The national delegation aspires to exceed the number of athletes who were in the Tokyo competitions.
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Futbolred Editorial
May 23, 2024, 08:46 a.m. m.
The Olympic Games They are less than 70 days away from starting and because of this, little by little the competitions that grant places to the most important sporting event in the world begin to define the athletes who will have the opportunity to compete in a Olympic medal in Paris 2024.
With the aim of making an outstanding presentation, the Colombian delegation has already added its 63rd quota after the presentation it had Mauricio Ortega in the middle of the fifth day of Launches that took place last Wednesday, May 22 in Leiria, Portugal.
Mauricio Ortega assured his presence in Paris 2024
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During the competition, the Colombian’s talent shone after registering a mark of 68.06 in the 2 kg discus throw test. This earned him not only the classification, but also to establish himself in the competition.
It should be noted that for this discipline the minimum mark is 67.2 meters, Therefore, Ortega automatically entered the Olympic Games, being the 63rd athlete to qualify. To date, there are still several possibilities to continue increasing the registration of classifieds, which according to the Colombian Olympic Committee they seek to be higher than Tokyo 2020 when there were 71 athletes.
Colombia already has 63 athletes in the Olympic Games
The coffee grower recorded 64.95 (1), 58.03 (2), 63.73 (3), 68.06 (5) and 61.19 (6), highlighting that his fourth throw was invalidated. With the mark of his fifth launch, Mauricio beat the Italian Giovanni Faloci (63.14) and the Portuguese João Domingues (41.62) who closed the podium of the test.
This will be the third time that Ortega will represent Colombia in the Olympics consecutively, after their presentations at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, when they placed 18th and 7th, respectively.
These are the Colombian athletes who are already classified for Paris 2024
1-18.Colombia Women’s National Team (Soccer-Team)
19.Lorena Arenas (Athletics-20 km. March)
20.Éider Arévalo (Athletics – 20 km. March)
21.Natalia Linares (Athletics – Long jump)
22.Daniel Restrepo (Swimming – 3m Springboard)
23.Ronal Longa (Athletics – 100m dash)
24.Flor Denis Ruiz (Athletics – Javelin Throw)
25.Tatiana Rentería (Wrestling – 76kg.)
26.Angie Orjuela (Athletics-Marathon).
27.Luisa Blanco (Artistic gymnastics-All-around)
28.Angie Valdés (Boxing – 60 kg. female)
29.Valeria Arboleda (Boxing – 57 kg female)
30.Jenny Arias. (Boxing – 54 kg female)
31.Roberto Terán (Equestrian jumping)
32.Ana María Rendón (Archery – recurve)
33.Víctor Bolaños (Sailing – kite formula)
34.Luis Felipe Uribe (Diving – 3 meter springboard)
35.Alexis Cuero (Greco-Roman wrestling – 77 kg.)
36.Carlos Muñoz (Greco-Roman wrestling – 87 kg.)
37.Alisson Cardozo (wrestling- 50 kg.)
38.Ingrit Valencia (boxing-50 kg.)
39.Yílmar González (boxing-57 kg.)
40.Jhon Edison Rodríguez (sword fencing)
41.Ángel Hernández (trampoline gymnastics)
42.Yenny Álvarez (weightlifting – 59 kg.)
43.Luis Javier Mosquera (Weightlifting – 73 kg.)
44.Yeison López (Weightlifting – 89 kg.)
45.Marí Leivis Sánchez (Weightlifting – 71 kg.)
46-48. Men’s team (recurve bow shooting)
49.Ángel Barajas (Parallel bars-artistic gymnastics)
50-51.Team Laura Chalarca and César Herrera (Mixed walking-senior marathon)
52-53.Team Lorena Arenas and Mateo Romero (Marathon walking-seniors mixed)
54.Kevin Quintero (Track cycling – keirin speed)
55.Martha Bayona (Track cycling – keirin speed)
56.Numerical quota for track cycling (female – keirin speed)
57. Numerical quota for track cycling (omnium male)
58. Numerical quota for road cycling (women’s long distance)
59-60. Numerical quotas for road cycling (male CRI and distance)
61.Manuela Gómez (Canoeing – C1-200m)
62.Numerical quota for track cycling (men – keirin speed)
63.Mauricio Ortega (Athletics – Discus throw)
