The Equipo Bogotá athletic delegation secured a significant harvest of 10 medals during the 13th day of competition at the XXV Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Santo Domingo 2026, according to the official Bogota portal. This performance helped solidify Colombia’s standing in second place on the overall medal table, establishing the nation as a virtual runner-up in the regional games, as reported by Pulzo.
Equipo Bogotá Delivers 10 Medals to Solidify Second Place
Through the 13th day of the event, Mexico led the medal standings with 314 total medals, consisting of 139 golds, 91 silvers, and 84 bronzes. Colombia followed in second place with a cumulative total of 207 medals, breaking down into 69 golds, 76 silvers, and 62 bronzes.
Capital Athletes Lead National Contribution
Athletes representing Bogotá accounted for 71 of Colombia’s 207 total medals, representing 34.29 percent of the national delegation’s harvest. The capital city’s contributions were particularly pronounced in gold medals, where Equipo Bogotá athletes captured 29 of Colombia’s 69 golds, or 42.02 percent of the total.
In addition to the gold contributions, capital athletes claimed 27.63 percent of the nation’s silver medals and 33.87 percent of its bronze medals. During the specific 13th day of competition highlighted in the reports, the Equipo Bogotá contingent contributed four gold medals, two silver medals, and four bronze medals.
Standout Gold and Silver Performances
Among the standout individual performances, María Fernanda Murillo won a gold medal for Colombia in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Murillo dominated the final from start to finish, recording a time of 12.64 seconds to set a new absolute national record while defeating Cuba’s Greisys Robles, who took silver with 12.68 seconds, and Puerto Rico’s Paola Vásquez, who won bronze with 12.99 seconds.
In skateboarding, Luis Jhancarlos González secured a gold medal by dominating the competition with 176.64 points, finishing ahead of Puerto Rico’s Gabriel Lavallee with 40.22 points and Mexico’s Brayan Coria with 139.08 points. An additional gold medal came in men’s doubles squash, where Juan Camilo Vargas and Matías Knudsen defeated representatives from Guatemala.
Silver medals during the stretch included Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Lucía Bautista in mixed doubles squash, falling 2-0 to Mexico’s Alfredo Ávila and Luz López in a 35-minute match with set scores of 11-9 and 11-6. In artistic swimming, Juliana Pacheco and Laura Rodríguez earned a silver medal in the technical mixed team routine, helping the national team score 235.3117 points behind gold-medalist Mexico at 266.0925 points and ahead of Aruba’s bronze-winning 206.7625 points.
Bronze Medals and Broader Representation
In shooting sports, Iván Camilo López earned a bronze medal in the men’s 10-meter air rifle event with a score of 225.9 points in a tightly contested competition where Mexico’s Edson Ramírez won gold with 248.8 points and Guatemala’s Donalson Muñoz took silver with 247.5 points.
The extensive roster of Equipo Bogotá medalists across the games also featured competitors in water skiing, artistic roller skating, bowling, track cycling, rugby, golf, swimming, tennis, speed skating, surfing, volleyball, wrestling, gymnastics, equestrian events, archery, and sailing.
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