The champion of the 100 meters in the World Championship of Athletics under 20 Cali 22 is compared in all languages with the record holder and recognized Usain Bolt, who holds the absolute world record in this modality with the mark of 9.58 seconds, achieved in Berlin, 2009 (senior category).
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The web portals of the different hemispheres of the world are full of information about the new star of athletics, the Botswana Letsile Tebogo, who registered 9.91 seconds in the tracks of the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium to win the gold medal, after a race in which from the beginning he was several meters ahead of his rivals and crossed the finish line with a particular gesture that caught everyone's attention, alluding to the impressive Usain Bolt when he was still competing. 
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"My intention was to go out and enjoy the race. If anyone took that as disrespect, I'm sorry. I just wanted to offer the fans a mild reminder of what Usain Bolt did in his time," commented the 19-year-old, who was referring to the fact that the last 20 meters for some was fun, for others he humiliated his rivals and for others it was unsportsmanlike, not running at his top speed.
"He is my idol (Bolt), the person I admire" affirmed the U20 champion, who is discovered before the world after competing in the qualified and consolidated stage of athletics located in Cali, Colombia. 
Thus, the fans of the multidisciplinary sport were able to enjoy a surprising spectacle, where the first great strides of a possible future Olympic champion in Paris 2024 were marked. 
In addition, as it was a news of such particularity and importance in world sport, the general public of the various cultures and societies of the globe became aware of what happened in "La Sucursal del Cielo".
Through countless media, the data or characteristics concerning both the young African, Letsile Tebogo, and the Jamaican milestone, Usain Bolt, were exposed to outline a comparative of the two figures of different times.
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It is possible to find informative channels through the Internet that speak in local languages about this social phenomenon called "The new Usain Bolt", from places like China, Canada, Thailand, France, Spain, Africa and America.
Cali continues to be the cradle of the stars of world athletics, as it had already demonstrated in the World Championship of Athletics under 18 with the cases of Armand Duplantis (pole vault) and Sydney Mclaughlin (400 meters hurdles), both current Olympic champions and world records in their specialties.
In addition to this, Candace Hill also made world record in 200 meters flat in Cali 2015.
And 50 years ago, in 1971 at the Pan American Games, Donald Quarrie in 200 meters flat with 19.80 and Pedro Perez Due&ntilde;as in triple jump with 17.40 meters, made world record in Cali.
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Therefore, the Olympic Pascual Guerrero has become the "mythical" world stadium with 5 world records and 3 current figures of global athletics (Armand Duplantis, Sydney Mclaughlin and Letsile Tebogo).
Felipe Quintero G.
Communications LOC World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 2022.
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World Athletics U20 Championships

The champion of the 100 meters in the World Championship of Athletics under 20 Cali 22 is compared in all languages with the record holder and recognized Usain Bolt, who holds the absolute world record in this modality with the mark of 9.58 seconds, achieved in Berlin, 2009 (senior category). 

The whole world is talking about Letsile Tebogo, "The new Usain Bolt" was born in Cali.

El campe&oacute;n de los 100 metros planos en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub 20 Cali 22 es comparado en todos los idiomas con el plusmarquista y reconocido Usain Bolt, quien ostenta el r&eacute;cord mundial absoluto de esta modalidad con la marca de 9,58 segundos, lograda en Berl&iacute;n, 2009 (categor&iacute;a de mayores).&nbsp;
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Los portales web de los distintos hemisferios del mundo est&aacute;n llenos de informaci&oacute;n acerca de la nueva estrella del atletismo, el botsuano Letsile Tebogo, quien registr&oacute; 9,91 segundos en las pistas del estadio ol&iacute;mpico Pascual Guerrero para colgarse la medalla de oro, tras una carrera en donde desde el inicio se adelant&oacute; varios metros por delante de sus rivales y cruz&oacute; la meta con un particular gesto que llam&oacute; la atenci&oacute;n de todos, al aludir al impresionante Usain Bolt cuando a&uacute;n compet&iacute;a.&nbsp;
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"Mi intenci&oacute;n era salir y disfrutar de la carrera. Si alguien se lo tom&oacute; como una falta de respeto, lo lamento. Solo quer&iacute;a ofrecer a los aficionados un leve recuerdo de lo que hizo Usain Bolt en su tiempo&rdquo;, comentaba el joven de 19 a&ntilde;os, quien se refer&iacute;a a que los &uacute;ltimos 20 metros para unos se divirti&oacute;, para otros humill&oacute; a sus rivales y para otros no fue deportivo, al no correr en su m&aacute;xima velocidad.
&ldquo;Es mi &iacute;dolo (Bolt), la persona que admiro" afirm&oacute; el campe&oacute;n sub 20, quien es descubierto ante el mundo tras competir en el calificado y consolidado escenario del atletismo ubicado en Cali, Colombia. 
Es as&iacute; como los aficionados del deporte multidisciplinario pudieron disfrutar de un sorprendente espect&aacute;culo, en donde se marcaron las primeras grandes zancadas de un posible futuro campe&oacute;n ol&iacute;mpico en Par&iacute;s 2024.&nbsp;
Adem&aacute;s, al tratarse de una noticia de tal particularidad e importancia en el deporte mundial, el p&uacute;blico en general de las diversas culturas y sociedades del globo se percataron de lo sucedido en &ldquo;La Sucursal del Cielo&rdquo;.
A trav&eacute;s de innumerables medios de comunicaci&oacute;n se expusieron los datos o caracter&iacute;sticas concernientes tanto al joven africano, Letsile Tebogo, como al hito jamaiquino, Usain Bolt; para esbozar un comparativo de las dos figuras de distintas &eacute;pocas.&nbsp;
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Es posible encontrar canales informativos por medio de internet que hablan en idiomas locales sobre este fen&oacute;meno social llamado &ldquo;El nuevo Usain Bolt&rdquo;, desde lugares como China, Canad&aacute;, Tailandia, Francia, Espa&ntilde;a, &Aacute;frica y Am&eacute;rica.
Sigue Cali convertida en la cuna de las estrellas del atletismo mundial, ya lo hab&iacute;a demostrado en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub 18 con los casos de Armand Duplantis (salto con p&eacute;rtiga) y Sydney Mclaughlin (400 metros vallas), ambos actuales campeones ol&iacute;mpicos y r&eacute;cords mundiales en sus especialidades.
En adici&oacute;n a esto, Candace Hill tambi&eacute;n hizo r&eacute;cord mundial en 200 metros planos en Cali 2015.
Y hace 50 a&ntilde;os, en 1971 en los Juegos Panamericanos, Donald Quarrie en 200 metros planos con 19.80 y Pedro P&eacute;rez Due&ntilde;as en salto triple con 17.40 metros, hicieron r&eacute;cord mundial en Cali.
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Por ello, el ol&iacute;mpico Pascual Guerrero se ha convertido en el &ldquo;m&iacute;tico&rdquo; estadio mundialista con 5 r&eacute;cords mundiales y 3 figuras actuales del atletismo global (Armand Duplantis, Sydney Mclaughlin y Letsile Tebogo).
Felipe Quintero G.
Comunicaciones Comit&eacute; Organizador Local Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20, Cali 2022.
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El campeón de los 100 metros planos en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub 20 Cali 22 es comparado en todos los idiomas con el plusmarquista y reconocido Usain Bolt, quien ostenta el récord mundial absoluto de esta modalidad con la marca de 9,58 segundos, lograda en Berlín, 2009 (categoría de mayores). 

