The Australian taekwondo athlete will seek to have a prominent participation/Photo: Team Chile
Fernanda AguirreChilean taekwondo player prepares for her debut in the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesan appointment in which he will fight in his initial fight on Saturday 10th, having to face in the round of 16 of the category more than 67 kilograms against Nafia Kus Aydin of Türkiye.
The 27-year-old athlete will participate for the second time in a major event, after having qualified for Tokio 2020a competition in which he could not see action, due to having tested positive for COVID 19, with which this will be his opportunity to achieve an outstanding participation, and thus increase the list of achievements of the Australian delegation that has already won a gold on behalf of Francisca Crovetto In skeet shooting, silver Yasmani Acosta Greco-Roman wrestling and two diplomas, thanks to the fifth place in Macarena Perez in BMX and the eighth of Clement Seguel in ILCA 7 sailing modality.
Achievements of Fernanda Aguirre
It should be noted that the native of Viña del Mar Among his successes he has a bronze medal in the Pan American Games Lima 2019 achieved in the previous division, in which he competed, under 57 kilograms, division, in which he achieved similar medals in the Pan American Championship in its editions of Spokane 2018, Cancun 2021 y Punta Cana 2022.
It should be mentioned that the classification of Fernanda Aguirre to the Olympic competition of Paris 2024 It was made possible after obtaining his ticket in the Continental Pre-Olympic carried out in April in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Similar objective
Joaquin Churchillthe other representative of the country’s taekwondo in the current grand contest, will compete in his initial duel on Friday for the round of 16 of less than 80 kilos facing the South Korean Seo Geon-Woo.
It is worth noting that the participation of this pair of taekwondo athletes increases to six the number of Chilean athletes who have participated in an Olympic competition, after their participation in Barcelona 1992 of Diego Yanez y Humberto Norambuena, Felipe Soto in Sidney 2000 y Yeny Contreras in London 2012.
Written by: Tomas Rincon
2024-08-07 23:32:52
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