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At only 14 years old, Cayetana Chirinos She once again demonstrated why she is one of the athletes with the most future in Peruvian and Latin American sports, as she won 3 gold medals at the South American School Games in Asunción, which were held from December 6 to 11 in Paraguay.
The athlete began her chain of victories by crowning herself in the 80 meter flat test, where he clearly prevailed over his rivals with a record of 9.71 seconds. Her second golden podium was obtained in the 5×80 meter relay raceachievement shared with her colleagues Anika Loiseau, Crose Sunday, Brianna Olaechea y Catalina Yzaga.
The third gold medal was won in the long jump event, reaching the mark of 5.62 meters and beating Argentina’s Milagros Dámico (5.38) and Ecuadorian Alexandra Segura (5.05). In this way, she established herself as the great figure of Peru in the competition, since she reaped 3 of the 9 gold medals that the entire national delegation obtained.
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I feel happy and proud to hear the notes of my country’s national anthem. I had the objective of winning medals for Peru in the South American School Games, and I have been able to achieve it. It is an indescribable emotion”, said Cayetana.
It should be noted that Cayetana classified the South American School Games Asunción 2022 after winning the 80-meter dash and long jump at the National Sports School Games that were held in October.
Cayetana Chirinos In this way, he closed a spectacular 2022, in which he did not stop achieving achievements and growing in his career as an athlete. Let’s remember that he obtained two gold medals in the Spanish Under 16 Championshipfirst in the discipline of indoor long jump and then in the test 100 flat meters outdoors.
Despite her young age, Cayetana is already a national champion in the Under 16, Under 18 and Under 20 categories in speed and long jump, as well as the absolute national runner-up in the 100-meter dash.
Just a few days ago, in the National Children’s Athletics Championship, Chirinos won the 100-meter dash in the Under 16 category with a time of 11.92 seconds. That mark earned her to set three new national records in Sub 18, Sub 20 and Sub 23, something formidable for a girl of only 14 years.
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The delegation of Peru shipping to South American School Games of Asunción 2022 a delegation made up of 158 athletes and 6 Para-athletes. In total he obtained 47 medals, which are divided into 9 gold, 10 silver and 28 bronze.
The disciplines that were developed were chess, athletics, handicap athletics, basketball, futsal, handball, judo, swimming, table tennis, floor volleyball and beach volleyball. In addition to Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela participated.
These were the Peruvians who obtained medals and their respective disciplines:
GOLD MEDALS (9)
1.- Kimberly Flores – javelin throw
2.- Cayetana Chirinos – 80 meters flat
3.- Yasmín Silva – 100 meter butterfly swim
4.- Manuela Trelles – 50 meter breaststroke
5.- Anika Loiseau, Cayetana Chirinos, Domenica Crose, Brianna Olaechea, Catalina Yzaga – women’s 5x80m relays
6.- Noelia Colque – table tennis
7.- Cayetana Chirinos – long jump
8.- Ariana Moya, Manuela Trelles, Valentina Raffo, Yasmín Silva – 4×50 medley swimming relay
9.- Women’s volleyball team
SILVER MEDALS (10)
10.- Catalina Yzaga – 800 flat meters
11.- Valentina Raffo – 400 meter freestyle swim
12. – Alexander Vizcardo, Mariano Fiol, Alessio Cabanillas, Daniel Del Castillo, Luis Carbonel – men’s 5x80m posts
13.- Benjamín Burnside – 40kg judo
14.- Yasmín Silva – 50 meter butterfly swim
15.- Yasmín Silva, Valentina Raffo, Astrid García, Ariana Moya – Women’s 4×50 freestyle swimming relay
16.- Jhon Rodríguez – 5km athletic walk
17.- Derek Moreno – hammer throw
18.- Ariana Maya – 50 meter freestyle swim
19.- Diego Takeda and Luciano Noriega – men’s table tennis team
BRONZE MEDALS (28)
20.- Rocío Andia – 3000 meters racewalk
21.- María Rodríguez – shot put
22.- Dany Rivas – shot put
23.- Giancarlo Bravo – 800 meters flat
24.- Diego Takeda – Luciano Noriega – men’s table tennis doubles
25.- Ingrid Trujillo – Noelia Colque – women’s table tennis doubles
26.- Jorge Torres – discus throw
27.- Rocío Álvarez – long jump in athletics intellectual disability
28.- Katty Chota – 36kg judo
29.- Ashlee López – 40kg judo
30. Marco Lopez – 44kg judo
31.- Mathias Ortiz – 48kg judo
32.- Luana Murillo – 48 kg judo
33.- Yasmín Silva – 200 meters combined swimming
34.- Mariano Fiol, Daniel del Castillo, Iker Díaz, Jefferson Medina, Yimi Delgado – integrated relay 5×80 (athletes and para-athletes with intellectual disabilities)
35.- Catalina Yzaga – 150 meters flat
36.- Mariano Fiol – wide jump
37.- Diego Takeda – individual table tennis
38.- Angie Estrada – 53kg of judo
39.- Jonás Guanipa – 58kg judo
40.- Johana Valdiviezo – 58kg judo
41.- Hector Mieres – 64kg judo
42.- Genesis Ahuanari – 64kg de judo
43.- Mark Rodriguez – +64kg judo
44.- Samickay Córdova – +64kg judo
45.- Ariana Maya – 100 meter backstroke
46.- Ingrid Trujillo and Noelia Colque – ladies table tennis team
47.- Gabriel Vilcapoma – chess
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