The Argentine national team masculine of hockey, The Lionsbeat the local Chile tonight 3-1 and won the medal of gold in the Panamerican Games Santiago de Chile 2023an achievement that secured his place for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The team led by coach Mariano Ronconi played an emotional game at the Field Hockey Sports Center, where they began winning with a goal from Buenos Aires striker Lucas Martínez 7 minutes into the first quarter.
Argentina maintained the lead during the second period, but the Chilean team equalized through a penalty corner from Áxel Richter with 52 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Malaysian referee Ilanggo Kanabathu had annulled a goal by ‘Los Leones’ in a previous play, which led to complaints from the visiting bias.
In the midst of a tense atmosphere, the ‘albiceleste’ team took the lead again with a new goal from Martínez 5 minutes into the final period, while 26-year-old forward Tomás Domene extended the difference 50 seconds later, but his goal was also disallowed.
Towards the end, with the local team launching an attack, a counter commanded and finished by midfielder Agustín Bugallo sealed the final 3 to 1 for the national team.
In this way, Ronconi’s men won the fourth consecutive gold medal in the Pan American Games, and the 11th in history, while also qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
On their way to the final, ‘Los Leones’ defeated Mexico (10-1), Chile (3-1) and Peru (22-0), in Group A, and the United States (2-0) in the semifinals.
Canoeing had a pure podium day and a historic milestone
The paddler Sabrina Ameghino43 years old, today achieved the bronze medal in K4 500 along with Candelaria Sequeira, Lucia Dalto Aziz and Martina Isequilla, and became the highest Pan American medalist in the history of the country, with a total of 10 medals.
Ameghino, the standard bearer of the Argentine delegation along with rugby player Marcos Moneta in the Panamerican Games of Santiago de Chile 2023, climbed to a new podium with her teammates Sequeira, Dalto Aziz and Isequilla, thanks to a time of 1:36.79. The gold medal went to Mexico (1:34.73) and the silver to Canada (1:35.91).
The one born in Ensenada debuted at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg 99. The paddler made the podium in Santo Domingo 2003 (bronze in K1 500 and K4 500), Guadalajara 2011 (silver in K2 500 and bronze in K1 200), Toronto 2015 (silver in K2 500 and bronze in K1 200 and K4 500), Lima 2019 (gold in K1 200 and bronze in K4 500) and now he won a medal again in Santiago 2023.
The national canoeing added more medals for the Argentine delegation with the silver ones in K1 500m female (Brenda Rojas) and in K2 500m male (Gonzalo Lo Moro and Agustín Vernice).
Brenda Rojas was +0.76 behind the gold medal winner, Canadian Michelle Russell. For their part, Lo Moro and Vernice had a time of 1:31.25, +0.80 than the Canadian duo.
Silver and ticket to Paris by sail
Argentina Catalina Turienzo17 years old, won the silver medal in the Formula test Kite -one of the specialties of the candle– of the Panamerican Games and qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The athlete from Bahia completed the Medal Series today in fourth place, although her good performances in the previous days were enough for her to place second, only behind the American Daniela Moroz.
The winner of the event, Moroz, 22 years old, six-time world champion, was already qualified for Paris 2024, and that is why the place went to “Colo”.
Turienzo, Pan American runner-up in November of last year, took fourth place in July 2022 at the 51st World Youth Championship held on the coast of Scheveningen in The Hague (Netherlands).
In addition, the one born in Bahía Blanca on May 29, 2006 achieved eighth place in the 2001 Youth World Cup in Oman.
Karate climbed the Pan American podium
The Argentine karate fighter Luca Impagnatiello today he won the bronze medal in men’s individual kata of the Panamerican Games by defeating the Peruvian Mariano Wong in a decisive duel by 40.20 to 39.30.
Impagnatiello, 22 years old and born in Buenos Aires, reached the podium after defeating the Mexican Ahxel Tepal (38.40-37.90), and losing to the American Ariel Torres (39.50-41.60) and the Dominican Larry Aracena (40.10-40.30) Group B.
The podium of the discipline was completed by Torres, with the gold, the Venezuelan Cleiver Leocadio, with the silver and Aracena, with the remaining bronze.
Thus, the Buenos Aires native repeated the medal obtained in Lima 2019, where he occupied the podium in team kata, the same award he won in the individual category at the Asunción 2022 South American Games.
Source: Ambito
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