The boxer Lucia Perez and the boxer Luciano Amaya They debuted today with victories in the Panamerican Games of Santiago de Chilerespectively.
In the case of Pérez, the victory came over the Guyanese Alesha Jackman by technical KO and she advanced to the quarterfinals in the 66 kilogram category.
For his part, Amaya did the same with the Peruvian Leodan Pezo Saboya and qualified for the eighth in the 63,500 kilo category.
In addition, the boxer Lorena Soledad Balbuena will face the Brazilian Dos Santos Pereira tomorrow from 12 noon, in the round of 16 of 76 kilos.
When do the Pan American Games start?
The Panamerican Games of Santiago de Chile 2023 They will have their opening ceremony this Friday, from 8:30 p.m., in the National Stadium coliseum, with several musical shows, including that of Sebastián Yatra.
The Argentine delegation, with the paddler Sabrina Ameghino and the rugby player Marcos Moneta as flag bearers in the parade, will be made up of 522 athletes (247 women and 275 men) who will compete in 57 disciplines of 37 sports.
It will be the first time that a woman and a man will be Argentine flag bearers at the Pan American Games.. Ameghino, 43, will be going for his sixth Games and will try to add to his record of nine medals. Moneta (23 years old), Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020 with Los Pumas 7 and already qualified for Paris 2024, was elected the best rugby sevens player in the world in 2021. In Lima 2019, sailor Javier Conte had been in charge of carrying the flag.
The opening ceremony can be followed through the TyC Sports cable signal and will feature musical shows by Los Tres, Los Jaivas, the Colombian Sebastián Yatra and Los Bunkers, as well as Ana Tijoux and Movimiento Original, who will perform the official song of the contest.
Harold Mayne-Nicholls, executive director of Santiago 2023, said that the show “will last approximately 200 minutes” and “will be a party that will show the identity of the entire Chilean people, and the cultural and artistic benefits” of the trans-Andean country.
The Santiago 2023 Games will take place from October 20 to November 5 and will feature the largest number of athletes in history, more than 8,000, from 41 countries. Sports such as breaking, which will also debut in Paris 2024, climbing and skateboarding, the great successes of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will make their presentation.
There will be 21 disciplines that will grant direct places to Paris 2024, while another 11 will provide points for the ranking.
The Argentines that have already achieved Olympic places are the rugby seven team (through the World Tour); the swimmer Macarena Ceballos (she achieved the mark in the 100 breaststroke at the Fukuoka World Cup); the sailors Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco (Nacra 17) and Lucía Falasca in ILCA 6 (all at the World Cup in The Hague); and Agustín Vernice in K1-1000 in canoeing, also in the World Cup of his sport.
The sports that give Olympic places are boxing (the two finalists in each of the 13 categories will qualify for Paris); breaking (one place for each of the champions); nailed; equestrian dressage (for the first two teams and the two best individuals of the Olympic groups); equestrian all-around event (for the first and second best ranked team from FEI Olympic Groups D or E); equestrian jumping (for the three best teams and the three best individuals of the Olympic groups).
In addition, sport climbing (two places for the champions of the men’s and women’s combined and two for the winners in the speed test); artistic gymnastics (individual male and female); rhythmic gymnastics (individual champion and best placed in teams); and trampoline gymnastics.
There will also be places in handball (places for champions); field hockey (places will be for the two champions); artistic swimming (one place for the best team and another for the best duo); modern pentathlon; surfing (for champions): tennis (finalists in each branch); table tennis (finalists in mixed doubles); shooting (champions of each event); archery (best placed mixed team and two best individuals in both branches); sailing windsurfing and water polo.
Santiago de Chile will host the Pan American Games for the first time, which during the 17 days of competition will distribute a total of 2,986 medals: 947 gold, 947 silver and 1,092 bronze. The largest sporting event in America will have the support of more than 17,000 volunteers.
Source: Ambito
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