This was Colombia in the medallero in the World Gengdú Games after his first gold

The Samaria María Fernanda Timms gave Colombia its first gold medal in the World Gengdú 2025 Games.

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The skater María Fernanda Timms gave Colombia on Tuesday her first gold medal in the World Gengdú 2025. Gabriela Rueda and Jhon Tascón also contributed to the harvest of medals in that discipline, while Miguel Ángel Rodríguez did it in the Squash.

Timms surpassed the Belgian Fran Vanhoutte and the German Anna Schimek. With a record of 37,982 seconds, the one born in Santa Marta, appears in the World Cup held last year, stayed with the first place of the podium and goes for more in the next few days of competition.

In the male branch of the same competition, Jhon Tascón played the final, in which the last meters were decisive to award the silver medal with a time of 34,444, a difference of +0.072 with respect to the Spanish Jhoan Guzmán, who obtained the gold. The bronze was for the Frenchman Yvan Sivilier.

Gabriela Rueda was also the protagonist in this first day of skating, when getting the silver medal in the 10,000 -meter race per point. The French Marine Lefeuvre stayed with first place. The bronze was for the Ecuadorian Gabriela Vargas.

There was also a harvest of medals in the Squash, a discipline in which Miguel Ángel Rodríguez managed to keep the bronze medal. It is the third time that he goes up to the podium in a world games, because he had already achieved it in Cali 2013 and Birmingham 2022.

After three days of competition, the Colombian delegation registers 11 medals in total, one of gold, five silver and five bronze, which accommodate it in the 27th place of the medallero. It is the best representation of South America so far from the fair.

At the top of the table is China, which has respected its house and accumulates 26 medals (18 golds, six silvers and two bronzes). In the provisional podium, Germany (15 golds, 12 silver and eight bronzes) and Italy (nine golds, 14 silver and 14 bronzes) accompany it.