The young Salomé Cortés became a new pride for Colombia when she was crowned champion of the International Michelin MTB Cup held in Petrópolis, Brazil.
According to the information that was disclosed by the Municipal Mayor’s Office, the mountain biker from Tocancipeña competed in the junior category against brokers from Brazil, Argentina, among other Latin American countriesstanding out as the best in this discipline.
According to the Mayor’s Office, the track presented some difficulties due to the rain prior to the competition and the level of humidity that the tropical zone presents (840 masl); however, these conditions they were not an impediment for the tocancipeña will take the victory in the Olympic Cross Country test of the Michelin International Cup of MTB.
The mayor of Tocancipá, Andrés Porras, celebrated this triumph that comes from his municipality and that leaves the name of the country high.
In his turn, Mr. Diego Camelo Monroy, general director of the Municipal Institute of Recreation and Sports of Tocancipá expressed his greatest pride and congratulated Salomé and his coach Juan Carlos Cortés for his excellence and dedication.
Now Salomé is preparing to represent Colombia in the World Cup to be held on this same track on Saturday, April 9.
The municipality of Tocancipá, in the Savannah Center of Cundinamarca, has been consolidating itself as one of the most powerful regions in terms of sports in the country. In fact, at the end of the previous year he obtained 114 medals in recent participations in national competitions and departmental of that time.
At the time, Mayor Porras stated that he is completely satisfied that since “the Municipal Administration we have been able to support different schools of sports training so that they would represent us in different competitions, obtaining very good results”.
“Many congratulations to the young people of Tocancipeños and we want to reiterate our commitment to continue supporting all the athletes who are part of these schools, this with the purpose of offering a real opportunity in life such as sports,” he said.
