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    One of the last winners was Costa Rican athlete Andrés José Nuñez (right), with a shot put throw of 14.88 meters, took the first position on Sunday. In the same competition, Steven Alfredo Martinez (left), another athlete from Costa Rica, came in second with a distance of 12.04 meters. - Photo via Sports Institute -
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Published on Monday, September 25,
2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Costa
Rican sports team won numerous prizes
for competing in the Central American
Student Games, which are being held at
the National University's Center for
Human Movement Sciences and Quality of
Life located
in Heredia Province. According
to the Sports Institute, the Costa
Rican team won 10 first-place
categories, 6 second-place categories,
and 3 third-place categories as of
Sunday. Athletes
have engaged in a variety of sports at
the student games, including road
running, shot put, swimming, javelin
throwing, long jump, high jump, and
pole vault among others.
One
of the last winners was Costa
Rican athlete Andrés José Nuñez,
with a shot put throw of 14.88
meters, took the first
position after the games on
Sunday. In the same competition,
Steven Alfredo Martinez, another
athlete from Costa Rica, came in
second with a distance of 12.04
meters. The
participation of Costa Rican
athletes in this competition,
which was restarted this year
after being postponed due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, was sponsored
by the Institute of Sports. The
Central American Student Sports
Games, were established in 1996 to
foster unity and peace among the
seven nations of Central America. The
athletics team joins the rankings
of other Costa Ricans who have
been recognized in international
competitions. Last
week, Yokasta Valle the
professional boxer won a fight
to keep her two champion titles.
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