Athletes, coaches and leaders of the entire national, Olympic and Paralympic sports system, concentrated on September 1 in Bolívar Square to claim Gustavo Petro's government for the reduction of almost 70% of its budget by 2026, provided for in the new Financing Law. The protest was attended by Olympic medalists such as Jeison López, Carlos Ramírez or Mari Leivis Sánchez; Paralympic medalists, such as Erica Castaño, Moisés Fuentes and Fabio Torres; Former sports, now leaders, such as Fabiola Zuluaga and Javier Suárez, and high command of Colombian sport as the president of the National Olympic Committee, Ciro Solano.
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Colombian sport prepares for a new national mobilization in rejection of the budget cut projected by 2026.
This week, the Colombian Olympic Committee convened a new protest in a press conference in which Ciro Solano (President of the COC), Yuli Marcela López (president of the Union of the Ministry of Sports), Jaime Silva (Paralympic Committee), Fernando PANESSO (Special Olympics) and Jorge Iván Palomino (Ombudsman's Office).
Under the slogan “Yes to sport, not the cut”, the day was summoned for Sunday, September 14, from 9:00 am, with yellow garments as a symbol and shared activities on social networks.
The organizers indicated that the reduction to $ 312,000 million of the budget would seriously affect the sports system, which had already gone from $ 1.3 billion in 2024 to $ 464,000 million in 2025.
Among the consequences, it was warned that the intercollegated games would serve only 26,000 children compared to 130,000 last year, and that programs such as “supported athlete” could disappear.
The new mobilization will have meeting points in several cities: in Bogotá (Cra. 7 with 69th Street), Armenia (Centennial Stadium), Cali (zero sport point), Medellín (Ciclovía El Poblado) and Manizales (Plaza de Bolívar).
The president of the COC, Ciro Solano, insisted that “without resources, there are no results” and revealed that Minister Patricia Duque will bring to Congress a counterproposal of $ 750,000 million. The day seeks to send a message to the government and the legislative to rethink the reduction, highlighting the sport as a pillar of health, well -being and social cohesion.
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