Number of Colombian athletes to Beijing olympics rises to 63
The number of Colombian athletes to attend the Beijing Olympic Games rose to 63 as Geiner Alonso Mosquera Becerra, the 400 meter runner surpassed the minimum mark of 45.95 seconds required by the Athletics International Federation, local media said on Monday.
The Beijing Games saw the rise of a new generation of Chinese athletes as more than half gold medals were contributed by the country's first-time Olympians, a Chinese sports official said here Sunday.