El mundo entero habla de Letsile Tebogo, “El nuevo Usain Bolt” nació en Cali

Along with James Lord and Mark Fulton of World Athletics, Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, manager of Telepac&iacute;fico and his team, are some of those responsible for the television success of the Cali 22 World Athletics Championship.
For 6 days, millions of spectators from all over the world enjoyed the largest sports festival in the history of Colombia, which had more than 1,500 athletes from 137 countries in action, who arrived at the 'Sultana del Valle' with the hope of consecrating themselves as the next great stars of world athletics. Today, a week after the end of the championship, we highlight the human talent and technological resources behind the broadcast of the sporting event that will go down in the history of Valle del Cauca and Colombia.
Under the direction of James Lord, director of Broadcast, and Mark Fulton, executive producer of World Athletics and World Athletics Productions, more than 150 people, including nationals and foreigners, were in charge of bringing to television the broadcast of the U20 World Championships, the event that presented to the world, among other athletes, the record holder of the 100 meters and called to be the next Usain Bolt, the young man from Botswana, Letsile Tebogo. A milestone that required the teamwork of World Athletics Productions, Deltatre, Media Pro, Seiko, Event Presentation and Telepac&iacute;fico.
"The Championships, due to its size, its importance, for what it means to have an event of international stature, forced us to have different technical standards and we worked for 6 months to get it ready on the date of August 1," said Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, manager of Telepac&iacute;fico, who also highlighted the joint work that made it possible to integrate the set of technical requirements typical of top-level sporting events.
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For the realization of a successful television broadcast, it required coordinated work that began 6 months ago with strategic meetings held between 17 people from Telepac&iacute;fico and 12 more from World Athletics, where they discussed the design, organization, coordination, and synchronization of the work that was to be developed in the first week of August.
"World Athletics Production directed the entire production and did all the technical design. We teamed up with them to complement all those requirements. Telepac&iacute;fico coordinated the implementation here in Colombia and Cali of the whole system in alliance with Media Pro, which was one of the main technical suppliers", said Berm&uacute;dez, affirming that, for the assembly and operation, the human team was extended to 90 people working for the success of the event.
In addition to human talent, it also required significant technological support, as 80% of the television equipment installed was brought from abroad, among them are lenses, cameras, encoders, matrices, controllers, integration systems, servers, and automated audio consoles.
Carlos Mar&iacute;n, television technician and member of the support team and technology support for special events of Telepac&iacute;fico, explained the location and function of the cameras distributed throughout the Pascual Guerrero Stadium to carry out the transmission. 
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"There were approximately 36 cameras, divided into 3 modalities. One modality corresponded to the track competitions, another focused on the pole vault, triple jump, and long jump events, and the other modality was arranged for the throws, high jump, and javelin."
In turn, he pointed out that the incoming information was distributed in three major centers: two mobile units and a transmission center inside the IBC (International Broadcast Centre) tent. A total of 18 cameras were assigned to the production and transmission center and the remaining 18 were divided between the two mobile units. 
Of the total of 36 cameras, approximately 20 were special cameras to capture details, mini-cameras that obtained much more eye-catching shots since some were at ground level, others were on the poles of the jumping competitions and there were also slow motion cameras that "captured very striking images of the athletes," said Carlos Mar&iacute;n.
In addition to the efforts made by WA, Telepac&iacute;fico, and Media Pro, there were Seiko, Deltatre, and Event Presentation. The first one was in charge of the technology behind the timing and scoring, providing the information through the data section and through the video signals necessary to superimpose the graphics of the stopwatches and times.
Deltatre, on the other hand, was in charge of managing the graphics in the visual section for the starlists, statistics, and competition results. While Event Presentation, in addition to feeding the information presented on the screens through a network implemented by EMCALI, also had under its responsibility the pre-recorded products intended to generate entertainment. "They generated the Championships show as such, the event as a spectacle," said Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez. 
John Carlos Hurtado Gamboa, Technical and Systems director of Telepac&iacute;fico and in charge of the technology section during the Championship, highlighted the work done in the television production of the Championships.
"It was great, spectacular. It was something very coordinated since a good interaction was achieved with people from different parts of the world. To have achieved this coordination to generate a technological infrastructure of such a high level is something very positive for Colombia, which shows that the country is ready for world-class events". 
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Hurtado Gamboa also emphasized how well received the broadcast was by local viewers and cybernauts. "We received many positive messages. People are not used to an event of such magnitude in a region like this one, especially in the high-quality conditions and state-of-the-art technology that was used. Seeing it in the United States or Europe is something normal, but here in Latin America, and especially in Colombia, we have never had the opportunity to offer this quality of production and transmission.
Finally, Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, manager of Telepac&iacute;fico, spoke about the legacy that the Championship leaves to the region and Colombia.
"We learned that better things can always be achieved, we have the technical and human capacity to transcend the border. That we can dimension the work beyond the region, that we can reach other spheres. That is the vision that this project has left us with," he said.
Undoubtedly, the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 not only left a sporting legacy but also a technological legacy that highlighted our region's ability to join the best teams in the world and stand out worldwide with a successful production. 
Communications LOC World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 2022.

