The athlete Giuliana Baigorria, the swimmer Justina Deyurka and the judoka Tiziano Mac Donel achieved them on the second day of the competition held in Chile.
Hammer throwing, swimming and judo brought the province’s first gold medals.
The province of Neuquén added the first gold medals in the 31st Araucanía Games, in hammer throwing, swimming and judo. There were also triumphs in several team sports during the competitions being held this week in Chile.
The Secretary of Sports and Youth, Maria Fernanda Villonetoured various stages encouraging the different teams that are competing in the city of Coyhaique. The other locations are Puerto Aysén and Punta Arenas.
On the second day of competition, the first gold medals arrived for the Neuquén delegation, led by Giuliana Baigorriaan emblematic athlete of the binational competition, achieving her third title in the modality on the track of the Coyhaique Regional stadium after winning her first crown in Bío Bío 2021 and in the Games organized by Río Negro last year (when the sub-venue was the Neuquén Sports City track).
The celebrations continued in the adjacent gym on the judo tatami where there was a full podium, since Tiziano Mac Donel he took the gold medal at 60 kilos; Morena Sepúlveda he achieved the silver in 48 kilos and Thiago Espinoza He got bronze in 55 kilos.
Swimming also had its golden moment with Justina Deyurkawho became binational champion in the 100 meter butterfly. Meanwhile, Thomas Jouglard He won bronze in the 400 meter freestyle.
In cycling, which competes in Punta Arenas, the Neuquén teams participated in the peloton road tests, but were unable to enter the podium area.
Collective sports
Men’s basketball continues with a perfect score and, as in the debut, it vastly surpassed its rival: in this case Tierra del Fuego, by 112 to 33.
For its part, women’s basketball recovered from the setback in its debut with Río Negro and defeated Araucanía 56 to 47.
In volleyball there were victories and defeats. The women’s team, after losing to Bío Bío, defeated Magallanes 3-0 (25-14, 28-26 and 25-11), and in the afternoon they beat Tierra del Fuego, also in straight sets: 25-19, 25-17 and 25-20. The men, after losing to La Pampa in a tie break 25-22, 25-13, 18-25, 15-25 and 15-7, in the afternoon defeated Araucanía 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-19).
Women’s soccer debuted in Punta Arenas with a draw against La Pampa (1-1). Brenda Venegas He scored the goal for the Neuquén team and this Wednesday he will face Magallanes in search of qualification for the semifinals. The men’s team will try the same, after beating Aysén 4 to 0, they will face Los Lagos.
