{"id":32590,"date":"2026-02-21T23:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/liliana-medina-seeks-more-international-representation"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:55:51","slug":"liliana-medina-seeks-more-international-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/liliana-medina-seeks-more-international-representation","title":{"rendered":"Liliana Medina Seeks More International Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>Athlete Liliana Medina, from the municipality of Porto Novo and a member of the Jal Domus Nostra athletics school in Santo Anta\u0303o, said this Friday that her dream is to represent Cape Verde \u201cmany more times on the big international stages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Inforpress, Liliana Medina, who received an athlete scholarship from the Institute of Sport and Youth, stated that she has won national and international titles and dreams of defending her titles and \u201cgrowing much more\u201d to represent the country in major international events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have won national and international titles, broken records, and retained individual regional titles, but, like all athletes, we want to grow much more and represent my country many more times on the big international stages,\u201d observed the 21-year-old athlete from Lajedos, in the interior of Porto Novo.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed her happiness at being awarded the Athlete Scholarship by the Government, which will allow her \u201cto have better working conditions, but above all, to open doors to participate in international competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May this Athlete Grant be replicated by many more athletes from our island, because we have potential and we need the best conditions,&#8221; emphasized Liliana Medina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Cape verde<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Cape verde. 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