The Neuquén native made an impressive final sprint and took the gold medal, which adds to the two bronze medals he won on Friday.
The Neuquénian Iñaki Basiloff won the gold medal in the 200m individual medley SM7 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. With an impressive comeback, he gave Argentina its first maximum conquest in the competition.
On Friday, Antonella Ruiz Diaz in the F41 shot put category, and Juan Samorano In the K44 category of up to 70 kilos of parataekwondo, they won bronze medals on French territory.
With a time of 2m29s81Basiloff surpassed Andrii Trusov -who holds the world record- already Yevhenii Bohodaikoboth Ukrainians. In this way, he took revenge for the fourth place he obtained in Tokyo 2020.
After the award ceremony, the Neuquén native declared: “I felt very comfortable at the closing. Being able to see the rest and get closer gave me energy to finish faster,” he told ParaDeportes. The 23-year-old swimmer made a comeback with a sprint final, which will undoubtedly be among the highlights of the sporting event.
The first Argentine medal at the Paralympic Games
Antonella Ruiz Diaz (27 years old), representative of Argentina from Gualeguaychú, won the first medal for the Argentine delegation in the 2024 edition. With a throw of 9.58 meters in the F41 category, the athlete won the bronze medal in shot put, repeating the Success achieved at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The Argentinean achieved her best mark in her fifth attempt of her performance, after having registered throws of 9.33, 9.35, 9.45 and 8.87 meters. Her sixth and final throw was void.
In this way, the gold medal went to Raua Tlili from Tunisiawith a release of 10.40 meters, who also maintains the world and olympic record with a mark of 10.55 metres obtained in Tokyo 2020. On the other hand, the silver medal was won by Uzbekistan’s Kubaro Khakimova, with a distance of 10.36 metres. Ruiz Díaz beat Colombian Mayerli Buitrago Airza (9.39 metres), Moroccan Youssra Karim (8.77 metres) and other high-level competitors to reach the Olympic podium.
The Argentine delegation at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
- Athletics: Yanina Martinez, Antonella Ruiz Diaz, Araceli Rotela, Candela Cerrudo, Aldana Ibanez, Karen Tassi, Marilu Romina Fernandez, Trinidad Coppola, Sofia Casse, Teresita Briozzi, Brian Impellizeri, Hernan Barreto, Hernan Urra, Alexis Chavez, Maximiliano Villa, Pablo Gimenez Reynoso, Fernando Vasquez and Sergio Markievice.
- Boccia: Stefanía Ferrando, Rodrigo Romero (they will compete as a couple and individually in the BC3 category), Luis Cristaldo and Ailén Flores.
- Track and road cycling: Rodrigo López, Mariela Delgado and the tandems of Maximiliano Gómez – Sebastián Tolosa (male) and María José Quiroga – Micaela Barroso (female).
- Fencing: Hugo Alderete.
- Soccer: Dario Lencina, German Muleck, Froilan Padilla, Angel Deldo, Nahuel Heredia, Ezequiel Fernandez, Maximiliano Espinillo, Jesus Merlos, Matias Olivera and Mario Rios.
- Judo: Nadia Boggiano, Rocío Ledesma, Eduardo Gauto, Paula Gómez and Laura González.
- Swimming: Nadia Báez, Daniela Giménez, Elizabeth Noriega, Analuz Pellitero, Germán Arévalo, Iñaki Basiloff, Fernando “Pipo” Carlomagno, Matías de Andrade, Lautaro Maidana Cancino, Nicolás Rivero, Santiago Senestro and Jazmín Aragón.
- Paracanoeing: Ariel Atamañuk and Andrea Bracamonte.
- Parataekwondo: Juan Samorano and Miguel Galeano.
- Weights: Lourdes Maciel.
- Rowing: Brenda Sardon.
- Tennis: Gustavo Fernandez, Florence Moreno and Ezequiel Casco.
- Tennis of table: Gabriel Copola, Elias Romero and Constanza Garrone.
- Shot sports: Maria Laura Rodriguez Belvedere.
Source: Ambito
