Havana, December 1 (ACN) --The first group of the delegation that participated in the VII Parapan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023 will arrive this Friday in Cuba, after finishing in seventh place by countries with 35 medals, 12 gold, eight silver and 15 bronze.

Brazil (156-98-68) led the medal tally, followed by the United States (55-58-53), Colombia (50-58-53), Mexico (29-46-50), Argentina (25-36-52) and Chile (16-20-15), respectively.

The information provided by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation informs that as scheduled, representatives of athletics, cycling, judo, swimming, table tennis and badminton, as well as directors and officials will arrive in Havana this Friday.

It also notes that the rest will arrive in the coming days to the capital of the largest of the Antilles, to complete the nearly 100 people who were present at the Chilean multidisciplinary event.      

It emphasizes that in these results the Cuban para-athletes fulfilled the main objectives set, to which they added a world record and five records for the event.

Cuba arrived in the Chilean capital with the purpose of finishing in seventh place with 35 laurels (13-6-16), similar to what was achieved in the previous edition of Lima 2019.

Now, with (12-8-15), it fulfilled the place by countries -seventh-, it remained one short of the titles, surpassed the silver medals with two more and was below -in one- of the bronze medals.

The truth is that the crown that was officially missing was won by multi Paralympic and world champion, with records included at this level, and one of the standard bearers -mixed- of the Cuban delegation, Omara Durand in the 400 meters flat, distance in which she won by far, but was disqualified after she was celebrating that gold for having dropped the rope she shares with her guide Yuniol Kindelán just one meter before crossing the finish line. Omara had already won the 100 and 200m.