The judoka Sebastián Sancho and the tennis players Rodrigo Crespo and Jesse Flores were one step away from obtaining a Pan-American medal, while the women’s soccer team was left out of the semifinals after a gray tie against Bolivia.
On this new day of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, judoka Sebastián Sancho and tennis players Rodrigo Crespo and Jesse Flores were one step away from adding medals for Costa Rica.
The youngest of the Sancho Chinchilla brothers began by defeating the Ecuadorian Juan Pablo Ayala thanks to a Waza-ari after 4 minutes of combat in the men’s -60 kilogram category, but then the Brazilian Michel Félix did another Waza-ari in extra time 5 seconds into the Gold round, and in his fight for bronze against the Mexican Arath Juárez he accumulated three shidos or penalties in 3 minutes and 13 seconds, with the consequent Ippon for Hansoku-make or disqualification, which leaves Sancho tied in fifth place with the Chilean Lucas Fernández.
For their part, Flores and Crespo put up an impressive fight against the Dominicans Nick Hardt and Roberto Cid, who in the end took the bronze medal in three sets thanks to a 7-6 (7-4), 4-6 and a 12- 10.
Finally, thanks to the United States’ 4-0 victory over Argentina, Costa Rica needed a two-goal victory over Bolivia to fight for a medal, but those led by Benito Rubido could not get past a goalless draw and were left on the sidelines. of the Pan American top 4.
They only have to play for fifth place against Paraguay, a team that was third in the opposite group behind Mexico and Chile. This game will be on Tuesday, October 31 at 11 am at the Sausalito Stadium.
2023-10-29 05:48:14
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