The Guatemalan delegation badminton shone in the International Aguascalientes 2024in which the couple men’s doubles He won the gold medal and his fellow delegation members celebrated five other medals.
In the city of Aguascalientes the best exponents of the continent met, to bring the highest level of badminton and showing the level of the athletes, mainly the Guatemalans who shone in all categories. Below we leave you the details of the medals won. What a chilero!
Guatemala won medals at the Internacional Aguascalientes 2024
The national badminton team ended its participation in the XV Mexican International 2024, which was held at the Poliforum Deportivo y Cultural Universitario Morelos in Aguascalientes, from Tuesday, October 29 to Sunday, November 3, 2024.
The international tournament had players from America and some Asian representatives, to give greater excitement, in the categories of simple, double y mixed in male and female branches. The national team was made up of Jonathan Solís, Kevin Cordón, Yeison Del Cid, Diana Corleto, Nikté Sotomayor, Christopher Martínez, José Daniel Ochoa, Adriana Barrios, Fátima Gutiérrez, Antonio Ortiz, José Luis Granados and the coach Rodolfo Ramírez.
Gold medal in men’s doubles
Guatemala achieved a important harvest in the Mexican open where he returned with a gold medal, two silvers and three bronzes, to seal his participation.
The couple made up of Christopher Martínez and Jonathan Solís they took the gold medalafter an intense final in which they defeated the Americans Yu-Yuan Chang and Wang Yen Pang 2-1 with partial scores of 21-14, 15-21 and 8-21.
Furthermore, in the same category, the duo of José Luis Granados and Antonio Ortíz took bronze, after having lost in the semifinals to the Americans Chang and Pang.
The other Guatemalan medals
The others silver medals they got them from the chapines Nikté Sotomayor in women’s singles when facing the Italian Gianna Stiglich in the final. The match ended 2-0 in favor of the European with partial scores of 21-19 and 21-17.
Furthermore, the couple Christopher Martínez and Diana Corletowere second when they fell in the final 2-0 against the Mexicans Luis Montoya and Miriam Rodríguez with partial scores of 21-16 and 21-11. Martínez achieved a gold and a silver.
Three other bronze medals were also achieved, one with Kevin Cordón in the men’s individual category, which has made a good return after the injury in Paris 2024, since although he has not won gold, he is back in the courts.
While, in men’s doublesJosé Luis Granados and Antonio Ortíz achieved third place. Nikté Sotomayor and Diana Corleto, for her part, also added in women’s doubles. What a chilero!
He badminton team They have had a good participation in October and November 2024, since they also recently celebrated at the Peru Open, where they won four medals. The most outstanding was Nikté, who won two medals, one of plata and a bronze.
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