It’s not goodbye, just a see you soon. They closed yesterday National Games Evita 2022 in Mar del Plata, an edition marked by the post-pandemic return that brought together more than 20 thousand youth athletes from all over the country. Y Misiones was once again the protagonist in the final medal table, after winning 33 golds, 17 silvers and 26 bronzes.
The last day of competition had as main actors the wrestlers of the red land, who added two gold and one bronze. They are Selina G’rden, women’s freestyle champion up to 41 kilos; Kevin Martínez, gold in wrestling up to 44 kilos; and Thiago Amarilla, who won bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling up to 41 kilos.
The mattress was “hot” for the missionaries, since judo also won several medals. In this regard Sheraldin Escalante was gold in up to 48 kilograms; Daila Benítez was silver in up to 58 kilograms; Thiago Carvallo was bronze in up to 53 kilograms and Braian Zeballos also climbed to the last step of the podium in up to 58 kilograms.
A separate paragraph deserved the performance of the men’s badminton duo. It is that the obereños Agustín Franco and Segundo Almirón Guerrero fought until the third set in the final against San Luis, but fell 2-1. Despite the defeat, they marked a milestone for discipline at the provincial level.
Meanwhile, the volleyball also delivered yesterday medals for Misiones. at the end of the beach modality, in male Sub-14, Misiones was silver after falling in the final against Mendoza, 2-0; while indoors, the U-15 Women’s team beat Córdoba.
The missionary basketball He also put the bow at the closure with the Obtaining the bronze medal in the U-15 women’s branch. There, the San José de Eldorado Institute team defeated Buenos Aires in the match for third place by an agonizing 41-40.
As for the field football, Misiones also won the bronze in the men’s branch. The match for third place was against Chaco and the provincial representative won 2-0. And when it comes to the mixed footballthe missionary team scratched the bronze after falling in the match for third place against San Luis.
Also, in U-14 women’s futsal the province won the bronze after beating Entre Ríos, 2-1.
Finally, in athletics, Eliana Rosa (San Pedro) won the bronze yesterday in the 800-meter dashwhile Yonatan Varese (Posadas) was fourth in the javelin throw and Nicolás Grudke (Oberá) was fifth in the high jump.
After a week of pure sport, the 900 missionary athletes undertook the return home yesterday. They will arrive this morning at CePARD, in Posadas.
