On his best day in the Pan American Games Santiago 2023Argentina climbed to the top of the podium with the golds achieved by the Lionesses, the Gladiators, men’s basketball, athletics, the Pumas 7, twice in yachting and canoeing.
The women’s field hockey team beat the United States 2-1 in the final, got the gold and agreed to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The team led by Fernando Ferrara won with the goals scored by Agustina Gorzelany and Eugenia Trinchinetti.
Meanwhile he men’s handball team defeated Brazil 32 to 25 and finished undefeated with five victories in as many appearances. The golden Gladiators and with the ticket to Paris 2024, They won the fourth title in a row in Pan-American events, as they had previously celebrated in Guadalajara 2011, Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019.
In men’s basketball, Argentina repeated what was done in Lima 2019 by defeating Venezuela 79-65 in the end. The Argentine quintet left the competition without having lost a game and won the third gold medal in the history of this tournament.
In athletics, Belén Casetta in 3,000 meters with obstacles, just five and a half months after becoming a mother, took the gold. The woman from Mar del Plata completed the test with a time of 9m39s47/100, a new championship record, by breaking the record of the Canadian Genenieve Lalonde (9m41s45/100) in Lima 2019.
More gold medals for Argentina
In rugby, Los Pumas 7 defeated Chile 24-5 in the final and they repeated the gold medal obtained in Lima 2019.
In yachting, the Argentine duo Julio Alsogaray-Malena Sciarra won the gold medal, after finishing the last regatta of the Snipe class. The albiceleste couple achieved second place in the so-called Medal Race and reached the closing with a net score of 26 units.
In canoeing, paddler Agustín Vernice conquered the gold medal for Argentina in the K1 1000 canoeing test, and then added the second gold for the country in the K4 500 test along with Manuel Lascano, Gonzalo Lo Moro and Gonzalo Carreras. In the last test, the Argentine boat made up of Vernice, Lascano, Lo Moro and Carreras won with a time of 1:20.80 and thus surpassed the quartets of Canada (1:21.28) and the United States (1:23.10).
The albiceleste team of men’s volleyball failed at the Arena Parque O’Higgins and lost 3 to 0 against Brazil, obtaining the silver medal despite aspirations.
In the ILCA class 6 Dinghy, On the other hand, the Buenos Aires Luciana Cardozo, 24, qualified in third place and won the bronze medal. Javier Conte-Martina Silva-Trinidad Silva also won a bronze medal in the Lightning class.
In K1 1000, Vernice He had practically no opposition in the waters of the Biobío and completed a brilliant race in Laguna Grande de San Pedro de La Paz, with a time of 3 minutes, 29 seconds and 73/1000. Meanwhile, his compatriot Valentín Rossi was third in the same competition and took the bronze medal.
Until now, Argentina accumulates a total of 70 medals (14 gold, 24 silver and 32 bronze) and is located seventh in the medal table behind of United States, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Colombia.
Source: Ambito
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