On the penultimate day of competition, the delegation from Corrientes that participates in the Evita 2022 National Games added two gold medals in Olympic Weightlifting; and gold in Windsurfing. Adapted athletes continue to stand out at the national level.
Regarding weightlifting, Valentina Cabral and Manuel Meza won the gold medal at the closing of their competitions in the city of Mar del Plata.
Regarding windsurfing, Juan Francisco Torres won the gold medal last Thursday; and Gustavo Duarte, a bronze in Olympic weightlifting.
For their part, the adapted athletes: Valentina Villordo was the gold medal in shot put. Marcelo Acosta: gold in 100 m. And Priscila Cóceres: gold in shot put.
For today’s event, new medals could be added since there will be people from Corrientes participating: judo with Dante Wandelow and Gastón Ortega in boxing. The basketball team 3 vs. 3 female and the female badminton duo, among others.
The delegation from Corrientes will arrive in the province tomorrow, in the morning hours. From the Sports Secretariat, in charge of the general coordination of the trip, we thank all the parents who trusted in the daily work of the group of teachers, technicians and staff in charge. “The desire is that each young person write in their personal history the experience and experience of sharing these National Games. The directives of the Governor of Corrientes is that no one from Corrientes goes through any kind of need and that they can enjoy their stay during the 7 days of game,” said Jorge Terrile, Secretary of Sports for the province of Corrientes.
Promoted by the National Sports Secretariat, the Evita National Games brought together more than 22,000 boys and girls from all over the country during this week, who competed in more than 50 disciplines. The Corrientes delegation had 900 young athletes participating in the competition under the coordination of the Secretary of Sports of the province of Corrientes.
It is important to note that in addition to the games, various workshops were also held for individual disciplines (solo singing, FreeStyle, photography, painting, drawing, storytelling, poetry, video minute, free dance, solo theater and comic strips), and collective disciplines (dances couple, musical group and theater).
It should be remembered that on the first day of competition, the swimmer Tania Ferreira, from Corrientes Capital, won the silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle swimming and the gold medal in breaststroke.
Track cycling (500 meters) provided a bronze medal for Corrientes, led by Nicolás Almada. In adapted sports: Vladimir Sotelo, gold in long jump. Aldana Olivares, silver in shot put. Matías Peralta, silver in long jump. Pedro Peralta, silver in long jump. Hernán Maciel, silver in shot put. José Aguilar, silver in long jump. Nahiara Ramírez, bronze in shot put. Camila De La Cruz, bronze in shot put. Lucrecia Blanco, bronze in shot put. Ramón Cardozo, bronze in 1,500 meters. Tatiana Gálvez, silver medal in long jump.
Already on the second day in La Feliz, the Goyano cyclist Nicolás Almada once again won the second gold medal in the “scrach” test on the track.
Meanwhile, conventional athletics provided another gold medal for Corrientes, led by Lucas Piasentini from Goyá in the discus throw.
For her part, the athlete from the capital Paz Romero won a silver medal in the 2,000-meter race, and again Tania Ferreira, from the Capital, won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle swim.
Then, on Thursday, Tania Ferreira appeared on the scene again, who won the gold medal in the 100 meter Breaststroke.
For the closing ceremony of the 2022 edition of the Evita National Games finals, there will be a big Bresh party today (a celebration that seeks to differentiate itself from the usual codes of traditional bowling, full of joy and with no room for discrimination).
It will be in the Almirante Brown square, with several of the most important DJs in the country, with free access and, for the first time, for minors since alcohol will not be sold.
On the other hand, the National Final for Seniors will be held in the province of San Luis, from November 7 to 11, and will also include artistic workshops and stages for the finalists to express all their art and cultural identity.
THE WOLF, IN GOYA
Today Goya hosts an inclusive sporting event that will take place at Club Amad. The women’s national wheelchair basketball team “Las Lobas” will play there, who will face their similar male adapted male from the province of Corrientes. “What we always carry as a flag is that the doors of the training sessions are always open, first, so that the community where we have to be comes to see, meet the girls, interact with them, be able to talk. That interaction It seems important and it also serves to make society aware that disability does not end up being a social limit, but that there are other life alternatives, in our case it is sport, but it can be study, work, so in each The entire city of Goya is invited for training,” said Carlos Cardarelli, coach of the women’s wheelchair basketball team. The match will be with San Martín, in the morning from 9 to 11:30, and at 7:00 p.m. will be the meeting at Club Amad with the men’s team from Corrientes in a friendly match. Tickets for that game can be purchased at the San Martín Institute at a value of 150 pesos, and at the door that day at 200 pesos. s
