The men’s team basketball who won the medal plata and the women’s volleyball team, which won the bronzethey managed to make the podium at the closing of the 31st edition of the Araucanía Games, which ended this Friday in Coyhaique and which had Puerto Aysén and Punta Arenas as sub-headquarters. Judo was the other discipline that achieved bronze with the men’s team.
The champion of the binational contest was Río Negro. Chubut and La Pampa escorted him. Neuquén, which participated with a delegation of 143 athletes, finished in seventh position, collecting 26 medals in this edition: 6 gold; 11 silver and 9 bronze.
At the Puerto Aysén Sports Center, The men’s basketball team, led by Dante Centeno, could not beat Bío Bío, who won 67-62 in the fight for the gold medal. The first half ended tied at 37 after the Chileans won the first quarter 25-12 and the Neuquén team won the second by the same score. But then the hosts took advantage in the remaining two quarters, winning 20-16 and 10-9. It was the only game that the Neuquén team lost, and they fought until the end.
In the other definition for the bronze medal in the Parque Austral of Coyhaique, Women’s volleyball directed by María Barloqui won in straight sets in the classic in Río Negro with partials, 25-22, 25-19 and 28-26, repeating last year’s position.
Also in this city the activity closed the judo in men after winning the bronze medal in the team fight, behind Magallanes and La Pampa.
And in Punta Arenas, cycling with Samuel Rivas scratched the podium in the street circuit test remaining in fourth position while Lourdes Escobar was seventh.
men’s soccer in this city they lost 4 to 1 with Araucanía who came sixth while women’s football, He also found himself in that position when Bío Bío was defeated 1-0.
For his part, the women’s basketball team who competed in Puerto Aysén, lost to Chubut 49-47 and finished eighth. Neither could men’s volleyball with Bío Bío, which defeated it 3-0 (25-22, 25-21 and 25-22), relegating it to sixth place.
Athletics also closed its activity with the pedestrian event in Coyhaique, a competition in which Neuquén athletes were relegated to the last places.
The Undersecretary of Sports and Youth, Ignacio Russo participated in the closing ceremony highlighting the behavior and dedication of the young people in each competition as well as “the decision of our Governor, Rolando Figueroa and the minister of our portfolio, Julieta Corroza, together with the Secretary of Sports and Youth, María Fernanda Villone, to prioritize participation in this contest that for more than three decades has linked Chile and Argentina to through sport.”
Araucanía Games: final positions by points
- Río Negro, 177 pts.
- Chubut, 171 pts.
- La Pampa, 168 points.
- Araucania, 157 pts.
- Biobio, 156 pts.
- Los Lagos, 148 pts.
- Neuquén, 147 pts.
- Los Ríos, 129 pts.
- Santa Cruz, 104 pts.
- Double, 94 pts.
- Magallanes, 90 pts.
- Tierra del Fuego, 79 pts.
- Aysén, 71 pts.
Final positions by discipline and location of Neuquén
- Men’s athletics: 1) Los Lagos; 2) Biobío; 3) The Rivers. 8) Neuquen.
- Women’s athletics: 1) Los Lagos; 2) The Rivers; 3) Chubut. 7) Neuquen.
- Women’s basketball: 1) Magallanes; 2) Black River; 3) Chubut. 8) Neuquen.
- Men’s basketball: 1) Bío Bío; 2) Neuquén; 3) The Pampa.
- Women’s cycling: 1) Araucania; 2) Biobío; 3) The Lakes. 6) Neuquen.
- Men’s cycling: 1) Ñuble; 2) Biobío; 3) The Rivers. 9) Neuquen.
- Women’s soccer: 1) Araucanía; 2) Chubut; 3) The Pampa. 6) Black River. 6) Neuquen.
- Men’s soccer: 1) La Pampa; 2) Ñuble; 3) Chubut. 6) Neuquen.
- Women’s judo: 1) Río Negro; 2) Aysén; 3) Land of Fire. 10) Neuquén.
- Men’s judo: 1) Magallanes; 2) Neuquén; 3) The Pampa.
- Women’s swimming: 1) Santa Cruz; 2) Chubut; 3) Magellan. 4) Neuquén.
- Men’s swimming: 1) Río Negro; 2) Aysén; 3) Chubut. 6) Neuquen.
- Women’s volleyball: 1) Biobío; 2) The Pampa; 3) Neuquen:
- Men’s volleyball: 1) La Pampa; 2) Black River; 3) Chubut. 6) Neuquen.
