The taekwondo player Lucas Guzman He won silver, falling in the 58 kilogram final against the Mexican Brandon Plaza Hernández by 2 to 1, with partials of 7-1, 4-5 and 1-13.
Guzmán, a native of the Buenos Aires city of Merlo, reached the decisive stage after beating the Peruvian Raymiguel Barreto in the round of 16, the Colombian Jhon Garrido Reyes in the quarterfinals and the Brazilian Paulo Souza de Melo in the semis, all by 2 to 0 in the Center of Contact Sports of the Chilean capital
In this way, Guzmán, 29 years old, raised one of the five medals of the day for the national delegation, and will seek qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the Pan American Games of the discipline, to be held in the Dominican Republic in April.
Earlier, the sports shooter Fernanda Russo He had achieved the first medal, coming in second place in the 10m air rifle discipline, an achievement that also meant qualification for Paris 2024.
Russo, 24, accumulated 248 points and took the silver, improving the bronze obtained in Lima 2019, while the American Sagen Maddalena won the gold medal with 249.5 units.
Furthermore, the swimmer from Córdoba Macarena Ceballos She won the bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke event, with a time of 1:07.68 in the final, 13 seconds behind Sophie Angus and 40 seconds behind Rachel Nicol, both Canadians and winners of the silver and gold, respectively.
The fourth medal won by the delegation was the work of the taekwondo player Giulia Sendra in 49 kilograms, after beating the local Deisy Guelet Cárdenas by 2 rounds to 0, with partials of 5-3 and 2-1.
At the end of the day, the taekwondo player also José Luis Acuña He won the last medal, also bronze, thanks to his victory over the Colombian David Felipe Paz Rocha by 2 rounds to 0, in partials of 8-6 and 14-12. The young man from Neuquén, 20 years old, won his first podium in the Pan American Games.
On the other hand, the Argentine women’s volleyball team, known as ‘Las Panteras’, debuted with a victory against its counterpart from Puerto Rico by 3 to 1, in a match corresponding to Group A.
The match, played at the Arena O’Higgins stadium, was developed with partial scores of 25-17, 17-25 and 25-19, with the opposite number from Tucuman María de la Paz Corbalán as the top scorer with 16 points.
The team led by Daniel Castellani, who seeks to equal or improve the bronze medal achieved in Lima 2019, will play again tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. against Brazil, for the second date of Group A, and then will be measured on Monday at the same time against Cuba.
In the rowing activity, the nationals Ignacio Pacheco and Joel Romero advanced to the final A of the men’s coxless two-oar category, after achieving first place in their debut with a time of 6:59.86, almost 5 seconds ahead with reference to the Brazilian guards Alef Da Rosa-Bernardo Timm Boggian.
In this way, the Argentine duo will compete for a medal on Monday starting at 8:30.
In addition, the Agustín Scenna-Axel Haack pairing advanced to the A and B semi-finals in the double pair of short rows by winning with a time of 6:49.28, while, in the female branch, the Argentine Clara Galfre and Oriana Ruiz were in the repechage after to place fourth in the second series.
Also in the women’s division, Olivia Peralta Martínez and Ingrid Marcipar finished in fourth place in the women’s coxless two-oar.
The activity of the Argentine rowers on the day ended with the second place obtained by the Mixed 8+ division, where the national team achieved a time of 6:19.36, almost 9 seconds behind the Cuban team.
The repechage of this category will be held tomorrow starting at 11:20 on the same stage.
For her part, the runner Agustina Apaza finished in fourth place in the women’s final in the mountain bike cycling category, staying on the edge of the podium with a time of 1:25.51, just 54 seconds behind the Brazilian Raiza Goulao Henrique, bronze medalist. .
Meanwhile, in the same test, compatriot Inés Gutiérrez Ortega was eliminated when she was halfway through the third lap.
In the men’s final of the same discipline, Argentines Catriel Soto and Joel Contreras placed seventh and eighth, with records of 1:21:44 (+3.45) and 1:22:01 (4.02), respectively.
Source: Ambito
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