Yesterday was not a great day in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after Mexico missed the medals in the sports of softball, taekwando, boxing and archery.
The Mexican Briseida Acosta, one of the medal hopes, was eliminated by losing this Tuesday in her first fight, in the round of 16, in the +67 kg category, against the French Althea Laurin by 21-3.
Acosta, 27, did not finally enter the playoffs as Laurin He then fell into the semi-finals and will have to keep waiting for his first Olympic podium.
Mexico has not achieved no medal in this sport, despite the fact that in the past it contributed a total of seven metals.
As for softball, Brittany Cervantes fanned to deliver in Yokohama the last out of Mexico in the softball of Tokyo-2020, which sentenced this Tuesday a 3-2 loss to Canada in the game for the bronze medal.
Danielle Lawrie, a member of the Canadian national team that was present the last time that softball had been part of the Olympic Games program, in Beijing-2008, handcuffed the Mexican offense with an impeccable relay to score victory (1-1). The 34-year-old pitcher had 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four opponents.
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Aida roman, also said goodbye to Tokyo 2020, losing 6-2 with the British Bryony Pitmanm in the round of 16 of the individual archery round.
It should be noted that the Mexican played her fourth Olympic Games, so she equaled the mark of Aurora Breton, pioneer of the discipline.
Finally, Esmeralda Falcon Y Brianda Tamara they fell in the women’s boxing competition against the Italian Rebecca Nicoli and the american Oshae Jones in what was his Olympic debut.
For his part, Falcón lost a 4-1 split decision in the 60 kg categorywhile Tamara was left out of the round of 16 in the same category.
With information from AFP | News in the Sight | QT