The Argentinian Augusto Servello today he received the medal bronze in the men’s individual foil modality of the fencing of the Panamerican Games Santiago de Chile 2023
The 22-year-old missionary fencer fell in one of the semifinals with the American Nick Itkin, current world runner-up, by a wide 15-4.
“Itkin is taller and I had to find the distance. He is an eminence, today I couldn’t be at his level. He competed much better than me. I lacked a little more, I’m not far away either,” said the Argentine, in statements to TyC Sports.
In the qualifying stage, in group C, Servello fell in the first match against the Puerto Rican Carlos Padua Rodríguez (4-5) and then recovered against the Chilean Gustavo Alonso Alarcón (5-4).
In the third match, the missionary, winner of the gold medal in this same division at the Asunción 2022 South American Games, lost 5-2 with the Canadian Blake Broszus.
Servello beat the Colombian Jorge Murillo Díaz 5-3 in the fourth match and then lost to the Brazilian Guilherme Amaral, 2-5.
Already in a table of 16, the missionary narrowly beat the Buenos Aires player from Lomas de Zamora, Nicholas Marinoby 15-14.
And in the quarterfinals, the Argentine medalist achieved his most convincing victory of the day, defeating the local Leopoldo Alarcón Román, 15-7.
The gold medal went to the American Itkin, who defeated his compatriot Miles Chamley in the final, 15-6.
Table tennis took the podium
The Argentine male duo composed of Horacio Cifuentes and Gaston Alto fell today in the semifinals, but guaranteed the bronze medal in the competition Table tennis of the Panamerican Games.
The pairing made up of Cifuentes, a native of Berisso, and Alto from Mendoza could not beat their Cuban pair made up of Andy Pereira Diez-Jorge Campos, who won 4-2
The scores of the Caribbean victory were as follows: 11-7, 11-6, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-3, after 42 minutes of fighting.
“It seemed like we could prevail, but they reacted and dominated us,” Alto said, speaking to TyC Sports.
In the other semifinal, the experienced Brazilian duo composed of Hugo Calderano-Vitor Ishiy beat the Chilean duo composed of Gustavo Gómez-Nicolás Burgos 4-2.
In the men’s individual, the Mendoza Santiago Lorenzo He was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing to the Mexican Marcos Madrid 4-0, with segments of 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 and 11-9.
Previously, in the round of 16, Lorenzo had defeated the North American Jishan Liang 4-1.
Cifuentes also advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Paraguayan Marcelo Aguirre 4-0, with episodes of 13-11, 13-11, 11-8 and 11-9.
The aforementioned Alto, meanwhile, was sidelined in the round of 16, after being defeated by the Canadian Eugene Wang, 4-1.
In the women’s individual, on the other hand, the Chaco Ana Codina She was eliminated prematurely, falling 4-1 to Canadian Mo Zhang, with scores of 12-10, 4-11, 11-1, 11-4 and 11-9.
Source: Ambito
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