Along with James Lord and Mark Fulton of World Athletics, Ricardo Bermúdez, manager of Telepacífico and his team, are some of those responsible for the television success of the Cali 22 World Athletics Championship.

“We are very pleased to have broadcast such an important event”: Ricardo Bermúdez, manager of Telepacífico

Junto a James Lord y Mark Fulton de World Athletics, Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, gerente de Telepac&iacute;fico y su equipo son unos de los responsables del &eacute;xito televisivo del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo Cali 22.&nbsp;
Durante 6 d&iacute;as, millones de espectadores de todo el mundo disfrutaron de la fiesta deportiva m&aacute;s grande de la historia de Colombia que tuvo en acci&oacute;n a m&aacute;s de 1500 atletas de 137 pa&iacute;ses, quienes llegaron a la &lsquo;Sultana del Valle&rsquo; con la ilusi&oacute;n de consagrarse como las pr&oacute;ximas grandes estrellas del atletismo mundial. Hoy (13.06.22), a una semana de finalizado el Campeonato, es pertinente resaltar el talento humano y el recurso tecnol&oacute;gico detr&aacute;s de la transmisi&oacute;n del evento deportivo que pasar&aacute; a la historia del Valle del Cauca y Colombia.
Bajo el direccionamiento de James Lord, director de Broadcast y Mark Fulton, productor ejecutivo de World Athletics y World Athletics Productions, m&aacute;s de 150 personas entre nacionales y extranjeros, fueron los encargados de llevar a los televisores del mundo, la transmisi&oacute;n del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20, el evento que present&oacute;, entre otros atletas, al plusmarquista de los 100 metros y llamado a ser el sucesor de Usain Bolt, el joven de 19 a&ntilde;os proveniente de Botswana, Letsile Tebogo. Un hito que requiri&oacute; del trabajo en equipo de World Athletics Productions, Deltatre, Media Pro, Seiko, Event Presentation y Telepac&iacute;fico.
&ldquo;El mundial por su dimensi&oacute;n, su importancia, por lo que implica tener un evento de talla internacional, nos oblig&oacute; a tener est&aacute;ndares t&eacute;cnicos diferentes y se trabaj&oacute; durante 6 meses para lograr tenerlo listo a la fecha del primero de agosto&rdquo;, se&ntilde;al&oacute; Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, gerente de Telepac&iacute;fico, quien tambi&eacute;n resalt&oacute; el trabajo mancomunado que permit&iacute;a integrar todos los requerimientos t&eacute;cnicos propios de la transmisi&oacute;n de eventos deportivos de primer nivel.
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Para la realizaci&oacute;n de una transmisi&oacute;n de televisi&oacute;n exitosa, se requiri&oacute; de un trabajo coordinado que inici&oacute; 6 meses atr&aacute;s con reuniones estrat&eacute;gicas sostenidas entre 17 personas de Telepac&iacute;fico y 12 m&aacute;s de World Athletics, en donde se discut&iacute;a el dise&ntilde;o, organizaci&oacute;n y sincronizaci&oacute;n del trabajo que estaba por desarrollarse en la primera semana de agosto.
&ldquo;World Athletics Production dirigi&oacute; toda la producci&oacute;n y realiz&oacute; todo el dise&ntilde;o t&eacute;cnico. Nosotros entramos a trabajar en equipo con ellos para complementar todos esos requerimientos. Telepac&iacute;fico coordin&oacute; la implementaci&oacute;n aqu&iacute; en Colombia y en Cali de todo ese sistema en alianza con Media Pro que fue uno de los principales proveedores t&eacute;cnicos&rdquo;, sostuvo Berm&uacute;dez, afirmando que, para el montaje y operaci&oacute;n, el equipo humano se extendi&oacute; hasta alcanzar la cifra de 90 personas trabajando en pro del &eacute;xito del evento.
Adem&aacute;s del talento humano, tambi&eacute;n se requiri&oacute; de un apoyo tecnol&oacute;gico importante, pues el 80% del equipo de televisi&oacute;n instalado fue tra&iacute;do desde el extranjero, entre ellos se destacan: lentes, c&aacute;maras, encoders, matrices, controladores, sistemas de integraci&oacute;n, servidores y consolas de audio automatizadas.
Carlos Mar&iacute;n, t&eacute;cnico en televisi&oacute;n y miembro del equipo de apoyo y soporte en tecnolog&iacute;a para eventos especiales de Telepac&iacute;fico, explic&oacute; la ubicaci&oacute;n y funci&oacute;n de las c&aacute;maras que fueron distribuidas en todo el Estadio Pascual Guerrero para llevar a cabo la transmisi&oacute;n.
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&ldquo;Aproximadamente se cont&oacute; con 36 c&aacute;maras, divididas en 3 modalidades. Una modalidad correspondi&oacute; a las competencias de pista, otra se centr&oacute; en los eventos de salto con p&eacute;rtiga, salto triple, salto largo y la otra modalidad se dispuso para los lanzamientos, salto alto y jabalina.&rdquo;&nbsp;
