The Argentine judoka Brisa Gomez this Saturday he won a silver medal in the Panamerican Games Santiago de Chile 2023after losing to the former Olympic and world champion, the Brazilian Rafaela Lopes Silva, in the final of the women’s -57 kilogram category.
The 31-year-old from Rio, who has won multiple awards throughout her career, resolved the confrontation by ippon in one minute, 28 seconds.
Accompanied by an Argentine legend of the activity such as Paula ParetoBrisa Gómez obtained her first medal in a continental Games, after winning bronze in the Pan American Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada, last September.
The Argentine reached the decisive stage with victories against the Mexican Renata Ortíz Magallanes and the Dominican Ana Rosa García in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
The achievement of the athlete from the Buenos Aires city of Ciudadela meant the 23rd. medal – eleventh silver – for the Argentine delegation in Santiago 2023.
On the same day, the other Argentine judokas did not surpass their debut: Joaquín Tovagliari fell to the Venezuelan Willis García (-66kg.); Keisy Parafan Altamirano, against the Brazilian Alexia Vilhalba Souza and then against the Chilean Mary Vargas Ley in the repechage (-48kg.); Agustin Lehiton, with the American Angelica Delgado and the Chilean Judith González Jaque, respesca (-52kg.).
Tennis achieved two more podiums and guaranteed two more
Argentine tennis players Lourdes Carlé and Julia Riera They won the bronze medal, after beating the Chileans Alexa Guarachi and Fernanda Labraña 6-3 and 6-3 in the women’s doubles at the Pan American Games.
The Brazilians Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani won the gold medal and the Colombians Fernanda Herazo and Paulina Pérez won the silver.
In turn, the Buenos Aires Martina Capurro Taborda and the porteño Facundo Díaz Acosta They also won bronze, after beating Peruvians Huertas del Pino-Ccuno 6-1 and 6-4 in mixed doubles.
The Brazilians Luisa Stefani and Marcelo Demoliner won the gold medal and the Colombians Yuliana Lizarazo and Nicolas Barrientos won the silver.
As far as singles is concerned, Lourdes Carlé qualified for the women’s individual final of tennis of the Pan American Games got a ticket for the Olympic Games Paris 2024after beating the Canadian Rebecca Marino this Saturday 6-1 and 6-4.
In the Grandstand of the National Tennis Center, Daireaux from Buenos Aires secured her victory in the fourth match point and guaranteed at least the silver medal.
Carlé, 23, will seek the gold medal this Sunday against the Brazilian Laura Pigossi, who frustrated the Argentine Julia Riera with a 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (5) victory in the remaining semifinal.
The Argentine Carlé reached the last match of the women’s individual draw after successively beating the Uruguayan Taly Licht, the Chilean Fernanda Labraña, the Brazilian Carolina Meligeni and Marino.
“It is a very great emotion, a huge joy, a mix of sensations for all the effort I have made since I was a child. Being able to be in an Olympic Games is going to be incredible”he confessed to TyC Sports about his Olympic classification.
Strictly speaking, the Deroense must meet a requirement that is discounted before traveling to Paris: be among the top 400 players in the WTA ranking as of June 10, 2024. Currently, she occupies position 146.
In the men’s box, Facundo Díaz Acosta He also qualified for the men’s final, by coming back in his match against Brazilian Gustavo Heide 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (6).
The man from Buenos Aires, champion of the Asunción 2022 South American Games, will define the gold against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro or the Chilean Tomás Barrios.
His victory today also means his Olympic ticket, although to do so he will have to wait until the ranking cut-off date, since of the 64 players who will attend Paris 2024, 56 will do so by direct acceptance according to their order in the ranking.
La Garra is in another Pan American final
In it handball feminine, the Argentine national team defeated Paraguay in the semifinals by 28-18 and qualified for the final, in which they will face Brazilwinner of Chile by 30-10 and secured a medal.
Besides, The lioness They beat the United States 5 to 1 and after closing the group against Trinidad and Tobago, they will face the semifinals, in search of their eighth Pan American gold medal.
The Argentine national team feminine of hockey, leader in its area with an ideal score, won with two goals from María Granatto, one from Delfina Thome and another double from Agustina Gorzelany. Danielle Grega had put the Americans ahead in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, the women’s soccer team lost 4-0 against the United States, but advanced to the phase and will face Mexico for a place in the final, next Tuesday the 31st at 5 p.m.
At the end, women’s basketball fell to Brazil in the semifinals by 77-57 and this Sunday from 5 p.m. they will face Cuba for the bronze medal.
At the moment, Argentina is located eleventh in the medal table with 25 medals: two gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze.
Source: Ambito
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