Juan Laguna wins two gold medals at Para-Athletics Grand Prix Cali 2026

Venezuelan para-athlete Juan Laguna secured two gold medals at the Grand Prix de Paraatletismo Cali 2026 in Colombia. Competing in the T13 category for athletes with visual impairments, Laguna won both the 100-meter and 400-meter sprints.

In the 100-meter dash, Laguna clocked a time of 10.94 seconds, a performance that establishes him as the number one ranked runner in the Americas for his category. He followed this achievement by winning the 400-meter event with a time of 52.32 seconds.

Laguna was trained at the Escuela de Atletismo Maestro Cristóbal Velásquez in Cabimas, Venezuela, under the guidance of coaches Mariela Riera and Marieta Riera.