who has already won his first personal medal in these Games and the third for Peru after Faviana Gavidia and Shoely Mego, will carry the national flag.
Colombia will also have big names in this competition. In addition to the 6 weightlifters who already won gold medals in the event (Dahyanne Lopez, Jose Ferrer, Yulieth Torres, John Jairo Serna, Sebastian Olivares, Andres Felipe Manzano) will have its best specialists in BMX Freestyle with Queen Saray Villegas 4th in Paris 2024 and Juan Caicedo, who will try to take the gold medal to their country.
Venezuela arrives with outstanding athletes to Ayacucho. Its weightlifters have already begun to shine, winning the first medals of these Games. Mariangeli Martínez won gold in the 45 kgs category, Reinner Arango won silver in 73kgs, as did Kerlys Montila in 49kgs, Angello Solorzano in 55kgs and Rosselyn Uzcátegui in 55kgs. Meanwhile, Anyelin Venegas won bronze in 59kgs and Dianangel Vargas in 61kgs.
In addition to the weightlifters, Venezuela has hopes of a podium in its men’s and women’s 3×3 Basketball teams, in Cleiver Casanova in Karate, and Yoel Dorante in Kickboxing.
Ecuador also has great motivation to make a great presentation in Ayacucho. And it started in the best way the competitions, as Jenifer Becerra took the first gold in Weightlifting. In addition to her, Rosa Alba Chacha in athletics, and her women’s 3×3 Basketball team are also hoping for glory.
Other stars that you will be able to see through the Panam Sports Channel are the best Chilean basketball player Ziomara Morrison, the Pan American Marathon champion in Lima 2019, Gladys Tejeda, and Bolivia’s athletes David Ninavia Mamani and Jhoselyn Yessica Camargo.
The great celebration of Bolivarian sport officially begins today with the Opening Ceremony at the Las Americas Stadium: artistic shows, speeches by authorities, the parade of delegations and the traditional lighting of the cauldron, you can watch it live on the Panam Sports Channel.
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