Rodeo
Chilean rodeo is the national sport in Chile, practiced in the more rural areas of the country, and is the second most popular sport in Chile, after football. Chilean rodeo has been practiced in rural areas in central and southern regions of Chile for more than 400 years, but only in 1962, was it declared the national sport by letter number 269 of the National Sports Council and the Olympic Committee of Chile.
Every year the National Championship Rodeo is held in Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua. Its greatest participants are Ramón Cardemil and Juan Carlos Loaiza, who have achieved the national title seven times. The past champions were Christopher Cortina and Victor Vergara, who won the 2010 National Championship Rodeo.
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