Who is Nicolás Tascón, Colombia's star at the Artistic Swimming Pan American Championships held in Chile?
The Colombian artistic swimming delegation won four medals at the Pan American Championships of the discipline held in Santiago, Chile from Wednesday to Saturday. The standout figure of the national team was the Valle del Cauca athlete Nicolás Tascón, who is 18 years old.
TL;DR
- Nicolás Tascón, an 18-year-old from Valle del Cauca, was the key athlete for Colombia at the Artistic Swimming Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile.
- Colombia's delegation won a total of four medals at the event.
- Tascón secured three medals for Colombia: bronze in men's solo technical, bronze in mixed duet (with Natalia Jurado), and silver in the team free event.
- His success follows his bronze medal win in the Men's Solo Free event at the World Cup in Medellín earlier in the year.
- The Colombian delegation's other medal was a silver in the women's duet free, won by Luisa Botero and Mabel Tobón, an event Tascón did not participate in.