A su vez, se&ntilde;al&oacute; que la informaci&oacute;n que llegaba se repart&iacute;a en tres grandes centros: dos unidades m&oacute;viles y un centro de transmisi&oacute;n en el interior de la carpa del IBC (International Broadcast Centre). Un total de 18 c&aacute;maras estaban asignadas al centro de producci&oacute;n y transmisi&oacute;n y los 18 restantes se divid&iacute;an entre las dos unidades m&oacute;viles.&nbsp;
Del total de las 36 c&aacute;maras, aproximadamente 20 eran especiales para capturar detalles, minic&aacute;maras que obten&iacute;an planos mucho m&aacute;s vistosos ya que algunas estaban a ras del suelo, otras se encontraban en los postes de las competencias de salto y tambi&eacute;n se cont&oacute; con c&aacute;maras de slow motion que &ldquo;capturaban im&aacute;genes muy impactantes de los atletas&rdquo;, precis&oacute; Carlos Mar&iacute;n.&nbsp;
Sumado a los esfuerzos realizados por WA, Telepac&iacute;fico y Media Pro, se encuentran Seiko, Deltatre y Event Presentation. El primero, se encargaba de la tecnolog&iacute;a detr&aacute;s del timing (cronometraje) y el scoring (puntuaci&oacute;n), suministrando la informaci&oacute;n a trav&eacute;s del apartado de data y a trav&eacute;s de las se&ntilde;ales de video necesarias para hacer la superposici&oacute;n de los gr&aacute;ficos de cron&oacute;metros y tiempos.&nbsp;
Deltatre, por su parte, se encarg&oacute; de manejar las gr&aacute;ficas de la parte visual en lo correspondiente a los starlists, estad&iacute;sticas y resultados de competencias. Mientras que Event Presentation, adem&aacute;s de alimentar la informaci&oacute;n presentada en las pantallas por medio de una red implementada por EMCALI, tambi&eacute;n ten&iacute;a bajo su responsabilidad los productos pregrabados destinados a generar entretenimiento. &ldquo;Ellos generaban el show del mundial como tal, el evento como un espect&aacute;culo&rdquo;, asegur&oacute; el gerente Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez.
John Carlos Hurtado Gamboa, director de T&eacute;cnica y Sistemas de Telepac&iacute;fico y encargado del apartado de tecnolog&iacute;a durante el Campeonato, resalt&oacute; la labor realizada en la producci&oacute;n de televisi&oacute;n del mundial.
&ldquo;Fue genial, espectacular. Fue algo muy coordinado ya que se logr&oacute; una buena interacci&oacute;n con personas de diferentes partes del mundo. Haber logrado esta coordinaci&oacute;n para generar una infraestructura tecnol&oacute;gica de tan alto nivel supone algo muy positivo para Colombia donde se demuestra que el pa&iacute;s est&aacute; para eventos de talla mundial&rdquo;.
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Hurtado Gamboa, tambi&eacute;n hizo &eacute;nfasis en la buena acogida que tuvo la transmisi&oacute;n en los televidentes y cibernautas locales. &ldquo;Recibimos muchos mensajes positivos. La gente no est&aacute; acostumbrada a que en una regi&oacute;n como esta se brinde un evento de tal magnitud y sobre todo en las condiciones de alta calidad y tecnolog&iacute;a de vanguardia que se utiliz&oacute;. Verlo en Estados Unidos o en Europa es algo normal, pero ac&aacute; en Latinoam&eacute;rica, y especialmente en Colombia, nunca se hab&iacute;a tenido la oportunidad de brindar esta calidad de producci&oacute;n y transmisi&oacute;n&rdquo;.
Finalmente, Ricardo Berm&uacute;dez, gerente de Telepac&iacute;fico, destac&oacute; el legado que deja el Campeonato, a la regi&oacute;n y a Colombia.
&ldquo;Aprendimos que siempre se pueden alcanzar mejores cosas, tenemos la capacidad t&eacute;cnica y humana para trascender la frontera. Que se pueden dimensionar el trabajo m&aacute;s all&aacute; de la regi&oacute;n, que podemos alcanzar otras esferas. Esa es la visi&oacute;n que nos deja haber transmitido este proyecto&rdquo;, sostuvo.
Sin lugar a duda, el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20 Cali 22, no solo dej&oacute; un legado deportivo, sino tambi&eacute;n un legado tecnol&oacute;gico que destac&oacute; a nuestra regi&oacute;n por su capacidad de sumarse a los mejores equipos del mundo y destacarse mundialmente con una exitosa producci&oacute;n.
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Comunicaciones Comit&eacute; Organizador Local Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20, Cali 2022.&nbsp;
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Junto a James Lord y Mark Fulton de World Athletics, Ricardo Bermúdez, gerente de Telepacífico y su equipo son unos de los responsables del éxito televisivo del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo Cali 22.

