Vidal and Coto, twins – El Sureño

Last year there was one (the weightlifter Nicolás Rivero), and this year there will be two from Rio Grande do Sul in the shortlists for the Olimpia Awards, the country’s greatest sporting distinction, which is held every twelve months by the Circle of Sports Journalists (CPD) in Buenos Aires. .

BIG RIVER.- They are the judoka Mariano Coto and the indoor soccer player Pablo Vidal. That militant in the category of up to 90 kilos, and is the captain of the national team of his discipline, and won several silver medals in the competitions that he played in 2022.

runner-up

Coto was second in the Pan American Championship in Guayaquil (Ecuador) in July, after losing in the final against the American Alexander Knauf; and he obtained the same position in the Opens of Lima (Peru) and Bogotá (Colombia), two months later, being defeated in the decisive fights by the locals Roberto Galarreta and Daniel Paz.

In the first half of October, Galarreta would surpass him in the final of the 12th South American Games, in Asunción, Paraguay.

At the national level, the athlete who emerged from the Municipal Judo School of Río Grande was champion in the Opening (Villa Carlos Paz, in May) and the Closing (Puerto Piray, Misiones, in November) of the Argentine Judo Confederation (CAJ). . In addition, in April he lost in his debut (9 ° / 16) in the Pan American / Oceania in Lima.

From the salon

Vidal, after his beginnings in Truckers, left for Buenos Aires several years ago, and this year he was champion with Boca, both in the Gold Cup and in the 2022 Super Cup.

In the middle of the season he emigrated again -a couple of years ago he was in Spain-, this time to L84 in Italy, a cast of A1, and is currently one of Calcio’s top scorers.

nominees

The news was known the day before yesterday, released by the CPD. There are 49 disciplines (plus adapted sports) where each winner will take the Silver Olimpia, and will go on to compete for the Gold statuette.

Vidal shares the list (in many sports there are more than 3 nominees) with Matías Edelstein and Silvina Nava, while Keysi Perafán from San Luis and Agustín Gil from Cordoba complete the judo list. In 2021 the winners were Edelstein and the Olympic and world champion Paula Pareto, respectively.

to two weeks

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday the 21st, in the Frers Room of the Golden Center, in Parque Norte, with the IP Noticias videocable televising. In addition to the traditional statuettes there will be special distinctions, such as the Brilliant Olympia.

In football, Julián Alvarez (Manchester City), Enzo Fernández (Benfica), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) and Yamila Rodríguez and Agustín Rossi from Boca were nominated. In 2021 there were two winners of the Olimpia de Oro: the one corresponding to that year went to Messi (he had also obtained it in 2011), while Diego Schwartzman won the one for the 2020 season.