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The cyclist Yuli Verdugo and the Olympic medalists Gabriela Agúndez (diving) and Paralympic Rosa Castro (athletics) along with their coach Humberto Cosío were elected as winners of the 2021 State Sports Award, who will receive such a distinguished award at the ceremony on November 20. The foregoing as a result of the session that took place this Tuesday afternoon and which was headed by the general director of the South Californian Institute of Sports, Gilberto

A total of 54 riders from nine nations will represent our continent in the World Track Cycling Championships, scheduled for October 20-24 at the modern velodrome in Roubaix, France, for which more than 350 riders from almost 50 countries have confirmed. . The largest troop will be that of Colombia with 16, followed by Canada 15, Mexico with 9 and the United States with 7. In addition, Argentina (2), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2),

Costa Rica has new national time trial champions in the elite category, they are Jason Huertas del Colono – Bike Station Construction – Clips and Milagro Mena from Team Colono Construction – Bike Station – Clips. Hacienda Pinilla, Guanacaste, was the venue of the competition this Saturday, from 8 in the morning the riders began to leave. U23 women and men also ran. The circuit, which barely exceeded 13 kilometers in distance, was a litmus

A selection of 16 riders, led by the stars Martha Bayona, Kevin Santiago Quintero and Juan Esteban Arango, will defend the colors of Colombia in the upcoming World Track Cycling Championships, from October 20 to 24 in Roubaix, France. The South American team, supported by the Ministry of Sports and the Colombian Olympic Committee, traveled on Friday, October 15, to Roubaix, one of the most distinguished and illustrious places in world cycling, to be part

COPACI confirmed this weekend the approval of three championships: two continental, one South American and one Caribbean in the modalities of BMX and Road, and in the case of the Master category with actions on the track and on the road. The first of the three that will close the 2021 calendar will be the Caribbean Road Championship, Junior Category, which will be organized by the Dominican Republic from October 22 to 24, in the

There are nine Mexican cyclists who will be present at the World Track Cycling Championships, which will take place at the modern Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean-Stablinski, in France, from October 20 to 24. The selection is made up of riders who balance experience with youth. Among the ladies, Yuli Paola Verdugo will do it in speed and keirin; Yareli Acevedo will be in the Points, Elimination and Madison Race; while Victoria Velasco will contest the

Colombian Nairo Quintana assured that the route of the 109th edition of the Tour de France-2022, presented this Thursday, will allow him to return to the race with ambitions, after several years in which he has not been able to fight for the general, and praised the weight that the mountain has. The wind, the cobblestones and the return of pedaling to places such as Col de Granon and Alpe d’Huez will be on the

It was an open secret but it is already official: the Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel “Superman” López (27 years old) will run the next seasons (2022 and 2023) in the ranks of Astana Qazaqstan, as announced this Friday by the famous club in which already the South American rider had played. In this way López returns to what was his house a year after heading to Movistar, from where he left through the back door

The Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), through its Management Committee, recognized the National Federations that organized the Pan American Championships in 2021, in the midst of the harsh Covid-19 pandemic, which forced strict sanitary measures. When taking stock of the Pan-American events held this year, a congratulation was extended from the National Federations of Puerto Rico, Peru and Brazil, which led to the de facto XCO, Track and DHI championships. Likewise, special recognition was added

The young Colombian talents with projection in mountain biking, belonging to the PAD (Advancing Project for the Development of Minisport and Fedecycling) performed well. The Colombian delegation won four medals on the opening day of the Greek MTB Races, held in Greece. In the junior male category, Colombia made it 1-2. Juan Carlos Sánchez won the gold medal and Jhonier Steven Landeta won the silver medal on Kos Island where a series of MTB competitions