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Bogotá, June 7, 2024. With tight lips, Yirley Mosquera Lozano makes a tremendous effort to do the shot put, in the National Final of the Intercollegiate Games. As the element travels to its inevitable encounter with the grass, a scream is heard that fills the athletics stadium, in the capital of the Republic, with which it expels the remaining energy. The mark is 11.82 meters.
Photo: Yirley Mosquera, a Chocó athlete, with the bullet in his hands, presses his lips to make a throw.
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The athlete, who studies at the Francisco Eutimio Múnera Educational Institution, took bronze in the youth shot put test, with a mark of 11.82 meters.
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Bogotá, June 7, 2024. With tight lips, Yirley Mosquera Lozano makes a tremendous effort to do the shot put, in the National Final of the Intercollegiate Games. As the element travels to its inevitable encounter with the grass, a scream is heard that fills the athletics stadium, in the capital of the Republic, with which it expels the remaining energy. The mark is 11.82 meters.
“She is a woman with impressive strength,” says her coach, Luis Carlos Valencia, with a tone of pride. The athlete who lives with her mother, María Esmeralda Lozano, and four of her five siblings: Yaniel Marcela, Yeny Mariana, Yirlesa and Yarlinson, in Boca de Suruco, Chocó, trains in Andagoya. Although she has only been practicing the discipline for a year and has not done it consistently, her qualities led her to surpass athletes with greater preparation, such as Luisa Fernanda Ortega, from Antioquia, or Karol Juliana Suárez, from Cesar.
Yirley Mosquera’s approach to athletics was thanks to Luis Carlos Valencia and his wife, Gleidy. The latter is his teacher at the Francisco Eutimio Múnera Educational Institution (FREM), located in Andagoya. Both promote sports in the municipality of Medio San Juan and its surrounding villages, attracting young people to offer them new opportunities to get ahead.
“Three years ago, teacher Carlos came to school to see who wanted to compete or was interested in the sport, I joined and I was interested in throwing, because I felt that I was doing well, but for a year and a half I had to be absent until I returned to school. 2023”, highlights the young athlete. “During this time, sport has given me unforgettable experiences, the opportunity to see new places thanks to the Intercollegiate Games, to compete and demonstrate my skills,” she adds.
The support of her family and coaches has been crucial in encouraging her to leave her municipality and thus be able to demonstrate the skills that led her to qualify for the national final. “They don’t pressure me when training, on the contrary, they motivate me, which drives me to want more,” she highlights. Thus, with this approach, she has appeared in Bogotá to demonstrate that unique talent, which many athletes from Chocó also have, who have an enviable biotype and strength.
“With better technique, this young woman would have won,” adds Valencia. And his power and skill were demonstrated in every throw he made, in which he never went below 10 meters, although he committed fouls that ended up invalidating some attempts. Even so, nothing could stand in the way of Yirley Mosquera giving Chocó the first medal in this National Final of Intercollegiate Games.
A strong and warrior woman, as she clearly distinguishes herself, not only does she leave the name of her municipality high, but she also becomes an inspiration for young people from Medio San Juan to find a way to get ahead in sports.
