Rhythmic Gymnastics and Cycling mark the Saturday of competition at JEAs

Competition

Throughout the day, the competitions continued with disputes in 12 modalities, collective and individual

Manaus (AM) – In the Olympic Village of Manaus, in the Center-West zone, one of the main sports venues of the Amazonas State Games (JEAs), Saturday (07/15), was marked by the ball, mace and hoop qualifying, devices that mark the categories of Rhythmic Gymnastics. Throughout the day, the competitions continued with disputes in 12 modalities, collective and individual.

In Rhythmic Gymnastics, the choreographies earned a place in the final for student Patrícia Moreno, 15, from the State School (EE) Pedro Silvestre. The student, with international experience, also participated in the South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship, in Paipa, Colombia.

“This was my second participation in JEAs, and unfortunately my last. It makes me proud to represent my school here, because I got to know the sport at school, and it has already given me a lot in these years of walking”, highlighted Patrícia.

The modality’s coordinator, Professor Verônica Martins, and also vice-president of the Amazonian Gymnastics Federation (FAG), highlighted the role of the Department of Education in organizing this 44th edition of JEAs.

“It is an enormous satisfaction to see the Department of Education continuing, year after year, in this very important competition. Today, the JEAs are part of our calendar, and this is very important, because sports always start at school”, she stressed.

In cycling, which ended its disputes this morning, gold medalist Pedro Almeida, 16, student at EE Waldemiro Peres Lustoza, told about the experience of having won in the speed, points and resistance tests, the three categories available for the modality. In total, there were 3 gold medals won by him.

“I am very happy with the positive results. Cycling means a lot to me. It’s a way of keeping me on track, and it’s a sport I’ve been passionate about since I was a kid. Now it’s time to prepare for the Brazilian School Games, which I qualified for today”, shared the athlete.

Medals
With the results of the second day of competitions of the School Games of Amazonas (JEAs) already announced, the schools of the State Department of Education and School Sports won medals in all the modalities that have already defined winners. The highlight was for athletics, with 14 gold, 11 silver and 14 bronze medals. In badminton, adding all categories, the state network won 11 of the 14 possible medals. In total, there are 20 modalities in dispute for the more than 7.6 thousand registered athletes.

The disputes in the Amazonas School Games are still ongoing until the 23rd of July.

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