Pan American Games: Argentina won two new bronze medals in fencing and wrestling

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Argentina won bronze in team epee after beating Venezuela at the Pan American Games in Santiago (@DeportesAR)
Argentina won bronze in team epee after beating Venezuela at the Pan American Games in Santiago (@DeportesAR)

The Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023 They entered their final stretch and the Argentine delegation, after the gold medal of Isabel Di Tella in fencing and the bronze medal of Catriel Muriel in wrestling, will seek this Thursday to increase its collection of medals.

The first joy of the day came again with fencing. In the team epee event, Argentina defeated Venezuela 43-42 and won the bronze medal thanks to the performance of Agustín Gusman, Jesus Lugones and Alessandro Taccani. The victory was celebrated with enthusiasm, since the Venezuelan team had just won bronze in the last World Cup.

One of the highlights of the day will take place, starting at 5:30 p.m., at the Field Hockey Sports Center. In that scenario The lionesssilver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics, They will seek to be one step away from being able to revalidate the gold medal they achieved in Lima 2019. In the semifinals they will face the Canadian women's team.

Another team that will seek to finish with a medal is the men's basketball team, which once again was the protagonist of a frenetic match. At Sports Center 1, after their victories against Venezuela and Panama, they won the extra round 82-81 against the Dominican Republic in their last match of the group stage.

It is also worth highlighting the varied activity within speed canoeing (Agustín Vernice and Valentín Rossi qualified for the K1 1000m final and Brenda Rojas and María Magdalena Garro for the K2 500m final) and the Tiburonas, the women's water polo team, who defeated Puerto Rico and advanced to the semifinals (in the afternoon the men will seek to reach the same stage against the same rival).

Argentina has so far won a total of 38 medals, including four gold, 15 silver and 19 bronze. However, at the top of the medal table the United States comfortably leads.

The Argentine agenda for day 16 of the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023:

Athletics:

Women's 4x100m Relay - Semifinal - María Florencia Lamboglia, Belén Fritzsche, Melanie Soledad Rosalez and María Victoria Woodward

Men's 4x100m Relay - Semifinal - Elian Gaspar Larregina, Juan Ignacio Ciampitti, Bautista Diamante, Franco Florio and Tomás Mondino advanced to the final

18.57 - Men's 1500m - Final - José Zabala and Diego Lacamoire

Basketball:

Men's Team - Group A - Argentina 82-81 Dominican Republic

Boating speed:

K1 1000m Men - Qualifiers - Agustín Vernice won his heat with a time of 3:38.33 and qualified directly to the final

K1 1000m Men - Qualifiers - Valentín Rossi won his heat with a time of 3:40.58 and qualified directly to the final

C1 Men's 1000m - Qualifiers - Joaquín Lukac finished fourth with a time of 4:36.52 and will compete in the semifinals

C1 1000m Men - Semifinal - Joaquín Lukac finished seventh with a time of 4:34.52 and will compete in the Final B

Women's K2 500m - Qualifiers - Brenda Rojas and María Magdalena Garro won their heat with a time of 1:45.56 and qualified directly to the final

Fencing:

Men's Team Sword - Quarterfinals - Argentina (Jesús Lugones, Alessandro Taccani and Agustín Gusman Menteguiaga) defeated Brazil 32-27

Men's Team Sword - Semifinal - Argentina (Jesús Lugones, Alessandro Taccani and Agustín Gusman Menteguiaga) fell 45-30 Canada

Men's Team Sword - Argentina (Jesús Lugones, Alessandro Taccani and Agustín Gusman Menteguiaga) defeated Venezuela 43-42 and took the bronze medal

Women's Team Foil - Quarterfinals - Argentina (Flavia Mormandi, Lucia Ondarts and Athina González Ciavarella) lost 44-33 to Mexico

Women's team foil - Classification 5th-8th - Argentina (Flavia Mormandi, Lucia Ondarts and Athina González Ciavarella) won 45-31 against Colombia

Women's team foil - Classification 5th-6th - Argentina (Flavia Mormandi, Lucia Ondarts and Athina González Ciavarella) lost 45-38 to Chile

Artistic gymnastics:

In progress - Clubs/Claves Individual - Classification - Martina Gil and Celeste D'Arcangelo

In progress - Individual Tape - Classification - Martina Gil and Celeste D'Arcangelo

Golf:

Now - Men's Individual - Matchday 1 - Alejandro Tosti and Jorge Fernández Valdes

Now- Women's Individual - Matchday 1 - Magdalena Simmermacher and Valentina Rossi

Field hockey:

17.30 - Women's Team - Semifinal - Las Leonas vs Canada

Struggle:

Women's 50kg Wrestling - Patricia Bermudez did not make the weight and could not compete

Men's 65kg Wrestling - Quarterfinals - Agustín Destribats won 11-0 against Bolivian Marvin Chavez

Men's 65kg Wrestling - Semifinal - Agustín Destribats fell 5-3 to the American Nahshon Garrett

Men's 65kg Wrestling - Bronze - Agustín Destribats defeated the Peruvian Sixto Auccapiña and took third place

Artistic Swimming:

Duet - Free Routine - Tiziana Bonucci and Luisina Caussi finished in 11th place

Vasca ball:

Men's Frontball - Group A - Nicolas Comas fell 2-0 against Mexican David Álvarez

Women's Frontball - Group A - Micaela Cortez won 2-0 against Costa Rican María Araya

Men's rubber paddle - Group A - Federico Fernández won 2-0 against Chilean Renato Bolelli

Women's rubber paddle - Group A - Sabrina Andrade won 2-0 against Cuban Laura Álvarez Prado

17.00 - Men's Doubles Ratchet - Group A - Facundo Andreasen and Alfredo Villegas vs the Peruvians Renee Escapa and Andre Bellido

19.00 - Women's Doubles Ratchet - Group A - María García and Cynthia Pinto vs the Venezuelans Carla Castillo and Fatima Arellano

21.30 - Women's rubber paddle - Group A - Sabrina Andrade vs the Mexican Marifer Noriega

Water polo:

Women's Team - Quarterfinals - Argentina beat Puerto Rico 13-11 and qualified for the semifinals

Now - Men's Team - Quarterfinals - Argentina vs Puerto Rico

Squash:

Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals - Roberto Pezzota and Leandro Romiglio lost 2-1 to Peruvians Diego Elias and Alonso Escudero

Table tennis:

Men's Teams - Group D - Argentina (Horacio Cifuentes, Santiago Lorenzo and Gastón Alto) defeated Peru 3-1

17.00 - Women's Teams - Group B - Candela Molero, Camila Argüelles and Ana Codina vs United States

19.30 - Men's Teams - Group D - Argentina (Horacio Cifuentes, Santiago Lorenzo and Gastón Alto) vs Chile

Archery:

Men's Individual Recurve - Round 16 - Damián Jajarabilla fell 7-3 to Cuban Juan Santiesteban

Men's Individual Composite - Round of 16 - Iván Nikolajuk fell 147-145 to Salvadoran Roberto Hernández

Women's Individual Recurve - Round of 16 - Florencia Leithold fell 6-4 to Chilean Matilde Baeza

Recurve Mixed Teams - Round of 16 - Argentina vs Venezuela

Triathlon:

Women's Individual - Final - Moira Miranda finished 14th with a time of 2:00:39 and Romina Biagioli finished 23rd with a time of 2:07:50. This tournament adds points in the Olympic ranking to qualify for Paris 2024.

Men's Individual - Final- Iván Anzaldo finished in 23rd place with a time of 1:53:35 and Flavio Morandini abandoned

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