The third day of competitions passed in the XXXI Binational Games of Araucanía, which will continue until Friday the 15th in the Aysén Region, where Chubut continues to be the protagonist.
During the day Wednesday, in team sports, the regular phases began to close, facing the crossroads that will define who will fight for a podium, or a good final position.
Very good news came from the Punta Arenas sub-headquarters, Magallanes region, since the Chubut soccer representatives, in both branches, reached the semifinals and will fight for the podium.
The team female had closed the regular round on Tuesday afternoon, after beating Los Lagos 3-0 and winning Group B. With a rest day on Wednesday, this thursday will play semi-finals before the Araucanía Regionsecond in zone A. The duel for a place in the final will begin at 9, at the Fiscal Antonio Rispoli Díaz Stadium.
On the other hand, the men that with the tie on the final date it was enough for them to qualify, They beat Magallanes 4-1 and secured their place in the best four of the tournament. There they will face La Pampa, winner of group B. The match will be played this Thursday at 3 p.m.
Chubut’s victory in soccer to take first place with an ideal score.
Volleyball goes for the podium
In Cohyaique, the team men’s volleyball made it to the semifinals after the two wins obtained on Wednesday. In first turnsurpassed with comfort for 3-0 to Tierra del Fuegowhile in the afternoon defeated the local Aysén, 3-1. In this way, the Chubutans were second in Zone A and will face La Pampa, winner of Group B, in the semifinals. The duel will be played on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Colegio San José.
The cast did not suffer the same fate.female volleyball Despite the goodvictory against Ñuble 3-0 during the morning, with which the first round closed, was not enough to qualify for the championship round. However, there will be no time for regrets since on Thursday the girls will begin to play the Stimulus round, where they will look for the best possible position to add good points to the general table.
In Puerto Aysén the Chubut basketball representatives could not achieve the goal of entering the best four.
The Chubut teammasculine closed the initial phase with a good victory against Los Lagos by 52-48but it was not enough for him, since he finishedthird in thezone C and now you must play the Stimulus round.
For its part, the teamfemale He was close but couldn’t. Thedefeat at the close of the regular phaseagainst Bío Bío by 44-32eliminated the chances of qualifying for the semifinals. However, you must wait for the final positions of each group to see which rival will play at the beginning of the Stimulus round, to find the best possible position.
In Coyhaique judo added two new medals on the second day. In an extraordinary performance, Emiliano Benítez won all his fights in the category up to 66 kilos and won the first gold medal for Chubut in this discipline. There was also a very outstanding presentation by Melani Morales, who had triumphed in all her fights until the final, in which she could not overcome her rival from Los Lagos and took a very meritorious silver medal.
Melani Morales and Emiliano Benítez added medals in Judo for Chubut.
This Thursday, in the women’s category Ariana Villegas (up to 70 kg) and Arlet Rojas (up to 78 kg) will compete, while in the men’s category Santiago Alfonso (81 kg) and Thiago Hughes (-90 kg) will compete.
On the court of the Coyhaique Regional stadium a new day of athleticswhere Chubut added a new medal thanks to Santiago Vázquez, who finished second in the 800 meters plains. In addition, the performances of Nimba Laurent stood out, who won his 100 meter hurdles series, achieving the best mark, and the same with Agustín Coronel, in the 200 meter dash, an event in which he won his series comfortably. Both will run the final of these tests this Thursday, being clear candidates for the podium.
In the Puerto Aysén natatorium There was another good production from Chubut, with several medals. Individually they achieved Mateo Luna gold in the 100 meter breaststroke and Giuliana Soria in the 50 meter freestyle, while Iara Roberts won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke..
At the end of the day, the Chubut 4×50 combined relays stood out again, where the men’s team won the gold and the women’s team the silver medal. In the general summary by branch, so far Chubut leads the women’s table with 132 points, followed by Santa Cruz (127) and Magallanes (109). For their part, men are in fourth place with 91 units. First is Río Negro (143), second Aysén (112) and third La Pampa (93).
Finally, cycling had a rest day and will resume activity on Thursday, with the individual time trial test. So far, in the overall times, Chubut is in fourth place in the female branch and sixth among the men.
Source: Text and photos from Chubut Deportes.
