Central begins to stand out in the London Olympics

This post is part of our special coverage of the 2012 London Olympics .

The 2012 London Olympics have already started a week after, and while the medal is strongly disputed between China and America, Central America has also experienced moments of joy and excitement with small gains amid allegations of lack of support and obvious comparisons between highly trained athletes and some semi-amateurs.

Social networking has been a fundamental part of these Games, where Twitterers share their views, grievances and dreams that Central America takes a medal in these games. These are some of the highlights so far.

Guatemala

With a delegation of twelve athletes, Guatemala has had on Kevin Gordon and Ana Sofia its best representatives this week. Gordon managed to advance to the next round at Badminton and give a tough fight before being knocked out. The Guatemalans were satisfied and proud of this involvement, as demonstrated by Mario Santizo ( @ mario_santizo ), who tweeted excited after first win:

( @ mario_santizo ) Kevin Gordon won his first match Congratulations # OrgulloChapin

In addition, the gymnast Ana Sofia ranked gymnastics finals, despite being eliminated, Guatemala put the name up, as agreed dozens of Twitter users. Steal Minds ( @ RobaMentes ) wrote:

( @ RobaMentes ) ANA SOFIA GÓMEZ CONGRATULATIONS! THANKS FOR PUTTING A STOP IN GUATEMALA!

Honduras

Honduras reached the highlight of the week when the boys' soccer team won the very favorite Spanish team. Honduras is the only country in Central America involved in a team sport. Honduras also drew with Morocco and Japan, qualifying to the quarterfinals where they must deal with another favorite: Brazil.

In this respect the blogger in his blog Fabricio Estrada 's log Párbulo writes pointing out how even in the midst of difficult situations in the country, there is a space to shout goals and celebrate achievements:

What most difficult days in which we have to see them succeed, compete, and yet, always, always, we stop, we pause to cry in silence, with a strange pride, Olympic impossible to explain, and once we know we are the brothers themselves stripped of everything, I join the team humble, which shows the world what we can achieve and celebrate from scratch imposed. Above the humble, the poor of the world up to always give the great lessons!

Nicaragua

A notable of Nicaragua this week she took Osmar Bravo, who first obtained a victory in boxing for the Central American country. The boxer is still in competition and could give the bell and get a medal.

Amalia del Cid ( @ AmaliadelCid ) emphasizes the fact on his Twitter account:

( @ AmaliadelCid ) Osmar Bravo, the first victory of # Nicaragua in Olympic boxing in the last 20 years. # Londres2012 @ Olympics

There are still several weeks of Games and Central America does not give up the illusion of getting a medal. This weekend started track and field events, where a large delegation of American athletes and with them the hope of the entire isthmus.

This post is part of our special coverage of the 2012 London Olympics .

Written by Ariel Moreno · Comments (0)
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