Argentina is in pursuit of the dream of adding as many medals as possible in the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswhich will be carried out from July 26 to August 11except for some sports, such as handball, football, rugby 7 and archery, which will start their schedule a couple of days earlier.
For it, The Argentine delegation will have 136 representatives who will be looking for the gold medal and thus increase the national medal count. Currently, Argentina has 77 medals in total, divided into 21 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze.
In the last 5 editions of the Olympic Gamesthe Albiceleste delegation won 23 medals, of which 8 were gold, 3 silver and 12 bronze.
Tokyo 2020: 1 silver and 2 bronze
In this edition, the women’s field hockey team won the silver medal, after losing to the Netherlands, who won gold in Beijing 2008 and London 2012 along with the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, by 3-1. Despite the defeat, “Las Leonas” had an incredible performance throughout the competition, despite having been unable to compete for two years due to the pandemic generated by COVID 19. Later, in both men’s rugby sevens and men’s volleyball, Argentina won two bronze medals after beating Great Britain (17-12) and Brazil (3-2) respectively.
Rio 2016: 3 gold and 1 silver
The Argentine delegation won four medals here (3 golds and 1 silver). Judo fighter Paula Pareto defeated Korean Jeong Bo-Kyeong and managed to take the gold medal. In sailing, the sailors Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza also won gold, as did “Los Leones”, the Argentine men’s field hockey team, when they defeated Belgium 4-2.
The silver medal went to tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, who reached the final to face British Andy Murray, after beating elite athletes such as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Unfortunately, Del Potro was unable to beat Murray, who had already won the gold medal at the 2012 London Games.
London 2012: 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze
The only gold medal won by Argentina was thanks to Sebastián Crismanich, who beat Spaniard Nicolás García Hemme in taekwondo in the under 80 kg category. Then, in women’s hockey, Argentina took second place after losing again to the Netherlands by 2-0. The two remaining medals won in these Games were bronze, won by Juan Martín del Potro and, in Class 470 Sailing, by Juan De la Fuente and Lucas Calabrese.
Beijing 2008: 2 gold and 4 bronze
In cycling and football, Argentina won its two gold medals at these games. The Albiceleste team, with players such as Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María and Sergio Agüero, defeated Nigeria 1-0 to bring the gold medal to the country. In cycling, Juan Curuchet and Walter Pérez won gold in the “Madison Test”, in which two cyclists must travel 50 kilometers (200 laps).
In basketball, without Emanuel Ginóbili, who was unable to attend, the Argentine team took third place and the bronze medal after beating Lithuania 87-75, a team they had already lost to in their debut at the Games.
The remaining three bronze medals were won by Argentina in the disciplines of judo (Paula Pareto), sailing (Carlos Espínola and Santiago Lange) and women’s field hockey (Las Leonas).
Athens 2004: 2 gold and 4 bronze
In this edition, the Argentine basketball team achieved one of its greatest achievements when it beat Italy 84-69, but had previously defeated the United States “Dream Team”, the dominant team in this sport, in the semifinals, with a historic goal by “Manu” Ginóbili.
Argentina also won gold in men’s football for the first time in its history, after beating Paraguay 1-0 with a goal from Carlos Tevez. The Argentine team had come close to winning gold in Amsterdam 1928 and Atlanta 1996.
The Argentine delegation won four more bronze medals at these Olympics. In the women’s doubles, Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini took third place after beating the Japanese, Ai Sugiyama and Shinobu Asagoe, 6-3 and 6-3.
Finally, Georgina Bardach, in swimming; Carlos Espínola and Santiago Lange in sailing, tornado class; and the women’s hockey team, also obtained bronze medals, thus completing the six medals obtained by the Argentine representatives this year.
Source: Ambito
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