“Estamos muy satisfechos de haber transmitido un evento tan importante”: Ricardo Bermúdez, gerente de Telepacífico

Outside his home in Brovary, Ukraine, Artur Felfner looked to the skies in late February and saw a terrifying sight.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Russian bombs were dropping on all people in the area,&rdquo; says Felfner. &ldquo;The first day, I see Russian planes (dropping) bombs in my city &ndash; not (on) my home, but near my home.&rdquo;
Brovary is a city of about 100,000 inhabitants, an eastern suburb of the country&rsquo;s capital, Kyiv, and Felfner struggles to find the words when asked to describe what life was like there at the end of February and the start of March.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really not good,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think about sport in this time.&rdquo;
On 26 March, he left Ukraine and travelled to Portugal, where he was based for two months alongside other Ukrainian athletes like Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and Yaroslava Mahuchikh. In May Felfner relocated to Finland, where he spent the next two months with his coach, Rymko Vyacheslav, and trained alongside Finnish thrower Janne Laspa, who had beaten Felfner to gold by just 14cm at last year&rsquo;s World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I have to say thank you so much to Finland,&rdquo; says Felfner. &ldquo;The conditions there were so good. And I did it.&rdquo;
By &lsquo;did it&rsquo;, he means he became a world U20 champion, despite all he faced this year. 
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Ukraine's Artur Felfner celebrates his javelin win at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22 (&copy; Marta Gorczynska)
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Granted, Felfner was the overwhelming favourite for men&rsquo;s javelin gold at the&nbsp;World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 22, but that&rsquo;s not to say it came easy. He went into the event as the only thrower who&rsquo;d ever gone beyond the 80-metre mark, launching the spear 84.32m in Samorin, Slovakia, in June, moving him to fourth on the world U20 all-time list.&nbsp;
But going to Cali he had a niggle in his foot and, given the Ukrainian team did not have a physio there, Felfner&rsquo;s coach asked for help from the Irish team that was sharing their hotel. The Irish team physiotherapist, John Fagan, treated Felfner&rsquo;s injury and taped his foot ahead of the qualification round and final.
The evening of his final last Friday (5), Felfner had one last issue to contend with: an hour-long delay due to a thunderstorm.&nbsp;
When he eventually took to the runway, he grabbed the lead in the opening round with a 76.20m throw, but was soon overtaken by Germany&rsquo;s Max Dehning, who threw 77.24m in the second round. It took Felfner until the fifth round to better that, but his 79.36m there put the competition to bed.&nbsp;
Not that he was overly impressed by his effort.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The result is not good for me, I need over 80 metres,&rdquo; he said, draped in a Ukrainian flag, the symbolism of his victory not lost on him. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really important for me, yes. A lot of guys in Ukraine tonight &ndash; my family, my friends &ndash; see this competition on (the) live stream and I&rsquo;m so happy about that medal.&rdquo;
During the first few months of the war, his mother and brother relocated to Bulgaria, but they have since returned to Brovary, and Felfner hopes to join them in September. But first, he&rsquo;s got another championship looming: next week&rsquo;s Europeans in Munich. Felfner is ranked ninth in the men&rsquo;s javelin field, and his goal is simple.&nbsp;
&ldquo;If I throw qualification, I&rsquo;ll be really happy,&rdquo; he says.&nbsp;
For many years, the javelin has been the world around which his life has orbited. On the inside of Felfner&rsquo;s right wrist, there&rsquo;s a tattoo of a figure throwing a spear, which he had inked there at the age of 15, shortly after he first surpassed the 70-metre barrier.&nbsp; 
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Ukrainian javelin thrower Artur Felfner at the 2021 European U20 Championships in Tallinn (&copy; Getty Images)
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He was eight when he first tried the event, picking it up from his father, an athletics coach. &ldquo;But he&rsquo;s not good with technique,&rdquo; says Felfner.&nbsp;
In his early teens, Felfner enrolled in a sports school and began to work with Vyacheslav, his current coach. His big breakthrough came in 2019, when he threw 79.37m at an international match event in Kyiv. He was just 15 at the time. The following year, he improved to 82.08m and in 2021 he won European U20 gold and world U20 silver.
When it comes to throwing, his role model is two-time Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway, whose technique he has studied extensively, alongside that of world record-holder Jan Zelezny. In June, Felfner edged ahead of Thorkildsen on the world U20 all-time list with 84.32m, and only three athletes are now ahead of him on that list.&nbsp;
Two of them &ndash; India&rsquo;s Neeraj Chopra and Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s Keshorn Walcott &ndash; went on to become Olympic champions, but when Felfner looks at the road ahead, he&rsquo;s taking it steady. He has three main goals next year: to throw over 85 metres, to qualify for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, and to take gold at the European U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.&nbsp;
But, more immediately, he&rsquo;s looking forward to something else: his return to Brovary next month to recommence his studies and reunite with his family.&nbsp;
And as he notes, most importantly of all: &ldquo;They are safe.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Cathal&nbsp;Dennehy for World Athletics

Outside his home in Brovary, Ukraine, Artur Felfner looked to the skies in late February and saw a terrifying sight. 

Despite all he faced, Felfner achieves aim - getting gold for Ukraine

The&nbsp; World Athletics u20 Championships Cali 2022 ended and the records, the experiences, the stories, a fantastic scenario and a geography favorable for the sport, were the factors that came up the most at the press conference&nbsp; that took place before the last day of competitions.
The press conference was attended by athletes Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) and Valentina Barrios (Colombia), in addition to the president of the local organizing committee, Ramiro Varela and the CEO of World Athletics, Jon Ridgeon, who began the conference with a short summary of what&nbsp; was the championship: "Cali once again emerged as a cradle of champions, as in 2015 when we saw local and world stars make their marks for the first time. Today, it has again been the cradle of a great group of emerging stars. I believe that excellence in the sport can start here in Cali." He also emphasized the large number of young journalists who took part in the media development plan: "The media development program with these 43 journalists was a success and we want to do the same with young coaches. We hope that in the future this will be a reality in every championship".
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Jon Ridgeon mentioned the attendance figures during the championship where close to 10,000 people visited the Pascual on each day of competition, but what was really important was to observe the presence of children and pre-university youth: "It is a great opportunity to generate a sports legacy in schools and universities". He pointed out.
Ramiro Varela, president of the LOC, gave his appreciation of the championship, emphasizing the facilities and infrastructure of the venue: "A very fast track with good facilities generates good sports results like the ones we have just seen". He also assured to be very motivated to initiate the pertinent procedures and studies to make Cali the sports venue for the 2029 World Senior Championships.
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In response to these statements, WA's CEO expressed his support for a possible candidacy: "I will confirm by saying that from WA we would fully support Cali. The volunteers and organization has been very good. It has an excellent stadium and a very fast track that facilitates good performances. I like that Colombia can have the ambition to achieve a championship for the seniors and this year went very well so it can lead them to organize it without any problem. We would love to receive a proposal from Cali for the future. As for the process, we will be launching it at the end of this year to define the venues for 2027 and 2029. There is not much time to lose so they should hurry."
Finally, Ridgeon referred to sports performance with a telling phrase: "The impressions have been incredibly positive. If I were an older athlete it would scare me to see these younger kids so talented. The youngsters who competed in Cali may be the future world champions in 2023."
Communications Local Organizing Committee of the U20 World Athletics Championships Cali 2022
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The  World Athletics u20 Championships Cali 2022 ended and the records, the experiences, the stories, a fantastic scenario and a geography favorable for the sport, were the factors that came up the most at the press conference  that took place before the last day of competitions.

