Venezuela to compete in Olympics with a record of 109 athletes
21/7/2008 17:18
A total of 109 Venezuelan athletes will compete in the Beijing Olympics,
which double that for the Athens 2004 (47) and Sydney 2000 (51).
The record
was achieved through the invitation of the International Association of
Athletics Federation (IAA) which gave one wild card to the Venezuelan Federation
of Athletics (FVA).
Thus, Venezuela is on the sixth place of the Americas and
21st in the world for the number of athletes for the Olympics.
Maria
Gonzalez, 26, became the sportswomen number 26 to represent
Venezuela.
Gonzalez made 54.87 meters in javelin during the Athletics Grand
Prix in Bogota on Saturday.
The Venezuela's medal hopefuls are fencer Silvio
Fernandez, boxers Alfonso Blanco and Hector Manzanilla, wrestler Mayelis Carpia,
cyclist Jonathan Suarez, swimmer Albert Subirats and the women's softball
team.
Venezuela will compete in the Beijing Olympics with 52 women and 57 men
in 20 sports.
Xinhua
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