Argentina Announces Strong Presence with 135 Athletes in Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Starting on July 18, the first athletes will arrive at the Olympic Village in anticipation of the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

One of the buildings, of the 82 blocks that make up three thousand apartments, will be destined for the Argentine delegation.

After the latest ranking closures, It was confirmed that 135 athletes will be in the Argentine delegation: a number of athletes that places him among the 10 in history with the greatest presence.

Argentina will be present in 25 subjects in the Olympic program of these Games: Football, shooting, archery, fencing, taekwondo, rowing, canoeing, swimming, modern pentathlon, tennis, horse riding, field hockey, handball, sailing, cycling, rugby sevens, triathlon, tennis, volleyball, athletics, golf, judo and table tennis, skateboarding and BMX (freestyle and racing).

The action will begin on Wednesday 24 July with football: Mascherano’s team will play against Morocco in the opening match of the group stage at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne at 10am (Argentine time).

At the same time, Los Pumas 7s, the men’s rugby sevens team, will also take to the field to face a tournament that will see them as one of the candidates to fight for a medal.

Argentina’s list of qualifiers for the Olympic Games

  • Athletics (6): Florencia Borelli and Daiana Ocampo (marathon), Elián Larregina (400 meters), Belén Casetta (3,000 meters with obstacles), Nazareno Sasia (shot put) and Jaaquín Gómez (hammer throw).
  • Canoeing (2): Agustín Vernice (K1 1000m) and Brenda Rojas (K1 500).
  • Cycling (1): Eduardo Sepúlveda.
  • Horse riding (1): José María Larocca (jumping).
  • Fencing (1): Pascual Di Tella (sabre).
  • English: Football (18): Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors), Geronimo Rulli (Ajax of the Netherlands), Marco Di Cesar (Racing Club), Julio Soler (Lanus), Joaquin Garcia (Velez Sarsfield), Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica of Portugal), Bruno Amione (Santos Laguna of Mexico), Ezequiel Fernandez (Boca Juniors), Santiago Hezze (Olympiacos of Greece), Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors), Kevin Zenon (Boca Juniors), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid of Spain), Luciano Gondoy (Argentinos Juniors), Thiago Almada (Botafogo of Brazil), Claudio Echeverri (River Plate), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City of England), Lucas Beltran (Fiorentina of Italy).
  • Golf (2): Emiliano Grillo and Alejandro Tosti.
  • Handball | The Gladiators (14): Leonel Maciel, Juan Bar, EIgnacio Pizarro, Federico Fernandez, Santiago Baronetto, Nicolas Bonanno, James Parker, Pablo Vainstein, Federico Pizarro, Guillermo Fischer, Andres Moyano, Diego Simonet, Nicolas Bono, Pablo Simonet, Pedro Martinez, Gaston Mouriño and Lucas Moscariello.
  • Field hockey | The Lionesses (16): Cristina Cosentino, Juana Castellaro, Agustina Gorzelany, Valentina Raposo, Agostina Alonso, Victoria Sauze, Rocio Sanchez Moccia, Sofia Toccalino, Sofia Cairo, Pilar Campoy, Eugenia Trinchinetti, Maria Jose Granatto, Julieta Jankunas, Agustina Albertarrio, Zoe Diaz, Lara Casas, (Reservations: Clara Barberi, Victoria Miranda, Valentina Marcucci).
  • Field Hockey | The Lions (16): (Reserves: Nehuen Hernando, Nicolas Keenan, and Tobias Martins).
  • Judo (1): Sofia Fiora (-52kg).
  • Swimming (2): Macarena Ceballos (100m breaststroke). Ulises Saravia (100m backstroke).
  • Modern Pentathlon (1): Franco Serrano.
  • Rowing (4): Sonia Baluzzo and Evelyn Silvestro (women’s lightweight doubles) and Alejandro Colomino and Pedro Dickson (men’s lightweight doubles).
  • Rugby (12) | The Pumas 7s: Santiago Alvarez, Tomas Elizalde, Augustin Fraga, Luciano Gonzalez, Matteo Graziano, Santiago Mare, Marcos Moneta, Matias Osadczuk, Joaquin Pellandini, Gaston Revol, German Schulz, Tobias Wade. Reserves; Rodrigo Isgro and Santiago Vera Feld.
  • Skateboarding (2): Matias Del Ollio and Mauro Iglesias.
  • Taekwondo (1): Lucas Guzmán (-58 kg).
  • Tennis (8): Sebastian Baez, Mariano Navone, Francisco Cerúndolo, Tomas Etcheverry, Andres Molteni, Maximo Gonzalez, Nadia Podoroska and Lourdes Carle.
  • Table tennis (1): Santiago Lorenzo.
  • Sport shooting (3): Fernanda Russo (10m air rifle), Julián Gutiérrez (10m air rifle) and Federico Gil (skeet).
  • Archery (1): Damián Jajarabilla (individual recurve).
  • Triathlon (1): Romina Biagioli.
  • Sailing (7): Eugenia Bosco and Mateo Majdalani (Nacra 17), Lucía Falasca (ILCA 6), Catalina Turienzo (Formula Kite), Francisco Saubidet and Chiara Ferreti (both windsurfing) and Francisco Guaragna (ILCA 7).
  • Volleyball (12): Luciano De Cecco, Matias Sanchez, Bruno Lima, Pablo Kukartsev, Augustin Loser, Nicolas Zerba, Martin Ramos, Luciano Vicentin, Facundo Conte, Ezequiel Palacios, Jan Martinez, Luciano Palonsky and Santiago Danani.

2024-07-05 15:01:55
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