"I like Cali is thinking about a bid for the seniors championship" Jon Ridgeon

Culmin&oacute; el mundial de atletismo sub 20 Cali 2022 y los r&eacute;cords, las experiencias, las historias, un escenario fant&aacute;stico y una geograf&iacute;a propicia para el deporte, fueron los factores que m&aacute;s salieron a relucir en la rueda de prensa que se llev&oacute; a cabo antes de la &uacute;ltima jornada de competencias que cont&oacute; con la presencia de los atletas Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) y Valentina Barrios (Colombia), adem&aacute;s del presidente del comit&eacute; organizador local, Ramiro Varela y el CEO de World Athletics, Jon Ridgeon.
El ex atleta brit&aacute;nico abri&oacute; la conferencia con un corto resumen de lo que para &eacute;l fue el campeonato: &ldquo;Cali una vez m&aacute;s emergi&oacute; como una cuna de campeones, al igual que en 2015 cuando vimos a estrellas locales y mundiales hacer sus marcas por primera vez y hoy la historia se repite. Creo que la excelencia en el deporte puede empezar aqu&iacute; en Cali&rdquo;. Tambi&eacute;n hizo &eacute;nfasis en la gran cantidad de j&oacute;venes periodistas que hicieron parte del plan de desarrollo de medios: &ldquo;Fue un &eacute;xito el programa de desarrollo de medios con estos 43 periodistas y queremos hacer lo mismo con entrenadores j&oacute;venes. Esperamos que en el futuro esto sea una realidad en cada campeonato&rdquo;.
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Jon Ridgeon mencion&oacute; adem&aacute;s las cifras de asistencia donde cerca de 10.000 personas visitaron el Pascual en cada d&iacute;a de competencia e hizo hincapi&eacute; en el hecho de observar la presencia de ni&ntilde;os y j&oacute;venes pre universitarios: &ldquo;Es una gran oportunidad para generar un legado deportivo en escuelas y universidades&rdquo;. Puntualiz&oacute;.
Ramiro Varela, presidente del LOC, di&oacute; su apreciaci&oacute;n sobre el campeonato enfatizando en las instalaciones e infraestructura del escenario deportivo: &ldquo;Una pista muy r&aacute;pida con buenas instalaciones genera unos buenos resultados deportivos como los que acabamos de ver&rdquo;. Tambi&eacute;n asegur&oacute; estar muy motivado por iniciar los tr&aacute;mites y estudios pertinentes para conseguir que Cali sea la sede deportiva del mundial de mayores del 2029.
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Frente a estas declaraciones, el CEO de WA expres&oacute; su apoyo a una posible candidatura: &ldquo;Confirmare diciendo que desde WA apoyar&iacute;amos completamente a Cali. Los voluntarios y la organizaci&oacute;n ha sido muy buena. Cuenta con un excelente estadio y una pista muy r&aacute;pida que facilita buenos rendimientos. Me gusta que Colombia pueda tener la ambici&oacute;n de lograr un campeonato para los mayores y este a&ntilde;o transcurri&oacute; muy bien por lo que puede llevarlos a organizarlo sin ning&uacute;n problema. Nos encantar&iacute;a recibir una propuesta de Cali para el futuro. En cuanto al proceso, lo estaremos lanzando al final de este a&ntilde;o para definir las sedes de 2027 y 2029. No hay mucho tiempo para perder as&iacute; que deben apurarse&rdquo;.
Finalmente, Ridgeon se refiri&oacute; al rendimiento deportivo con una frase contundente: &ldquo;Las impresiones han sido incre&iacute;blemente positivas. Si fuera un atleta mayor me asustar&iacute;a ver a estos chicos menores tan talentosos. Los j&oacute;venes que compitieron en Cali pueden ser los futuros campeones mundiales en 2023&rdquo;.
Comunicaciones Comit&eacute; Organizador Local del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20 Cali 2022
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Culminó el mundial de atletismo sub 20 Cali 2022 y los récords, las experiencias, las historias, un escenario fantástico y una geografía propicia para el deporte, fueron los factores que más salieron a relucir en la rueda de prensa que se llevó a cabo antes de la última jornada de competencias que contó con la presencia de los atletas Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) y Valentina Barrios (Colombia), además del presidente del comité organizador local, Ramiro Varela y el CEO de World Athletics, Jon Ridgeon.

"Me emociona que Cali piense en una candidatura para el mundial de mayores" Jon Ridgeon.

Victor L&oacute;pez, ex entrenador y ex atleta, habla sobre la buena administraci&oacute;n realizada en Cali para la ejecuci&oacute;n del mundial sub 20 de atletismo.
&ldquo;Califico al campeonato de un gran &eacute;xito y excelencia en cuanto a la organizaci&oacute;n de la competencia y en las actuaciones de los atletas muchos de pa&iacute;ses peque&ntilde;os y subdesarrollados o en v&iacute;a de desarrollo.&rdquo; menciona Lopez para destacar igualmente la participaci&oacute;n de delegaciones que representan a pa&iacute;ses en subdesarrollo, un factor que impulsa el desarrollo deportivo en este tipo de lugares con necesidades especiales.
En adici&oacute;n a esto, el hecho de que este a&ntilde;o se hayan realizado estas justas atl&eacute;ticas juveniles en tereitorio colombiano, y que la pr&oacute;xima edici&oacute;n est&eacute; planeada en realizarse en Lima, Per&uacute;, dice mucho con respecto al inter&eacute;s de World Athletics en promocionar el deporte multidisciplinario en esta regi&oacute;n.
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&ldquo;Se&nbsp; cultiva y populariza la afici&oacute;n del Atletismo en nuestro pa&iacute;ses y los ni&ntilde;os y ni&ntilde;as se enamoran y practican el mismo ya que es un deporte donde cualquier individuo puede practicar por la&nbsp; diversificaci&oacute;n del mismo. Adem&aacute;s ayuda al turismo deportivo y al turismo en general.&rdquo; comenta quien tambi&eacute;n ha sido entrenador de atletismo en TX Estados&nbsp; Unidos y&nbsp; en Puerto Rico, considera importante impulsar este deporte entre los m&aacute;s j&oacute;venes.
&ldquo;Con todas las personas desde el amigo y l&iacute;der del Atletismo, Sebasti&aacute;n Coe hasta turistas, padres, entrenadores de USA que est&aacute;n aqu&iacute; reclutando, atletas y entrenadores de la delegaciones participantes, todos me han manifestado la gran experiencia que han vivido en Cali y expres&aacute;ndose positivamente de todos los aspectos del campeonato. Quiero destacar la magn&iacute;fica producci&oacute;n de Telepac&iacute;fico que han hecho un trabajo excepcional y una gran calidad de primera clase. No recuerdo haber visto una transmisi&oacute;n tan excelente y llevo m&aacute;s de seis d&eacute;cadas dedicadas a este deporte en muchas y diferentes capacidades.&rdquo; 
Por otro lado, ha reconocido el estadio Ol&iacute;mpico Pascual Guerrero como un escenario de alt&iacute;sima calidad para realizar inclusive un campeonato de mayores: 
&ldquo;Definitivamente el estadio Pascual Guerrero podr&iacute;a ser el escenario de un mundial de mayores. Claro, habr&aacute; que modernizarlo en muchas &aacute;reas pero definitivamente la base est&aacute; ah&iacute; y ser&iacute;a un escenario maravilloso.&rdquo;
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Por &uacute;ltimo, no pod&iacute;a despedirse sin antes felicitar la labor del Comit&eacute; Local Organizador, en cabeza de su presidente Ramiro Varela. 
&ldquo;Mis felicitaciones al Comit&eacute; Organizador y a su Presidente, Ramiro Varela y a todos voluntarios que son h&eacute;roes an&oacute;nimos y por &uacute;ltimo a la gran ciudad de Santiago De Cali y a Colombia&rdquo;
Comunicaciones Comit&eacute; Organizador Local del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20 Cali 2022
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Victor López, ex entrenador y ex atleta, habla sobre la buena administración realizada en Cali para la ejecución del mundial sub 20 de atletismo.

