Fernanda Russo reached on South American Games in Asuncion with a dual purpose: to repeat his great results from four years ago in Cochabamba – he won gold in individual and mixed team competitions (along with Alexis Eberhart) of the 10-meter rifle – and ensure the classification al Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023. And on the first day of medals in sports shooting in the capital of Paraguay, he has already achieved most of those goals.
Because the 23-year-old from La Rioja climbed to the top step of the podium in her specialty, with 155.2 points, ahead of the other Biancoceleste representative, corpse antorena, who was second with 154.0 and also got a ticket to Santiago. The bronze went to the Venezuelan Maribel Pineda.
Russo has ratified that he is a regional power in his discipline, in which, since he debuted in the majors, he has won a silver in the Toronto Pan American Games 2015he overwhelmed the Odesur in Cochabamba and won the individual bronze and gold in the mixed team Lime 2019. It was also given a joy, at the beginning of a new Olympic cycle more difficult than expected.
“It cost us. It was difficult to adapt to the pace of training, what it means to commit again to a new Olympic cycle and, of course, the economic crisis we are going through is no stranger to us (shooting is a sport with imported supplies) . But we do what we can, it’s all on our own, “the Rioja native said in a chat to TyC Sports, talking about how she lived the months after a few. Tokyo Olympics which have been postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic and have altered the normal calendar of world sport (because there will be only three years between that date and Paris 2024).
Although he assured: “It is always a pride to represent Argentina. I am very happy with the team that has been formed, both the mixed and the individual one, so let’s give our best.”
Russo, silver medal for international mixed teams in the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympicsshe had a dream Olympic debut when she finished 20th at the age of 16 Rio 2016. In Tokyo, she did not get the performance she expected: she finished 40th in the individual event and 27th in the mixed team competition.
Now it’s all about Paris. And in Asunción he has already taken the first step, because he has obtained the ticket for the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023, which in turn will classify the champions of each shooting discipline at the Olympic event in the French capital.
Riojan, likewise, has yet another goal to achieve in the Odesur, which she will seek this Tuesday. Because she will go for the gold medal in the mixed team competition with Eberdhart.
The Santa Fe native, winner of three gold medals in Cochabamba, also stood on the podium in the individual 10-meter carbine test and secured a place for Santiago, because he won the silver medal, behind the Venezuelan Julius Caesar Iemma (Prayed). The podium was completed by another albiceleste shooter, Julian Gutierrez.
Ping pong secured two medals
The women’s doubles and men’s doubles table tennis pairs have secured two new medals for the Argentine harvest as they entered the final, which will be played this Tuesday.
Alto Gaston Y Horace Cifuentes defeated the Brazilians at the beginning of the day by 3 to 2 (10-12, 2-11, 11-7, 11-7 and 11-8) Carlos Karasawa Y Guilherme Da Costa in the quarter-finals. And then they won 3-0 (11-8, 11-5 and 11-8) against the Paraguayans Dario Toranzo Y Marcelo Aguirre in the semifinal. Now they will go for gold against the Chileans Gustavo Gomez Hernandez Y Nicholas Burgos Valdes.
While, Camila Arguelles Y Molero candle they exceeded by 3 to 0 (11-6, 11-4 and 11-7) a Chesea Edghill Y Natalie Cummings, from Guyana, in quarters; They also eliminated the Venezuelan team 3-0 (11-9, 11-7 and 11-7) in the semifinals. Camila Obando Silva Y Roxy González Benitez; and they will seek the top of the podium against the Chileans Daniela Ortega Gomez Y Maria Paolina Vega.
The boxer Lucía Pérez, who defeated Bolivian María Eugenia Ortega by technical knockout in the semifinals of the category up to 66 kilos, secured at least the silver medal. On Wednesday she will go for gold against the Brazilian Barbara Dos Santos.
Aldana López won bronze in the 50 kilos, falling 5-0 in the semifinal against Carolin Barbosa, from Brazil.
the claw, the women’s handball team, reached the last day of competition with the possibility of adding a gold. But the team of Edoardo Gallardo, who presented a team with many young players because they had already qualified for Santiago 2023, lost 26-15 to Brazil and took the bronze. The Brazilians took the gold and Paraguay, which lost in the closing of the single group with Chile by 22 to 17, kept the silver.
On the other hand, the women’s futsal team beat Bolivia 3-0 on their tournament debut. The male beat Panama 4-0.
While, the lionessesalready classified in the final, will clash Peru at the end of the qualification phase of women’s field hockey.
Source: Clarin
