María Alejandra de Osma and Hugo del Castillo win gold medals at the Bolivarian Games

The Peruvian delegation continues giving triumphs to the country in the Bolivarian Games that are held in Valledupar (Colombia). The day of this Sunday has started very productive, as the national representatives won two gold medals.

In that sense, María Alejandra de Osma won the gold medal in the women’s slalom event. For his part, Hugo del Castillo won the men’s individual poomsae competition (taekwondo).

Social media users congratulated the national athletes for these achievements. “Thank you, champions for giving joy to Peru”, “These victories fill me with pride. Keep it up” or “You are the best”were some of the comments.

In this way, the national delegation already has 26 gold medals and is in third place in the medal table of these Bolivarian Games that will end on July 5.

The other gold medals in Peru

The national team stood out in badminton because it came in first place in men’s doubles, women’s doubles, mixed, mixed teams and women’s singles to get five gold medals. In fencing with the triumph of Lucas Lutar. In addition, Ana Méndez topped the podium in artistic gymnastics asymmetric bars and individual. In that same discipline, Edward Gonzáles triumphed in jumping.

Luis Barco did his thing in golf. Darlyn Yamamoto, Thalia Gamarra and Juan Miguel Postigos in the different judo categories. There was also success for the women’s polo team. Alessia Palacios and Valeria Palacios in double pair of light weight short paddles. In addition, Brianda Rivera and Cristian Morales were at the top of the podium in sports shooting.

Jovana De La Cruz won last Friday in the 10,000 m, while Ximena Zorrilla beat her rivals in the hammer throw. Along the same lines, César Rodríguez (35 km walk), Daniella Borda (female skeet), Gracia Carrillo (female optimist), Caterina Romero (sunfish) and Mckenna Victoria De Bever (200-meter medley) won first place in their respective disciplines.