Steadily. The Peruvian delegation continues to stand out in the XXVI South American School Games 2022, which are held in Asunción, Paraguay, and on this Thursday, December 8, it added 14 more medals, for a total of 26 in the general table.
Two gold medals stood out among the medals. The first thanks to the women’s 5×80 meter relay team, who did a time of 50s 20c, and left Chile (50s 93c) and Venezuela (51s 18c) behind.
The second was won by Noelia Colque in individual table tennis, after beating Constanza Orellana from Chile in the final, by a score of 3-0.
There were also 4 silver medals. One through the men’s 5 x 80m relay team, then another by Benjamin Burnside (40kg judo), as well as Yasmín Silva in the 50-meter swimming butterfly, and in the women’s 4×50 freestyle swimming relay.
While in bronze, our representatives stood on the podium 8 times. Jorge Torres was the first in Discus Throw, followed by Rocío Álvarez in Long Jump in Intellectual Disability Athletics, and the judokas Katty Chota (36kg), Ashlee López (40kg), Marco López (44kg), Mathias Ortiz (48kg) and Luana Murillo (48kg).
For her part, Yasmín Silva added her second individual medal, being third in the 200-meter medley swim.
Medal table for Peru so far in the 2022 South American School Games:
GOLD MEDALS
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
SILVER MEDALS
7.- Catalina Yzaga – 800 flat meters
8.- Valentina Raffo – 400 meter freestyle swim
9. – Alexander Vizcardo, Mariano Fiol, Alessio Cabanillas, Daniel Del Castillo, Luis Carbonel – men’s 5x80m posts
10.- Benjamin Burnside – 40kg judo
11.- Yasmín Silva – 50 meter butterfly swim
12.- Yasmín Silva, Valentina Raffo, Astrid García, Ariana Moya – Women’s 4×50 freestyle relay
BRONZE MEDALLS
13.- Rocío Andia – 3000 meters racewalk
14.- María Rodríguez – shot put
15.- Dany Rivas – shot put
16.- Giancarlo Bravo – 800 meters flat
17.- Diego Keiji Takeda – Luciano Noriega – men’s table tennis doubles
18.- Ingrid Trujillo – Noelia Colque – female table tennis doubles
19.- Jorge Torres – Discus throw
20.- Rocío Álvarez – Long jump in Athletics intellectual disability
21.- Katty Chota – 36kg judo
22.- Ashlee López – 40kg judo
23. Marco Lopez – 44kg judo
24.- Mathias Ortiz – 48kg judo
25.- Luana Murillo – 48 kg judo
26.- Yasmín Silva – 200 meters combined swimming
