Argentine athlete Fernando Vázquez won a new medal for Argentina today at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, finishing third in the T12 long jump.
The Argentine athlete Fernando Vazquez today he got a new medal for the Argentina in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Gamestaking third place in Long Jump T12.
The Cordoba native won the medal in the last jump, with which he recorded a mark of 6.88 meters and beat the Malaysian by three centimeters. Kar Gee Wong.
After winning the bronze medal in the category for people with reduced visual capacity, Vazquez highlighted: “It’s amazing because I did it on the last jump. Thank God it happened, I focused on the last jump and said ‘this is it and there’s no more.'”
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The gold medal went to Said Najafzadeof Azerbaijan (7.27 meters), while the silver medal went to the Uzbek Doniyor Saliev (7.16 meters).
Vazquez has stood out in its category, as it comes from winning first place in the Pan American Games and obtaining fourth place in the Kobe World Cup, Japan.
The Argentine delegation is having a very good participation in these Paralympic Games.
Iñaki Basiloff won a historic gold medal in swimming (200 meter medley SM7), while Antonella Ruiz Diaz and Juan Samorano They won bronze in shot put (F41) and taekwondo, respectively.
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