Jaime Aránguiz presented gold medal number 16 to Chile after winning the Para badminton final in Santiago 2023. Aránguiz defeated the Brazilian Julio César Godoy in the WH2 category in two sets: 21-15 and 21-11 respectively.
With this result, Team Para Chile accumulates 51 medals: 16 gold; 20 silver and 15 bronze.
This gold is added to that obtained yesterday. Wheelchair tennis ended its competitions this Saturday, with a new gold medal for Team ParaChile at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games that end today, Sunday, November 26.
It was not an easy match. The Chilean duo of Francisco Cayulef and Diego Pérez He fought against the Brazilians Yamnitu Silva and Leandro Pena to win the gold medal, overcoming a result that was against him at the beginning.
After falling in the first set, the national pair had to come back to achieve the coveted gold medal. It was a 6-7 (5), 6-2 and 10-7 victory for Cayulef and Pérez.
This is the second gold medal for Cayulef, who had become champion just one day before. The Chilean defeated the Canadian Robert Shaw, also at the National’s Central Court, in a duel that lasted more than two hours.
Closing day
After almost 10 days of competition, the Parapan American Games end today. Road cycling and adapted badminton will be the only sports that will see action this Sunday to define the last medals.
The closing ceremony event will take place later. TO Starting at 8:30 p.m., the Parapan American Village of Cerrillos will host the official closing of the mega sports event, with live broadcasts on TVN, CHV, Canal 13, CDO, Zapping, DirecTV and TNT Sports.
Santaferia y Commotion Band stand out among the representatives of cumbia, Princess Alba will be the main face of the urban scene, and Talk will perform with his style marked by fusion and acoustic pop, while Los Ramblers They will bring out their voices through jazz and rock & roll.
Gold Silver Bronze Total Brazil 156 98 89 343 USA 55 58 53 166 Colombia 50 58 53 161 Mexico 29 46 50 125 Argentina 25 36 52 113 Chile 16 20 15 51 Cuba 12 8 15 35 Canada 9 15 28 52 Ecuador 7 7 5 19 Venezuela 6 12 16 34 Costa Rica 4 5 3 12 Peru 6 9 19 34 Bermuda 1 1 0 2 El Salvador 1 1 0 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 Dominican Rep. 0 3 5 8 Uruguay 0 1 1 2 Panama 0 1 0 1 Aruba 0 0 1 1 Guatemala 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
2023-11-26 17:24:29
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