The first four are already in the colombia national team

ODYTA Summary

The 2026 Colombia Speed Skating National Team has its first four members: Gisell Alejandra Caicedo Arango, Emanuel Ramos Mosquera, Kollin Andrea Castro Mosquera, and Santiago Vásquez Villarreal. The individual speed events awarded these first four spots, with results from the 200-meter and 100-meter lane races determining the first athletes to represent the country at the World Championship, to be held during the World Skate Games Asunción 2026. Gisell Alejandra Caicedo Arango, from the Semillas Valle club of the Vallecaucana Skating League, was the first to secure her place. The junior world champion returns to the Colombia National Team for the second time. Emanuel Ramos Mosquera, a junior debutant with the national team, returns the Antioquia Skating League to a Colombia National Team and will bring his club, Talentos de Antioquia, to a world championship for the first time. Multiple world champion Kollin Andrea Castro Mosquera, also from Semillas Valle of the Vallecaucana Skating League, will wear the national colors for the sixth time, with ten world titles backing her career. In the senior men's category, Santiago Vásquez Villarreal of the Cazadores club of the Bogotá Skating League secured the first spot; he has three world titles and will join the Colombia National Team for the fourth time. Additional spots will be decided on Saturday, August 15, during the third day of the National Selective Camp at the world-class Guarne skating rink. The 500-meter plus distance and 10,000-meter elimination events will determine the next members of the 2026 Colombia Speed Skating National Team.