“Califico al mundial como un gran éxito” Victor López, ex miembro consejo World Athletics 

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ES-CO; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Victor Lopez, former coach and former athlete, talks about the good administration carried out in Cali for the execution of the U20 World Championships in athletics.
"I qualify the championship as a great success and excellence in terms of the organization of the competition and in the performances of the athletes, many from small and underdeveloped or developing countries," says Lopez, also highlighting the participation of delegations representing underdeveloped countries, a factor that boosts sports development in this type of places with special needs.
In addition to this, the fact that this year these youth athletic events have been held in Colombian territory, and that the next edition is planned to be held in Lima, Peru, says a lot about the interest of World Athletics in promoting multidisciplinary sports in this region.
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"It cultivates and popularizes the love of athletics in our countries and children fall in love and practice it because it is a sport where any individual can practice due to its diversification. It also helps sports tourism and tourism in general," says the man who has also coached athletics in the United States and Puerto Rico, considers it important to promote this sport among young people.
"With everyone from my friend and leader of Athletics, Sebastian Coe, to tourists, parents, coaches from the USA who are here recruiting, athletes and coaches of the participating delegations, all have told me the great experience they have lived in Cali and expressed positively about all aspects of the championship. I want to highlight the magnificent production of Telepac&iacute;fico who have done an exceptional job and a great first class quality. I do not remember having seen such an excellent transmission and I have more than six decades dedicated to this sport in many different capacities."
On the other hand, he has recognized the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium as a stage of the highest quality to hold even a senior championship:
"Definitely the Pascual Guerrero stadium could be the stage for a senior world cup. Of course, it will have to be modernized in many areas but the base is definitely there and it would be a wonderful scenario".
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Finally, he could not say goodbye without first congratulating the work of the Local Organizing Committee, headed by its president Ramiro Varela. 
"My congratulations to the Organizing Committee and its President, Ramiro Varela and to all volunteers who are anonymous heroes and finally to the great city of Santiago De Cali and to Colombia." 
Communications Local Organizing Committee of the U20 World Athletics Championships Cali 2022
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Victor Lopez, former coach and former athlete, talks about the good administration carried out in Cali for the execution of the U20 World Championships in athletics.

"I qualify the world championship as a great success" Victor Lopez, former member of the World Athletics Council

Ximena Restrepo paralyzed the country by winning the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Thirty years later, her legacy is still alive in young people who wish to follow in her footsteps.
On August 5, 1995, Ximena Restrepo began to write the history of Colombian athletics. With a time of 49.64 seconds, the young athlete from Antioquia won the bronze medal in the 400 meters, becoming Colombia's first Olympic medalist in athletics. That third place in Barcelona was the first step that Caterine Ibarg&uuml;en and Anthony Zambrano later followed and hopes to continue in the 44 young Colombians who participated in the U20 World Championship held in Cali. 
"For Colombia, having done a World Championships in athletics is a way to raise awareness of the sport and above all to motivate the youth. It also helps the country and Cali to be known through sport," said Ximena, who in 2019 made history again, this time, from the sports leadership, by becoming the first woman vice president of World Athletics, the highest world athletics body, formerly known as IAAF.
Similarly, the current vice-president of World Athletics recognizes that holding a world championship in Latin American cities is an opportunity for people, both children, and adults, to learn about track and field and practice physical activity. "Sport is always an example to motivate and entertain." 
Such was the case of the World Athletics U20 Championship Cali 22, where hundreds of young students attended the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium during 6 days of competitions to support and applaud the future stars of the sport. 
In addition to learning about the different disciplines of track and field, finding in them new possibilities for a possible sporting future in a stadium that provides the guarantees to enjoy a show worthy of the best sports venues and where two U20 world records were broken, 14 championship records, among others.
"The Pascual Guerrero is an excellent venue," said Restrepo when analyzing the possibility of the San Fernandino and Cali being chosen to host the senior championship in 2029. "A competition like a senior world championship could be held there, however, it is important to take into account aspects such as hotels, security and commitment of the country. Cali has the infrastructure, we have to continue working on the other areas that are part of the postulation".
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Finally, Ximena sent a message to the young people who today dream of representing Colombia in an Olympic Games. 
"There really is no science, in my opinion, beyond talent, there is work, dedication, perseverance, being able to overcome difficult moments such as injuries, but the main thing is that you have to work, which translates into training and training." 
For now, the 44 youngsters who represented the country at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, will continue working every day to, hopefully, be able to represent the tricolor in a senior world championship, again at home. 
Communications LOC World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 2022.
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Ximena Restrepo paralyzed the country by winning the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Thirty years later, her legacy is still alive in young people who wish to follow in her footsteps.

