I wish every day had been like this for Mexico at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games, where the majority of the national representatives who competed won medals in their respective events and where there were some pleasant surprises in para-athletics.
The discus, javelin and shot putters excelled at the Mario Recordón Athletic Center, although their performance did not have enough momentum to put Mexico in the first three places in the overall medal table.
He throws himself to Olympus
However, Osiris Aneth Machado will not forget this day. In the F64 discus throw test (physical disability in lower limbs competing with prostheses), with a mark of 41.16 she broke the world record, which belonged to the Polish Faustyna Kotlowska since November 27, 2022, with 39.26.
At just 19 years old, the Nayarita’s career is on the rise. She won gold and silver at the Bogotá 2023 Youth Parapan American Games and is champion in the discus throw at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Veracruz and in Italy, which were also held this year.
She is also among the top five in her discipline after her performance at the Paris 2023 World Para Athletics Championships.
Machado’s world record is the fifth in the para-athletics of Santiago 2023. He joins the Colombian José Gregorio Lemos in the F37-38 javelin in the Olympus, the Brazilian Samuel Oliveira in his 100m T20 event; the Brazilian Elizabeth Rodrigues in the F51 discus throw and the Cuban Robiel Yankel Sol in the T47 long jump.
A surprise gold
With the sprinter Daniela Velasco and her guide Cesar Daniel Belmond the other gold came on the track. After the disqualification of the Cuban Omara Durand, the Mexican rose to the place of honor on the podium after her performance in the 400m T12.
And in taekwondo, in the K44 classification +65 category, Fernanda Vargas defeated the Brazilian Debora Bezerra 8-6.
“There is nothing that can compare with this feeling. Too happy and proud to give this victory to my country, and now to try to continue adding points to reach the Paralympic games,” she expressed for the Santiago 2023 portal after her victory. .
And a historic silver
For his part, Maximiliano Ávila Sosa won the first medal for Mexico in para badminton: a historic silver.
The Mexican fell to Rogerio Oliveira, from Brazil, a country that has taken all the golds in this discipline. Tomorrow is the last day for para badminton
Making 2 – 3
In the F46 javelin throw, Mexicans Kenya Nayeli Lozano and Jennifer Guadalupe Villalobos made it 2-3, with marks of 37.28 and 30.73, respectively. Ecuadorian Daniela Morrillo took first place.
And in the bullet impulse F53/54/55, Gloria Zarza and Rosa María Guerrero also did 2-3, although they did the same mark of 8.16. The silver medal went to Zarza because the F54 class is superior to F55 and broke the Parapan American record.
Guerrero, for her part, is the owner of the Parapan American record in her class since Lima 2019, with a mark of 8.11
The gold here went to Brazilian Elizabeth Rodrigues, who competing in the F53 class had a time of 7.63.
And there was one more silver medal with Luis Alberto Alberto Gomeztagle, in the F57 javelin throw.
Bronze for boccia and athletics
On the track, sprinters Lucero Vazquez (100m T53), Priscila Chávez (400m T13), Fernando Sánchez (1500m T54) and Alejandro Pacheco (1500m T11) won their gold medal.
The latter competed in the last para-athletics event in Santiago 2023, he had placed fourth, but managed to get on the podium after the disqualification of the Ecuadorian Fabricio Caicedo, who had arrived in first place.
And the couple made up of Karla Manuel and Edgar Mora in boccia BC4 won one more medal for the discipline, a bronze.
On the penultimate day of competitions, Mexico has a total of 125 medals, 15 more than on the previous day.
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2023-11-26 01:39:26
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