Olympians grab the spotlight in Cali-Valle skateboarding debut

Édité par Ed Newman
2021-11-26 11:44:30

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Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Brazil's Pamela Leite Rosa and Peru's Angelo Giovanni Caro are in the spotlight today in the skateboarding debut at the Cali-Valle 2021 Pan American Junior Games.

Havana, November 26 (RHC)-- Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Brazil's Pamela Leite Rosa and Peru's Angelo Giovanni Caro are in the spotlight today in the skateboarding debut at the Cali-Valle 2021 Pan American Junior Games.

On the circuit of the Skate Park of Cali, both exponents lead the 17 competitors from 10 nations summoned to compete for the main prizes in the Street modality.

The 22-year-old Brazilian Rosa has all the credentials to reign on Cali's soil as she is at the top of the world ranking with victories in the X Games and 10th place in Tokyo 2020.

Changing the image of the event under the five rings is the main purpose of the Brazilian who will have to show the best skateboarding performances against the host Manuela Colorado, the Chilean Valentina Paz, the Peruvian Brigitte Alondra, the Puerto Rican Vianez Melina, the Mexican Itzel Granados and the American Ramsey Poe.

In the men's competition, Olympic diploma holder Caro will try to confirm his continental dominance, backed by his 16th place in the ranking, although Brazil's Lucas Rabelo, ranked 24th, appears to be a strong contender in the battle for the youth gold medal.

Nine skaters will be competing in the men's competition, and in addition to Caro and Rabelo, the Mexican Jesús Perales, the Chilean Javier Muñoz, the Argentinean Joel De Castro, the Jamaican Joel Jordan, the local Juan Polana, the Bolivian Juan Diego López and the Puerto Rican Río Batan are registered.

Installed inside the Alberto Galindo Sports Unit, on an area of approximately one thousand square meters, the Cali Skate Park was built for the 2013 World Games and now received adequate painting, improvements in the slopes, mobile stands and artificial lighting.

Skateboarding made its debut in the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo and in Cali-Valle will grant the winner a ticket to the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile in 2023.



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