Peru, which is represented by 160 athletes, begins to climb in the medal table of the I Junior Pan American Games Cali-Valle 2021, which is held in Colombia until December 5, adding, so far, 15 medals of of which 1 is gold, 7 is silver and 7 is bronze.
Without a doubt, the best national performance was had by the athlete born in Puno, Sofía Isabel Mamani, who at the start of the day of the athletics events of the Games was crowned champion of the 10,000 meters flat with a time of 34 minutes, 43 seconds and 80 hundredths.
With this result, silver and bronze went to the Mexican María De Jesús Ruiz and the Brazilian Maria Lucineida Da Silva, respectively, and from whom the Peruvian managed to get more than 17 seconds out of them.
With this award, Sofía Mamani qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, since her test provided quotas for the maximum continental sporting event, which will be held in Chile and provides places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The good performance of the athlete José Luis Chaupin Huamaní was also recorded on Tuesday, who won the bronze medal in the 5,000-meter race and was just a prize on the day of his 21st birthday.
The national athlete made a time of 14 minutes and 31 seconds and 70 hundredths. The first place went to the Bolivian David Ninavia with a time of 14.21.36 and the second place went to the Brazilian Fabio Jesús with 14.30.31.
In the accumulation of medals, the one obtained by the gymnast Edwar Alarcón also stands out, who added two silver medals in the modalities of horses with pommel and rings.
Judo is another discipline that adds two silver medals with Yumiko Tanabe and Kiara Arango.
The performance of Ángelo Caro in skateboarding is highlighted, who despite being injured performed a good performance that allowed him to take over the silver medal. The national exponent stands as one of the young elements with the most projection seeking to stand out at the Paris 2024 Games.
The seventh day of the Cali Games will be held on Wednesday and 35 golds will be distributed: 13 in boxing, seven in athletics, six in fighting, four in skating, two in road cycling, two in squash and one in table tennis.
In the I Cali-Valle 2021 Junior Pan American Games there are a total of 3,500 athletes from 41 countries from all corners of America, who between 14 and 22 years old compete in 39 disciplines of a contest that has alternate venues in neighboring cities from Buga, Yumbo, Calima-Darien, Jamundí and Palmira, as well as in the Caribbean of Barranquilla.
Peru Medal
Oro
1.- Sofía Mamani (Athletics, 10,000 meters)
The payment
2.- Edward Alarcón (Gymnastics, pommel horse)
3.- Edward Alarcón (Gymnastics, rings)
4.- Edward Gonzales (Gymnastics, jumping)
5.- Yumiko Tanabe (Judo)
6.- Kiara Arango (Judo)
7.- Eliana Vásquez (Taekwondo)
8.- Angelo Caro (Skateboarding)
Bronze
9.- Inés Castillo (Badminton)
10.- Javier Saavedra (Judo)
11.- Noemí Huayhuameza (Judo)
12.- Arnold Prado (Judo)
13.- Santiago Villegas (Weightlifting)
14.- Frank de la Sotta (Bowling).
15.- José Luis Chaupin (athletics, 5,000 meters)
More in Andina:
All a pride! ???? ???? Athlete Sofía Mamani gives Peru the gold medal in the Junior Pan American Games https://t.co/dE9CVN0K2o
He won the title in the 10,000 meter dash and qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games pic.twitter.com/MfcGPELsB8
– Andean Agency (@Agencia_Andina) December 1, 2021
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Published: 12/1/2021
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