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Conductor en aparente estado de embriaguez arrolló a ciclista panamericano de downhill en Cali

El ciclista presenta una lesión cervical. Transito reportó que la prueba de embriaguez  salió alterada.

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“Que se haga justicia”, eso lo que piden los familiares del reconocido ciclista Álvaro Garcés, quien fue arrollado por un conductor que al parecer estaría en estado de embriaguez.

De acuerdo con sus familiares, los hechos se registraron en la madrugada de este domingo en la calle 16 con 71.

Indicaron que el reconocido deportista panamericano de downhill, habría salido a entrenar como es de costumbre.

Sin embargo, de un momento a otro fue arrollado por el conductor de un vehículo BMW.

Señalan que más transeúntes llegaron al sitio para auxiliar al deportista.

“En medio de los hechos, el conductor se baja del vehículo para recoger la placa de la parte delantera del carro. Le dijo a Álvaro: ¿estás bien? y se vuelve a subir al vehículo”, dijo el hermano Davis Garcés.

Los testigos empezaron a filmar al intuir que el conductor tenía intensión de volarse y dejarlo abandonado.

“Las personas le dijeron que pare; en ese momento el baja el vehículo del andén a alta velocidad y se da a la fuga”, señaló.

Lo persiguieron

En ese momento, una mujer en moto y un taxista empezaron a perseguirlo y al llegar al semáforo, lograron interceptarlo.

Por tal razón, decide retornar al lugar del accidente y afrontar la situación con el ciclista.

“Minutos después llegaron familiares del conductor a pedir que mediara la situación sin llamar a las autoridades manifestando que se encontraba en estado de embriaguez”, añadieron.

Los hechos se registraron en la madrugada de este domingo en la calle 16 con 71.

Posteriormente, Álvaro fue trasladado a la fundación Valle de Lili donde le realizan una valoración que arroja una lesión cervical que debe ser operada de inmediato.

“Dos horas después llega el Tránsito y la Policía para realizar las pruebas de alcoholemia donde los resultados no son concluyentes. Los niveles son diferentes pero en los  4 test que le practicaron  están por encima de grado 1 y todos los que estábamos allí, nos dimos cuenta de que se encontraba en estado de embriaguez pero el grado no pudo ser determinado con exactitud”, explicó.

Los vehículos fueron inmovilizados y trasladados a los patios.

“El conductor nos manifestó que se va responsabilizar del accidente esperamos que sea así. En estos momentos seguimos en la clínica a la espera de la cirugía de mi hermano”, puntualizó.



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The latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:

The second women’s downhill training run for American Mikaela Shiffrin, Italian Sofia Goggia and other Alpine skiers has been canceled because of snowfall.

The men’s giant slalom race is still supposed to take place Sunday, Beijing time.

A downhill has faster speeds than the giant slalom and so is more dangerous to ski when visibility is poor.

Snow began falling Saturday at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center during the first women’s downhill practice session and continued into Sunday morning.

There is another downhill training scheduled for Monday ahead of Tuesday’s race.

Court to decide Russian skater’s fate

Russian figure skating superstar Kamila Valieva was at a practice session Sunday, hours before the Court of Arbitration for Sport was scheduled to meet to decide whether she’ll be allowed to compete.

The meeting of CAS is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Sunday and a decision is expected sometime Monday, less than 24 hours before Valieva is scheduled to skate in the women’s short program at the Beijing Games.

Valieva has been allowed to practice since Monday, when a drug test she took in December was flagged for traces of a banned heart medication. That was the same day Valieva helped Russia win the team gold medal with a dynamic free skate in which she became the first woman to land a quad lutz in Olympic competition.

The practices have become increasingly uncomfortable, though, as Valieva continues to prepare with dozens of reporters and camera crews watching her every move. She briefly burst into tears during her Friday session.

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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Friday, February 4, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). The Monserrate Cerro Abajo Race, considered the longest urban downhill track in the world, will take place on the hill and will have the best 25 riders from 12 countries competing.

On this occasion, the skills of the competitors will be put to the test on a highly demanding track with a 2.4-kilometre course, 27 obstacles and more than 1,000 stone steps, which already promise to offer a great sporting spectacle.

“We are happy to once again hold the world’s largest urban downhill competition in a setting of tradition and nature such as Monserrate. Having in the city the best exponents of a sport that is gaining more and more followers in new trends and betting on the bike, fills us with pride. Through various platforms and television channels, fans will be able to follow the race step by step,” said Blanca Durán, director of the IDRD.

In action will be 25 of the best riders on the planet, who will represent 12 countries in the 2022 edition of this competition that takes place in Bogotá for the fifth time. Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, France and Colombia, which will have eight representatives, will seek glory at 3,152 meters high.

Followers and fans of urban downhill will be able to follow the emotions of the Monserrate Cerro Abajo race step by step, through Red Bull TV, whose transmission will begin at 10:30 am, and in the semifinal stage on YouTube, Twitch, Star and Signal Colombia.

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The Swiss Beat Feuz was proclaimed Olympic downhill champion by winning the queen event of alpine skiing at the Beijing 2022 Games on Monday, which was held on the demanding Yanqing track, in which Frenchman Johan Clarey captured the silver medal – with 41 years – and the Austrian Matthias Mayer, the bronze.

Feuz, 34, winner of the last four editions of the World Cup of the discipline and world champion in front of his fans in St. Moritz 2017, covered the 3,152 meters of the colorful ‘Rock’ track -starting at 2,179 meters of altitude and a drop of 894- in one minute, 42 seconds and 69 hundredths, one tenth less than Clarey, who, at 41, became the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing history.

The marquee event of the men’s Alpine Olympic program at the Beijing Winter Games was postponed Sunday after high winds forced two hours of delays before organizers canceled it for the day.

Organizers were due to meet later Sunday to discuss when to fit the race into the program, with Monday the most likely option.

“Due to the present weather situation with the wind gust and the updated forecast — the jury together with the organizer have decided in the best interest of safety and fairness for the racers to delay today’s men’s Olympic downhill to another day,” organizers said in a statement.

Monday’s scheduled event is the women’s giant slalom, which will be held on the technical course adjacent to ‘The Rock’ speed course.

Similar wind in the upper and middle areas of the course had led to the cancellation of Saturday’s third training session after just three skiers had completed their run.

While no fans were able to attend the race, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach had arrived at the course, which is made from artificial snow, to watch the event.

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the favorite in the event, backed the decision but said skiers might have to cope with some degree of wind.

“We will see, we just have to be patient and make sure that we make the right decisions,” said the World Cup downhill leader.

“If we talk about our safety then we can’t do much about it. But if it is only just a little bit, so it is safe to ski, then we might just have to race with wind and take what we get.

“It is an outside sport, and we know about the wind and the things that can happen,” added Kilde, who hopes there will be less waiting around if a similar situation emerges.

“It is just a lot of lack of energy when you have to prepare for such a long day and then suddenly at 2 p.m. they have to make a decision. Let’s see if they can make a decision earlier in the future and hope for the best.”

French veteran Johan Clarey backed the decision. “I think the conditions were not safe for everyone, so security first,” said the 41-year-old.

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