Fabiana Arias (left) and Gabriela Rueda, two of the most important Colombian skaters in recent years.
Photo: COC
The only sport in which Colombia is the first world power is racing skating. There is no doubt about that. Although that discipline reached the country in the middle of the last century, the cost of implements and complexity to achieve them prevented it from becoming popular.
It was until the end of the 80s and early 90s that the first international successes of our athletes unleashed the fever for skating in the country. While Guillermo León Botero, Luz Mery Tristán and Claudia Ruiz climbed into the podiums in the …
