Silver Hummingbird Winners
With an elegant ceremony held last night at the Municipal Theater of Lima, the Peruvian Sports Institute awarded the most outstanding work during the 2014 season to the best national athletes, presenting them with the Silver Hummingbird.
Diego Elías, squash champion in the youth category, received the national sports award, the Silver Hummingbird, and surfer Carolina Boteri, who won the Hummingbird in the 17 to 20-year-old women's category. Other winners of the day were Analí Gómez, who received the annual Olympic Torch award.
A special and emotional moment was experienced when the paralympic cyclist Israel Hilario, world champion in his specialty, after receiving his award, gave a spontaneous greeting and thanks to the audience who finally applauded him very enthusiastically.
Photo: Libero
South American Windsurfing Championship Concludes
The Paracas Bay, located at km 245 of the Panamericana Sur, was the setting for the last Optimist South American Championship held from April 12 to 18, with the participation of children between 6 and 14 years old from all over this part of the continent who were seeking the coveted championship.
At the end of the competition, the best-placed from our country was Stéfano Viale, who managed to place among the top 15 in the continental event.
The Optimist is considered the first step to later practice more complex sailing sports, and in that sense, the future for this discipline in Peru looks promising as we will send 5 representatives to the world championship to be held in Poland next August.
Photo: Elcomercio
Alonso Correa Winner of Champions of the Sea
Redondo Beach in Miraflores was the stage for more than 150 children to compete in the second edition of Champions of the Sea surfing competition, organized by surfer Gabriel Villarán.
This year, the tournament is part of the IPD National Youth Circuit and corresponds to the second valid date of the season. The previous call was a success, hence the large number of participants. It was hard work for the entire production team and judges who had to score each of the heats.
The level seen in each of the heats suggests that surfing in Peru will continue to be well represented in the future.
The central winner of the event was Alonso Correa, winner of the Under 18 category, who defeated Jhonny Gerrero, winner of the Under 16 category, in the "Super Heat" final after a highly contested 20-minute heat for the grand prize of Champions of the Sea: a trip to Hawaii, the mecca of world surfing.
Photo: Rpp
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