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Bogota hosts Tejo World Championships with 18 nations participated

4 October 2026
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2026-10-04 13:50

Bogota hosted the fourth Tejo World Championship, showcasing Colombia's only indigenous national sport. Teams from 18 countries are competing in this sport which involves throwing a metal disc at a clay-filled target box in an attempt to strike small packets of gunpowder, causing an immediate loud explosion.

Declared Colombia's national sport in 2000, Tejo is a source of national pride and recognized as part of the country's intangible cultural heritage in 2019.

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