South American teams for Helsinki

We present the list of athletes from nine South American countries for the upcoming 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 -14 August).

Click here for the Brazilian team that has already been published

The biggest hopes will be deposited in Race Walker Jefferson Pérez from Ecuador and Long jumper Irving Saladino from Panama.

Pérez, the 2003 World champion, has prepared himself at high altitude in Arequipa, Peru. Two weeks before the South American Championships suffered a knee problem, but still recovered to win in Cali with a season’s best of 1:22:54.4.

Saladino, who has been based in São Paulo since December 2004, was having a wonderful season until he injured his left thigh at his last official competition in Luzern, Switzerland, on 14 June. He hasn’t competed since, but his coach, Brazilian Nélio Moura is confident that Saladino will be ready to go in Helsinki.

Saladino is placed eleventh in the IAAF World Rankings for the Long Jump, and is also seventh at the 2005 World Lists with an 8.29m effort.

Eduardo Biscayart for the IAAF

Here are the lists -

Argentina
Jorge Balliengo (Discus)
Juan Ignacio Cerra (Hammer)
Jennifer Dahlgren (Hammer)

Bolivia
Fadrique Iglesias (800m)
Geovana Irusta (20K Walk)

Chile
Marco Antonio Verni (Shot)

Colombia
Paulo César Villar (110mh)
Luis Fernando López (20K Walk)
Caterine Ibargüen (High Jump)
Melissa Murillo, Norma González, Felipa Palacios, Darlenys Obregón, Yomara Hinestroza (4x100m Relay)

Ecuador
Jackson Quiñónez (110mh)
Jefferson Pérez (20K Walk)
Rolando Saquipay (20K Walk)
Sandra Ruales (Marathon)
Miriam Ramón (20K Walk)

Panama
Bayano Kamani (400mh)
Irving Saladino (Long Jump)

Paraguay
Rodrigo Trinidad (800m)

Peru
Edwin Centeno (20K Walk)
Mabel Oncebay (20K Walk)

Uruguay
Heber Viera (200m)
Marcela Britos (800m)

Venezuela
Will not present any athletes