World keirin champion Kevin Santiago Quintero received the Altius de Oro Prize, awarded by the Colombian Olympic Committee (COC) to the best athlete of 2023, during a gala in Bogotá on Thursday. Last August, the cyclist won the keirin title and the rainbow jersey that makes him world champion of this track specialty, after winning […]
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The fight to regain the headquarters of the Pan American Games continues: Ciro Solano
During a conference held on Thursday, January 18, Ciro Solano Hurtado, President of the Colombian Olympic Committee, spoke about the challenges and strategies in the fight to regain the headquarters of the Colombian Olympic Committee. Pan American Games 2027which Barranquilla lost a few weeks ago. Faced with the crucial question of whether Barranquilla has already […]
Loss of the Pan American Games: “shameful”, “absurd”, “failure”, “nonsense”
Francisco VelezSports journalist for Espn and RCN Radio “The government has always shown little will for the Games. The world power of life looked upon them with disdainful eyes. “This petty attitude towards the most important Games after the Olympics in this part of the world is sad.” Nicholas SamperJournalist “Colombia: the land of nonsense”. […]
Colombia appreciates the sports development that the Central Americans host
Nine days after the start of the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, Colombia appreciates the sport development brought by organizing this type of competition that is part of the Olympic cycle. The investments of the host country are compensated by the sporting development of the region that concentrates the jousts and of […]
Main Maps of Colombia in Central American and Caribbean Games
The Colombian Olympic Committee (COC) hopes to bring a delegation of at least 471 athletes to the Central American and Caribbean Games, which begin in 70 days, on June 23 in San Salvador and Santo Domingo. That is the forecast that the COC has made for the games that will last until July 8. Colombia […]
The district and the Department of Sports resume dialogue for the 2027 Pan American Games
There is good news. The working table for the 2027 Pan American Games has resumed its work and at a meeting held this Tuesday in Bogotá, they discussed with a technical team from the Ministry of Sports the issues of the funding of the jousts and the adequacy of the sports scenarios . New proposals […]
“The preparation of athletes is in limbo”: Ciro Solano
He sees nothing positive. Ciro Solano, president of the Colombian Olympic Committee (COC), thinks the seven months that María Isabel Urrutia was in charge of the Ministry of Sports wasted time. The Cordovan leader assured that the preparation of Colombian athletes for the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador-2023 (from June 23 to July […]
Tribute continues to Helmut Bellingrodt. commemorate
Follow the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary. The Government of the Atlantic held an event in Helmut Bellingrodt’s honor, commemorating that silver medal that Barranquilla’s archer won at the Munich Olympics that took place half a century ago, marking the first medal an athlete achieved for Colombia. The also world ‘wild boar shooting’ champion arrived […]
What will happen to the 2027 Pan American Games?
The government of the president Ivan Duke Marquez publicly pledged to support the organization of the main competitions of the Olympic cycle in America and to take the first steps so that, after the signing of the contract between Panam Sports (owner of the franchise) and Colombia, the organizing committee could be defined, its legal […]