Peru, which has not won a gold since 1948, when Edwin Vasquez won the 50m freestyle pistol shooting at the Games also held in London, is now betting on runner Gladys Tejeda and marathon runner Ines Melchor and Wilma Arizapana. Panama’s delegation features track and field star Irving Saladino, while Granada’s is 400m runner Kirany James. The Dominican Republic has its eys on taekwondo expert Gabriel Mercedes and sprinter Lugelin Santos. Other Colombian athletes with a medal chance are triple jumper Catherine Ibarguen and the judo squad.Ĭhilean gymnast Tomas Gonzalez will compete for a medal, though analysts believe Chile’s medal chances are better with Barbara Riveros in triathalon, Denise Van Laamoen in archery, and swimmer Kristel Kobrich. Traditionally strong in cycling, Colombia’s delegation features Mariana Pajon. Accompanying him are fellow runners Yohan Blake, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Melanie Marchaer, in both individual trials and relays. Jamaican track and field superstar Usain Bolt is being watched closely both at home and around the world. Gladys Tejeda, la fondista histórica de nuestro país, logró clasificar al Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo Budapest 2023, luego de finalizar la Maratón de Valencia que se desarrolló en España. Mexico has high hopes from taekwondo specialists Maria del Rosario Espinoza and Jannet Alegria divers Paola Espinosa and Laura Sanchez, Yahel Castillo and Julian Sanchez archers Rene Serrano and Alejandra Valencia and gymnast Daniel Corral. Traditionally an Olympic over-achiever, given its tiny size and economy, Cuba is sending just over 100 athletes to better its lacklustre Beijing performance, which resulted in just two gold medals, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals.Ĭuba’s best medal prospects are Dayron Robles, in the 110m hurdles, Yarelis Barrios in discus throw, and Yargeris Savigne (triathlon), as well as boxers Lazaro Alvarez and Julio Cesar La Cruz, and wrestlers Pablo Shory and Mijain Lopez.īrazil is betting on swimmer Cesar Cielo to bring back a medal, along with seven boxers, among them Everton Lopes and Yamaguchi Florentino, pole vaulter Fabiana Murer and its beach volleyball teams.Īrgentina is pinning its hopes on its men’s basketball and women’s hockey, as well as tennis stars Juan del Potro, David Nalbandian, Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez, and its rowing and sailing squads. Tiny Jamaica brought home six gold medals four years ago while Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Costa Rica and Venezuela left China without a top podium finish.Ĭentral American nations, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, will be looking to garner their first-ever Olympic medal, though observers feel their chances are slim. The countries which are certain to better their Olympic previous performances are Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Panama, which together brought home 11 gold medals from Beijing, Xinhua reports. 2.Latin American and Caribbean countries are hoping the London Olympics, which officially kicked off Friday, offer them a chance for more medals than the 2008 Beijing edition. The International Olympic Committee has granted Marial the right to participate as an Independent Olympic Athlete, a category reserved for those in such situations. However, South Sudan, the nation that Marial considers his own, does not yet have an official Olympic Committee. I can only forgive, but I cannot honor and glorify a country that killed my people." Millions of my people were killed by Sudan forces. My family lost 28 members in the war with Sudan. "For me to even consider that is a betrayal. "Never," he said of his refusal to run for Sudan. An All-American cross-country runner and an accomplished marathoner, Marial rejected an offer from the Sudan Olympic Committee to run under its flag at the London Olympics. in 2001, and is a permanent resident here. He became a refugee of the Sudanese conflict in 1993 when he was only nine years old, as he fled across border after border seeking asylum from the violence. Twenty-eight-year-old Guor Marial was born in what is now South Sudan, the world's youngest nation. Here are a few that you'll want to know before you see them compete. For some, getting there has been a struggle against poverty, politics, prejudice, and other disadvantages. Many of them are already stars, having trained their entire lives for this chance at gold. Thousands of athletes from all over the world are in London for the 2012 Olympics.
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