A special evening is coming up. Tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at the Select cinema, Alvear street in our capital, will be the 5th edition of the “Wayra Xuy” awards organized by the Jujuy Sports Journalists Club, which confirmed that there will be three gold awards after the isolation due to the pandemic and two years of absence, in which the accumulated merits of the elite athletes of Jujuy will be counted.
Sergio Tolaba, a member of the organization, remarked that “this started back in 2014, a group of journalists who set out to highlight the Olympic sport, but as we know it is inclusive and we began to mutate and incorporate disciplines where we are going to award three gold medals. We want not only natural talent to stand out, but also work, effort, sacrifice, lack of resources and the unconditional support of family and leaders. It is an essential part. Knowing that due to the stoppage of the pandemic there are accumulated merits, athletes from Jujuy who did a good job in this time.
Among some of those who will say present we can mention Jarno Emiliano Pessolano in athletics; chess Julio Alfredo Chiappero; motor racing Ariel Diaz, Hernán Gelmetti, Alejandro Zeballos and Ignacio Scarpellino; men’s basketball Rafael Vitancor (Atlético Gorriti); women’s basketball Alejandra Lara (U13 Selection); women’s maxi Andrea Vaquera; handball Facundo Aldana; boxing Laura Carabajal; mountain biking Agustina Apaza (2nd Odesur Azu Games 2022); track cycling Máximo Gómez (2nd national ranking); sport climbing (Felipe Pellegrino 1st NOA bouldering); soccer Diego López (Estudiantes de Buenos Aires 1st national); futsal Emilce Nina (champion 2022 – Perico); football PC Rodrigo Luque, Fabricio Álvarez (national team); 5-a-side soccer for the blind Adrian Walter Rojas (Los Linces); children’s soccer school Bautista Daniel Valencia; Rubén Monroy bodybuilding; fitness Monica Kramich; artistic gymnastics Constanza Consentini; trampoline gymnastics Santiago Ferrari (Bulgaria – Portugal World Cup); golf Manuel Soler (the best handicap in Jujuy); weightlifting María Ramos (world tournament in Colombia); field hockey Paulina Sánchez (Suri RC); judo Rodrigo Barrios (South American Champion); karate Patricio Montalvetti (2nd in the world ranking Turkey); kick boxing Javier “Yiyo” Aparicio (South American champion Colombia); swimming Guadalupe Daz (3 national gold) and Guadalupe Peralta; figure skating Victoria Carattoni (municipal) José Martin Cruz; sport fishing Los Marotudos (Marcos Quinteros, Rafael Congiu and Walter Castellanos); enduro motorcycling Gabriel Rocha; jet ski Julio Moises (h) (3rd South American from Peru); super bike Luis Martínez (5th place national level); Quimey Cisterna rugby; ornamental jumps Adriano Martin Montalvetti (2022 Argentine platform runner-up); taekwondo Gabriela Fernanda Soria and Juan José Reynoso (South American from Brazil); tennis Valentino Ancasi (under 12 World Cup Bolivia – Uruguay); table tennis Sofia Rocha (Argentine champion); shot Agustín Perea Lizárraga (Argentine champion 2022).