"The Pascual Guerrero is an excellent venue" Ximena Restrepo, Colombia's first Olympic athletics medalist

La antioque&ntilde;a Ximena Restrepo paraliz&oacute; al pa&iacute;s al obtener la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Ol&iacute;mpicos de Barcelona en 1992. 30 a&ntilde;os despu&eacute;s, su legado sigue vigente en los j&oacute;venes que desean seguir sus pasos.
Un 5 de agosto de 1995 Ximena Restrepo empez&oacute; a escribir la historia del atletismo colombiano. Con un tiempo de 49.64 segundos, la joven antioque&ntilde;a se colg&oacute; la medalla de bronce en la prueba de los 400 metros, convirti&eacute;ndose en la primera medallista ol&iacute;mpica de Colombia en el atletismo. Ese tercer lugar en Barcelona fueron los primeros pinitos que posteriormente siguieron Caterine Ibarg&uuml;en y Anthony Zambrano y que espera continuar en los 44 j&oacute;venes colombianos que participaron del Campeonato Mundial sub-20 realizado en Cali.
&ldquo;Para Colombia, haber hecho un mundial de atletismo es una manera de dar a conocer el deporte y sobre todo de motivar a la juventud. Tambi&eacute;n ayuda a que el pa&iacute;s y Cali sean conocidos a trav&eacute;s del deporte&rdquo;, asegur&oacute; Ximena, quien en 2019 volvi&oacute; a hacer historia, esta vez, desde la dirigencia deportiva, al convertirse en la primera mujer vicepresidenta de World Athletics, el m&aacute;ximo ente mundial del atletismo, antiguamente conocido como IAAF.
De igual forma, la hoy vicepresidenta de World Athletics, reconoce que realizar un mundial en las ciudades de Latinoam&eacute;rica es una oportunidad para que las personas, ni&ntilde;os y adultos, conozcan de atletismo y practiquen actividad f&iacute;sica. &ldquo;Siempre el deporte es un ejemplo a seguir para motivar y entretener&rdquo;. 
As&iacute; fue el caso del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20 Cali 22, donde centenares de j&oacute;venes estudiantes asistieron al estadio Ol&iacute;mpico Pascual Guerrero durante 6 d&iacute;as de competencias para apoyar y aplaudir a las futuras estrellas del deporte. 
Adem&aacute;s de conocer las diferentes disciplinas del atletismo, encontrando en ellas nuevas posibilidades para un posible futuro deportivo en un estadio que brinda las garant&iacute;as para disfrutar de un espect&aacute;culo digno de los mejores escenarios deportivos y donde adem&aacute;s se rompieron 2 r&eacute;cords mundiales sub-20, 14 r&eacute;cords de campeonato, entre otros.
&ldquo;El Pascual Guerrero es un escenario excelente&rdquo;, sostuvo Restrepo al analizar la posibilidad de que el San Fernandino y Cali sean elegidos la sede del campeonato de mayores en 2029. &ldquo;Se podr&iacute;a realizar una competencia como un campeonato mundial all&iacute;, sin embargo, es importante tener en cuenta aspectos como la hoteler&iacute;a, seguridad y compromiso del pa&iacute;s. Cali tienen la infraestructura, hay que seguir trabajando en las otras &aacute;reas que son parte de la postulaci&oacute;n&rdquo;.
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Finalmente, Ximena envi&oacute; un mensaje para los j&oacute;venes que hoy en d&iacute;a sue&ntilde;an con representar a Colombia en unos Juegos Ol&iacute;mpicos. 
&ldquo;Realmente no hay ninguna ciencia, en mi opini&oacute;n, m&aacute;s all&aacute; del talento, est&aacute; el trabajo, la dedici&oacute;n, la perseverancia, el ser capaz de sobreponerse de momentos dif&iacute;ciles como las lesiones, pero lo principal es que hay que trabajar, que se traduce en entrenar y entrenar&rdquo;. 
Por ahora, los 44 j&oacute;venes que representaron al pa&iacute;s en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20 Cali 22 en Cali, seguir&aacute;n trabajando cada d&iacute;a para, con suerte, poder representar la tricolor en un mundial de mayores, nuevamente en casa. 
Comunicaciones Comit&eacute; Organizador Local Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo sub-20, Cali 2022.
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La antioqueña Ximena Restrepo paralizó al país al obtener la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona en 1992. 30 años después, su legado sigue vigente en los jóvenes que desean seguir sus pasos.

“El Pascual Guerrero es un escenario excelente” Ximena Restrepo, primera medallista olímpica de atletismo de Colombia

The former British athlete and today CEO of World Athletics highlighted Cali as the city in the world where the new figures of global athletics are discovered, referring to the balance of the World Athletics Championship under 20 Cali 2022, which just ended.
The balance left by the U20 Cali 2022 World Athletics Championships is very positive and Jon Ridgeon, former British athlete of the 110m hurdles, world runner-up in 1987 and today CEO of World Athletics, expressed: &ldquo;Cali is ratified as the cradle of great athletics champions, as happened in the under 18 world championship that was also enjoyed in this same stadium in 2015&rdquo;.
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Ridgeon also mentioned that the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium is an ideal and splendid venue for this type of championships, referring to the athletic track being very fast and in very good condition. He stressed that the different scenarios arranged for the 24 contested modalities fully met the requirements of an event of this size.
&ldquo;I think we all agree that the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali 2022 has been a spectacular event and we celebrate that it is one of the best versions in the history of the event with magnificent moments in the achievement of medals and resounding results in new records&rdquo;, Ridgeon emphasized and at the end of the championship in the "Sultana del Valle, the numbers speak for themselves:
- 2 best U20 world performances: USA in 4X400 mixed relay in heats and in final with 3:17.69
- 14 championship records
- 9 sub 20 area records
- 10 senior national records
- 97 U20 national records
- 518 new personal bests
- A total of 1387 athletes from 126 countries participated: 735 men and 652 women
For the CEO of World Athletics, Cali stood out not only as a venue but also as a city, in its attention to athletes, its delegations and in all the necessary aspects to develop an event of this importance. &ldquo;I am delighted to learn that Cali and Colombia now have the ambition to apply to host the world championship for seniors in athletics. They proved a great quality in the sub18 in 2015 and now with this sub20; Of course, the one for the mature athletes is on a different scale and budget, but there are probabilities that should be studied if it happens,&rdquo; said Ridgeon, who also emphasized that Cali has excellent restaurants and extremely warm and attentive people.
Communications Local Organizing Committee of the U20 World Athletics Championships Cali 2022
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The former British athlete and today CEO of World Athletics highlighted Cali as the city in the world where the new figures of global athletics are discovered, referring to the balance of the World Athletics Championship under 20 Cali 2022, which just ended.

How keeping faith paid off for Pillay in Cali

Cali también se colgó la medalla de oro con el Mundial de Atletismo sub20

From the vortex to global victory for Vilagos

For the president of the South American Athletics Confederation, the U20 World Cup in Cali had a very positive balance

Para el presidente de la Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo, el Mundial sub20 en Cali, tuvo un balance muy positivo