The 2002 South American Games will be held in Asunción starting this Saturday and our country is excited about the medals: in the last tournament it won 132 medals, 38 of them gold. In soccer, the men’s Sub 20 will defend their championship title in Cochabamba 2018, and in tennis the representative will be Alejandro Tabilo.
By SERGIO ANTONIO JEREZ / Photo: AGENCIAUNO
The Odesur Games of Asunción 2022 begin this Saturday and Chilean sport is full of hopes with a view to improving the medal harvest of the last tournament, in Cochabamba 2018, where it added 132 in total, with 38 gold, 34 silver and 60 medals. bronze, for a fifth place finish.
This time the team is made up of 539 athletes, who will compete in 36 disciplines.
Among the most prominent names are Alejandro Tabilo in tennis, Francisca Crovetto in skeet shooting, Martín Vidaurre in cycling, Kristel Köbrich in swimming, Thomas Briceño in judo, Valentina Toro in karate, Yasmani Acosta in wrestling and cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt in volleyball. beach.
This, apart from what the under 20 soccer team can also do, which in Bolivia took gold in men and fourth place in women.
The Games will take place in the capital Asunción and the towns of Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Encarnación and Hernandarias, between October 1 and 15, with 62 disciplines from 37 sports in competition.
The Creole team will take 539 athletes to the South American Games that will take place in Paraguay, and the goal is clear: improve the previous record. In Cochabamba 2018, Chile returned from Bolivia with 132 medals (38 gold, 34 silver and 60 bronze), which is why it took fifth place in the medal table, behind Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.
Of the 539 athletes who will represent Chile, 236 are women and 266 men, among whom there are 30 Olympic athletes, and also 21% are under 20 category, so there is a good mix between promises and consecrated.
These are the Chilean hopes:
Athletics: Carlos Díaz, Humberto Mansilla, Gabriel Kehr and Claudio Romero.
Boxing: Valentina Bustamante.
Canoeing: Mary Joseph Mailliard.
Cycling: Martín Vidaurre, Arantza Villalón and Macarena Pérez.
Swimming: Kristel Kobrich.
Esgrima: Katina Proestakis.
Water skiing: Valentina González and Martín Labra.
Judo: Mary Dee Vargas and Thomas Briceno.
Karate: Valentina Toro and Rodrigo Rojas.
Fight: Yasmani Acosta.
Skating: Pepa Moya and Cristopher Verdugo.
Tennis: Alejandro Tabilo,
Skeet shooting: Francisca Crovetto.
Archery: Javiera Andrades.
Triathlon: Diego Moya.
Sailing: Clemente Seguel.
Beach volleyball: – Marco and Esteban Grimalt.
Men’s volleyball, rowing, men’s 7-a-side rugby, women’s and men’s field hockey, table tennis, and women’s and men’s soccer.
FOOTBALL TO DEFEND THE GOLD
The U20 men’s soccer team was champion in Cochabamba, defeating Uruguay 1-0 in the final, while the women finished in fourth place, behind Paraguay, Colombia and Ecuador.
In men, Chile was in Group B along with Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia, while Group A is made up of Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. They will debut on Tuesday the 4th against Argentina (11:15 am), on Thursday the 6th they will face Ecuador (09:00 am) and on Saturday the 8th against Colombia (11:15 am). The ladies were in Group A, with Venezuela and Paraguay, while Group B has Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina. The first challenge will be on Friday the 7th with Venezuela and the second on Sunday the 9th with Paraguay, both at 11:15.
The payrolls are as follows:
The men’s team, led by Patricio Ormazábal, has goalkeepers Eduardo Villanueva (Colo Colo) and Thomas Gillier (Universidad Católica); defenders: Tomás Avilés (Racing Club), Sebastián Pino (Catholic University), Darko Fiamengo and Daniel Gutiérrez (Colo Colo), Yahir Salazar (University of Chile) and Maicol León (Palestinian); midfielders: Jeison Fuentealba (Universidad de Chile), Cristóbal Castillo (O’Higgins), Joan Cruz (Colo Colo), Manuel Lolas (Rangers) and Bryan González (Universidad Católica), and forwards: Renato Huerta (Universidad de Chile), Nicolás Matamoros (O’Higgins), Jordhy Thompson (Colo Colo), Esteban Calderón (O’Higgins) and Sebastián Pineau (Alianza Lima).
The women, led by Andrés Aguayo, will have goalkeepers Ignacia Bustos (Fernández Vial) and Sofía Calbucura (Fernández Vial); defenders: Alexia Gallardo (Deportes Puerto Montt), Constanza Santander and Arantxa Araneda (Universidad de Concepción), Krishna Allende and Martina Osses (Colo Colo) and Claudia Salfate (Everton); flyers: Michelle Olivares, Sofía Barrios, Elisa Durán, Tamara Mansillan and Margarita Collinao (Colo Colo), Khishna Contreras (Universidad de Concepción) and Llanka Groff (Universidad de Chile); Forwards: Agustina Heyermann (Universidad Católica), Belén Bustos (Everton) and Mary Valencia (Santiago Morning).
