National sport
Quetzaltenango is the headquarters that brings together the best exponents of cycling, and Guatemala began with the right foot in winning seven medals, one of them from Manuel Rodas.
Manuel Rodas, Gaby Soto and Elí Sisimith, won gold in Elite and Sub 23.
The pride of hope, Quetzaltenango, Manuel Rodas, recovered hegemony in the area by winning the gold medal in the counterreloj test in the Central American Cycling Championship that is disputed in our country.
The high highway, was the scenario that opened the first day of competition, where Guatemala enforced his location by razing the male and female elite tests, as in the Sub 23 for men.
The first triumph of the day was provided by the Quetzalteca Jasmine Gabriela Soto, who was the fastest of the 19 kilometers With a time of 00: 32.33, beating the Costa Rican Milagro Mena (00: 35.30) and Panamanian Wendy Ducreux (00: 35.49).
Subsequently, Elí Sisimith in the Sub 23 category, he did the same when stopping the stopwatch in 00: 43.17in the counterreloj of 24.9 kilometers. The second place went to Héctor Menéndez de Honduras (00: 44.01) and the third position for the Guatemalan Darío Rabinal (00: 45.50).
Better closure could not be after a closed fight starring between Rhodes, the Panamanian Franklin Archibold, who arrived as a defender champion, and the Costa Rican Donovan Ramírez.
But Manuel Rodas made it clear that, despite his veteran, he still has conditions to continue reigning The area and respected his house when keeping the victory (00: 41.51), while Archibold and Ramírez had to settle for second and third place.
It should be noted that the Guatemala delegation was present in all the podiums of the different categories.