Bogotá. The National Navy, this year, won 32 medals in the Paralympic Games of the United States Marine Corps, in competitions of sitting volleyball, athletics, shooting with air pistol, archery, cycling and swimming, occupying the second place in this event and the first place of the foreign delegations.
The sports event held at the Camp Lejeune Base of the Marine Corps in Jacksonville, North Carolina, organized by the Wounden Warrior Regimient of the USMC, was attended by 10 Colombian infantry men, headed by an officer, five non-commissioned officers, three professional marines and an officer in retirement.
This competition takes place annually and it is reserved for the heroes wounded in action. The participation of the competitors depends on their physical condition on which they have been trained for a whole year to compete in different sports disciplines.
For those injured in combat, this sports event means overcoming obstacles on a personal level, forgetting the physical wounds, and using all their professionalism and mental effort. It is a sports therapy that has strengthened them with another purpose in life, obtaining great achievements, such as 27 medals in 2017.
Welcome and congratulations for your effort and sacrifice.
Source: National Navy.
