With just one attempt he made it to the final: Flor Denis Ruiz is excited about Olympic gold in Paris

Photo courtesy of the Colombian Olympic Committee

This Wednesday, August 7, in Vallecaucana, With his first attempt, he qualified for the final after achieving a mark of 64.40 meters in the javelin throw, placing her third in her group’s qualifying round and overall.

Exceeding 62.00 meters, which is a standard classification mark, in addition to Ruiz, the Polish Maria Andrejczyk and the Croatian Sara Kolak achieved a record of 65.52 and 64.57 meters, placing themselves first and second in the qualifying round.

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🔥 Flor Denis Ruiz registered 64.40 meters. in his first and only appearance, qualifying for the final of the # Olympic Games in throwing branches. pic.twitter.com/nK6QFHLmo7

— COL Olympic Committee (@OlimpicoCol) August 7, 2024

“All the glory and honor to God, the truth has been achieved and I thank all Colombians for the support I feel, because one becomes more motivated and promise more. Nothing has ended here, we will wait until the 10th because the truth is that I dream of that gold and I know that we are going to achieve it,” said the Colombian flag bearer after her show in Paris.

#OlimpicosXRadioNásiónta | Your dream Flor Denis! All Colombian Dream 🇨🇴! 🥇🥹 Flor Denis Ruiz spoke to Jorge Iván Giraldo @Ibeag about his classification to the final round of the shoot.

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— Radio National CO (@RadNalCo) August 7, 2024

For her part, María Lucelly Murillo, the other Colombian in competition, He started with a record 60.38 meters, his best mark of the season, the second throw reached 56.28 and the last throw went wide and did not count. He was very close to securing a place in the final but did not meet the minimum mark to qualify, thus saying goodbye to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Next Saturday, August 10, Flor Denis Ruíz, with number 1695, will start in the sixth round to face the javelin throw final, starting at 12:30 pm (Colombian time). Let’s go for gold, Colombia!