Flag bearer of the Ecuadorian delegation and gold medalist of the World Games. the speed skater Gabriella Vargas justified this Sunday, October 2, his favoritism in the South American Games of Asunción 2022 by giving the country the first gold medal of this, the second event of the Olympic cycle, in the test of 1,000m battery.
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Lost in her group, the athlete from the capital highlighted her World Cup level in the National Speed Skating Center of the Paraguayan capital, by timing 1m31.58s, surpassing the Colombian Gabriela Wheel (silver) and Mary Timms (bronze).
“It is a great joy that the national anthem is being played for the first time in these Games thanks to the speed skating. Hopefully this will serve to point out that there are very good prospects and achievements in this sport,” said a happy Vargas, who was also a silver medalist in the Bolivarian Games of Valleduparthis same year, in July.
With the Vargas medal, Ecuador had until the afternoon of this Sunday, October 1, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal on the first day of competitions, hence the tricolor Team is located at the moment in the fifth place in the general medal tableamong 15 countries.
Earlier, also in speed skating, the Ecuadorian Mary Loreto Arias She obtained bronze in the women’s 200 m meta against meta, after placing third with a time of 19.311 s. While in the men’s triathlon Juan Jose Andrade was fourth and Armando Matute sixth, in a test where Brazil took the gold and silver medals and Chile the bronze.
While in the competition Mountain biking female (MTB) Michella Molina came in fourth place and Miryam Nunez in eighth position.
Although the competitions began on Sunday, on the night of Saturday, October 1, the national delegation paraded in the ceremonia inaugural at the Defensores del Chaco stadium.
Flag bearer Gabriela Vargas and goalkeeper Léster Ortegón representing marcher Daniel Pintado waved the national tricolor at the Opening Ceremony of the South American Games #Asu2022 pic.twitter.com/4Al2GCIUBr
– Comite_Olimpico_Ecu (@ECUADORolimpico) October 2, 2022
In the midst of an effusive atmosphere, full of lights, music and fun, the delegations of the 15 participating countries paraded, including the group of Ecuadorians. Gaby with the Bolivarian recurve bow champion, Lester Ortegonon behalf of the marcher Daniel Painted, waved the national tricolor, while the swimming, 3×3 basketball and archery athletes walked behind their teammates. “We came to overcome the 2018 Cochabamba Games,” said Vargas.
