The Water ski Argentina got a good harvest in South American Games of Asuncion 2022: four golds, one silver and two bronzes. Three of those medals came from the hand of Tobia Giorgia 20-year-old from Santa Fe who learned to ski almost at the same time as walking, following a family tradition, and who has been on the international podium for several seasons.
On the Costanera Padre Bolik in Encarnación, Giorgis became Absolute Champion this Sunday, with 2,650.30 points, ahead of the Chilean Martin Labra Thiermann (2,437.50) and the Argentine Patrick Zohar Alvarez (2,323.10). Tomás had won the jumping title, his specialty, and silver in numbers on Saturday.
Born in Roldán, a town located 25 kilometers west of Rosario, Tobías has water skiing in his blood. His father German He has practiced this sport in a recreational way since he was a child and ended up passing on his passion to his three children, who grown in water.
“For a year and a half or two we have been in the water, since we started walking. My father was the one who built the Puerto Roldán lake, where we started and trained. It was always a sport we did as a family , with my father and my brothers Ignacio (22 years old) and Francisco (14 years old and also present in Asunción, where he didn’t reach any final), “the Santa Fe native told the radio show The sports blender.
With the “training ground” literally in front of the house, the Giorgi have developed their natural talent. And Tobias understood that that passion could take him far.
“I was going to a tournament and I saw that I was doing well. Always wanting to do my best, I set myself goals. And once you achieve that, you realize that you really like sports, which makes you very happy.” he said.
And I add: “It is an expensive sport, because it takes a lake and a boat. And it’s not easy, it’s very tiring. You spend a lot of time in the water. The boat goes at 58 kilometers per hour. Imagine the force you exert on skis. That’s why there is also a lot of work out of the water to strengthen the core area of the body. It is a daily job. It’s tough, but it’s worth it. ”
The Roldan did not take long to achieve great results. In mid-2018 he won the bronze medal in Figures al Odesur Cochabamba Games, behind Ignacio, who won silver. A few months later, she won gold in the Under 17 Absolute Pan American Championship played in Los Morros, Chile. In the same tournament, his older brother was bronze in the Under 21 team.
Besides, it was Second place in the world in the general classification in the championship that was played in Seseña, Spain, and ended that year as number one in the world youth rankings.
2019 started with everything in Australia. In March, in the Masters of Melbourne, he won gold in the Junior Overall (for the third consecutive year) and added a gold in the Jump, a silver in the Night Jump and bronzes in Figure and Slalom.
Soon after, he swept the Rosario Beach South American Games. In the patio of his home – water skiing took place in the lake of Puerto Roldán – he won silver in jumping, figures and general, and bronze in slalom.
In May he won a gold in the Absolute and a silver in the Jump in the junior category of the Georgian masters. And in July, at the age of 17, he finished third in the men’s overall final of the Pan American Games in Lima.
Last year, in the Chapala Pan American Championship, Mexico, excelled in the Under 21 and Open (senior) categories at the age of 19. In the first he won in Slalom, Jump and Overall and was second in Figures. And in the second, silver was awarded in the complete test and bronze in the figures.
And in July this year he won a bronze medal at the Birmingham World Gamesa competition that brings together sports that are not part of the Olympic program.
Giorgis is third in Jump, with a score of 62.1 meters, behind the Ukrainian danilo filchenko (64.9) and the locale Taylor Garcia (63.9), in what was his first senior world competition.
So he came to Odesur as one of the candidates and he didn’t disappoint.
wakeboard gold
The Argentines have shone in water skiing wakeboarding competitions. Eugenia d’ArmiPan-American champion in Lima 2019, she won gold in the test in which her sister Victory it was the fourth. The podium was completed by the Chilean Ignazio Holscher and the Brazilian Mariana Ribeiro.
In the men’s competition he was crowned Kai Dytschahead of the Colombian Jorge Rocha Olarte and the Brazilian Pietro Pedroso. His brother ulfsilver in Lima 2019, he finished sixth.
Meanwhile, the mixed jump team of horse ridingintegrated in Alessandro Madorno, Damiano Ancic, Gioacchino Albisù Y Nicola Elustondo, took the silver medal, finishing second with 22.33 penalty points, behind Brazil (gold with 11.22). The bronze went to Chile, with 29.9.
the girls of Claw she secured the bronze medal in the women’s competition hand ball. The Argentine team won 22-20 Uruguay, scored his third single group win and secured third place. This Monday they will clash Brazilwith the illusion of finishing higher on the podium.
The women’s soccer team lost 2-1 with Colombia in his second presentation and has exhausted his chances of fighting for medals. At their debut they had lost 5-1 to Uruguay.
The Lions they beat 12 to 0 to Brazil, with goals from Nicolás Acosta, Tobías Martins, Juan Ronconi, Ignacio Ibarra, Bautista Capurro (all shouted twice), Lucas Vila and Matías Rey (one each). This is how they entered the game for gold, in which they will clash with Chile or Peru on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the women’s team of Rugby fell 14 to 7 against Colombia in the duel for the bronze medal and was left off the podium. And at 8.45pm, men will set gold against kilos.
Also, the team artistic swimming he finished fourth in the technical competition of routine and free routine with a free execution score of 22.4000 points, artistic impression of 30.5333 and difficulty of 22.6000, for a total of 75.5333. On the podium came Brazil (160.3078), Colombia (155.9106) and Chile (153.2101).
Furthermore, at the end of this Sunday new medals will arrive for Argentina because the couples of paddle They will go for gold. Cecilia Reiter Y Diara Valenzuela they will clash with the Chileans Gabriela Roux Vidal Y Giannina Minieri in the definition of double. While Franco Da Bianco Y Giovanni Ignazio De Pascual will seek the title against the Brazilians Giulio Giulianotti Y Lucas Silveira Da Cunha.
Argentina is fourth in the medal table, with 20 golds, 32 silvers and 37 bronzes, not counting those medals already insured but without color confirmation, such as handball, hockey and paddle tennis. The first is Brazil (79-56-42), followed by Colombia (40-50-52) and Chile (22-13-35).
Source: Clarin
