The 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games got off to a rocky start last Sunday, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The opening scheduled for last Saturday, July 17th, had to be re-scheduled for the following day, Sunday, after strong wind gusts in the region caused the collapse of the scaffolding of lights at the stadium, resulting in property damage and seven people injured.
Despite the wrench thrown in by Mother Nature, the games in their fourth day are on and on schedule. And already, the medal count is being tallied. No major surprise on who's topping the medal list though. The medal distribution so far reflects the larger group of countries which have fielded large delegations to the games.
Venezuela is leading with a total of 148 medals, while Mexico and Colombia follow with 129 and 118 respectively. Colombia leads in the number of Gold medals with a total of 56. Belize's small delegation has medaled yet. But in the Cycling discipline, Belize's riders both male and female have performed respectably. Yesterday, Belize's top female cyclist Shalini Zabaneh placed seventh in the women's time trial. And in the Male time trial, Byron Pope placed tenth and Jairo Campos placed 15th.
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