Neuquén added medals in judo, athletics and swimming, while women’s soccer, with two victories in two presentations, is the only one that secured the pass to the semifinals after completing on Wednesday afternoon the second day of the 29th Araucanía Games that are played in Puerto Montt, Osorno, Ancud and Castro. After two rainy days, there was full sun in the Lake District and several medals for Neuquén on the second day of action.
In athletics on the track of the National Institute of Sports, Neuquén had another good performance with Camila Salvucci, just 16 years old, as a standard bearer, winning the gold medal in the queen test, the 100-meter dash. with a record of 12 seconds 60 hundredths, surpassing the representative of Bio Bio, Martina Pérez (12s70/100) and Paulina Almarza from Los Lagos (12s.80/100). In this test close to the bronze was the also Neuquén María Inés Bravo with 12 seconds 83 hundredths.
Salvucci achieved his first gold medal in the competition and his second after winning the silver in the long jump in his debut. In the men’s event, Héctor Pérez was unfortunately disqualified for a false start.
At the end of the day there were more medals on the athletic track. Zapalina Giuliana Baigorria who this year, among other achievements, became champion at the 3rd South American Youth Games in Rosario, also left her mark at the Araucanía Games defending the title she had obtained in the last edition in Santa Rosa La Pampa, in 2019 adding another gold medal.
The silver medal was also won by the 4×100 meter relay made up of María Inés Bravo, Camila Villalba, Camila Salvucci and Giuliana Prunetti. In high jump Josefina Lionetto was fourth.
Swimming was another of the sports that continued adding medals in the pool of the Universidad de los Lagos, where they achieved Juan Ignacio Sanabria silver in the 400-meter freestyle and Renata Flores, in the 100-meter backstroke, while Mateo Gismoldi obtained bronze in the 100-meter butterfly.
The judo that had its premiere this Wednesday in the competition in Osorno, also brought good news with the consecration of Brenda Lino who obtained the gold medal in the 52 kilos category. In addition they achieved the psilver review, Joaquín Troncoso, in 55 kilograms and Morena Sepúlveda, obtained bronze in 48 kilograms.
in team sports women’s football is the only discipline that marches with a perfect score and has already reached the semifinals. Also In Osorno, at the Rupanco stadium, they achieved their second consecutive victory by beating Aysén 3-0 with goals from Ana Pailaleo and Abril Yune (2). Today Thursday will have a free date and awaits a rival that could be Tierra del Fuego (1) -who will face Los Lagos (0)- or Los Ríos (4) who played their two games (3-1 against Los Lagos and 2-2 with the fuegians).
The men’s soccer team, which was active at the Chinquihue stadium in Puerto Montt, lost to La Pampa 2-0 and was left out of the medal dispute.
While Women’s basketball, which defends the crown, lost undefeated in the double day at the Pilar de Ancud school. After the morning victory against Aysén 62 to 54, in the afternoon those led by Alejandro Sosa could not beat Bio Bio (47 to 39) but this Thursday they will seek to enter the semifinals in the matches with Ñuble (9) and Chubut (16),
While, the selected one of The men’s basketball team led by Andrés García had a perfect day after beating Araucanía 64-52 in the afternoon at the San Crescente de Castro Educational Complex and Los Ríos, at the Sports Center, 68-42. semifinals against La Pampa.
In volleyball, The girls lost to Bio Bio in straight sets (25-21, 25-22 and 25-21) at the Andrés Bello venue and in the afternoon they beat Tierra del Fuego 3-1 at the Men’s High School in Puerto Montt ( 25-15, 18-25, 26-24 and 25-11). Today the rivals will be Los Ríos (9) and Ñuble (16). The men’s team continues without being able to win and added two other defeats that leave it out of the title defense. Leandro Gimeno’s team fell in the morning at the Colegio San Javier against Chubut 3-0 (25-22, 25-22 and 25-23) and then in the afternoon, at the University of Los Lagos, they were also unable to classic with Río Negro (25-20, 25-20 and 26-24). Starting at 9 this Thursday, they will face Magallanes at the end of the qualifying phase.
In cycling, who disputed the 100 kilometers in a peloton on the road to the airport in Puerto Montt, the Neuquén national team placed fifth with Kevin Quilan from Chosmal fighting for the lead with a time of 30 minutes 1 second. The victory went to Araucanía (28m24s) and was escorted by Los Lagos and Río Negro.
