Colombia’s gold medal-winning BMX rider, Mariana Pajon, received yet another award, as she is named one of the ‘best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean’ for 2012.
The Cuban news agency Prensa Latina chose the 21-year-old Colombian, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and the Mexican soccer team as the top-three sporting performances of the year.
This latest award for Pajon, comes after the Colombian newspaper El Espectador labeled herShe was also immortalized in a short film and praised by President Juan Manuel Santos.