The Olympic day in Tokyo had good moments for the Mexican athletes who had action, since they were placed in medal positions such as the golfer Carlos Ortiz
The Mexican delegation continues in search of medals in the Olympic Games, and now it was the Diving, Golf and Beach Volleyball that excite and keep alive the hopes of another metal for Mexico.
The dawn of this Saturday, Carlos Ortiz He had a good third round in Golf and although he left second place, he is in medal zones by occupying third place with a score of -12 strokes and being just two impacts behind the leader.
Ortiz came out fine and with a good mentality, which allowed him to continue among the first places in the score. For his part, Abraham Ancer rose to 11th place and is with a total of -9 under par, five hits from Xander Schauffele, from the United States, who is marching with -14.
Aranza Vázquez
In the diving on the 3-meter springboard in the individual women’s branch, she had an outstanding performance and finished in fourth place in the semifinal of the specialty to sneak into the grand final and fight for a medal, which could mean the second medal in said sport.
Beach volleyball
The Mexican beach volleyball team, made up of José Luis Rubio and Josué Gaxiola, beat the Latvian duo, made up of Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs, in two sets of 21-18 and 21-16, to take their first win inside of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and advance to the Round of 16 as one of the best third places.
The Mexican ninth suffered its second defeat in the baseball activity of the Olympic Games, falling 7-4 against Japan in a match corresponding to Group A in which the tricolor team showed instability in pitching and ended with the disaster, but he will continue to search for his ticket to the semifinals.
Sail
The sailor Juan Pérez was active in the Finn category and finished in the sixteenth position of the eighth race, which was won by the British Giles Scott.
Mexican soccer team advanced to the semifinals
El Tri authoritatively beat South Korea in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, where they will face Brazil for a ticket to the final. With the great performance of the team led by Jaime Lozano, the Aztec team became the team that has scored the most goals so far in the tournament.
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