Colombia’s Pedro Causil becomes South America’s first Olympic speed skater
Colombia’s Pedro Causil on Monday became the first ever South American to take part in the...
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Colombia’s Olympic Committee let cyclist compete without bicycle and water
A female Colombian cyclist was left without food and water as she attempted to compete for the...
Figueroa strikes Colombia’s 1st Olympic gold medal and retires
Colombian weightlifter Oscar Figueroa struck Olympic gold on Monday and then immediately retired...
Colombia women qualify for Olympics and World Cup
Colombia’s women’s soccer team qualified for both the 2015 World Cup and the 2016...
New Colombian Olympic Committee votes on new board with some controversy
A new Colombian Olympic Committee was voted in on Monday, amid some controversy on two key issues. The first point of contention was that cycling, Colombia’s second most popular sport, was left out of the committee and the...
Colombia’s Olympic hero Pajon honored by Andean community
Olympic gold medal winning hero Mariana Pajon was named an “Honorary Citizen” of the Andean region Friday in recognition of her achievement in the London 2012 games. Pajon, who brought Colombia’s only gold medal from the...
Olympic winner Mariana Pajon inspires film
Olympic gold medallist Mariana Pajon has become immortalized in a short film released on Wednesday in Bogota’s Cinema Paraiso. The film “Momentum” was produced by extreme sports supporter and energy-drink...
Colombia’s Olympians welcomed home as heroes
Colombia’s Olympic team was welcomed back to their home country Wednesday with great enthusiasm after competing in the London 2012 Olympics. As promised, President Juan Manuel Santos greeted the athletes as heroes as they...
Olympic team to be honored in Colombia’s capital
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday the Colombian Olympic team will be greeted as “heroes and with red carpet” in the presidential palace as they return from the summer Olympics held in London, United...
Colombia ‘admired’ for results at 2012 Olympics
Colombia is being admired for its results at the 2012 Olympics in London where it won eight medals, the president of the country’s sports federation said Sunday. The country performed above expectation; breaking its old...
‘It’s like a dream come true’: Mariana Pajon
BMX cyclist Mariana Pajon, who won Colombia’s first gold medal at the London Olympics and Colombia’s second gold medal ever, said Friday her victory “is like a dream come true.” Pajon, who had dominated...
Mariana Pajon wins Colombia’s 1st Olympic gold
BMX cyclist Mariana Pajon won Colombia’s first gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London Friday, securing her country’s seventh medal in what already had become Colombia’s most successful Olympics ever. The...
