Yunier Javier Sifonte Díaz
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Juan José Santiesteban will discuss the bronze medal in the individual recurve bow tournament in the South American championship of the disciplinewhich has served as preparation for the pre-Olympic next April.
In the Brazilian city of Maricá, Santiesteban, fifteenth in the qualification phase of the event and seventh in the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023, He only lost in the semifinals to the Colombian Jorge Enríquez, third in the Olympic round.
In that duel, the coffee grower won with a score of 6-2, a performance that will lead him to fight for the title against the Argentine Mario Damián Jajarabilla.
Before, the Cuban opened with a 6-2 success over the Brazilian Gustavo Paulino Dos Santos and continued with 6-4 victory against Colombian Santiago Arcila, second seed in the tournament after the double round at 70 meters.
Later, Juan José maintained his good performance and In the quarterfinals he beat the local Matheus Zwick Ely, a result that opened the doors to the medal discussion. In that duel, the Cuban began by dominating the first two sets, but then his rival equalized the actions and in the fifth set they both achieved the same score.
Thus, it was necessary for each one to shoot one more arrow to decide the winner. Then, the Brazilian got a roll again, but Juan José was perfect and stuck his dart in the center of the target to take a 10 that gave him the victory.
Next Sunday Santiesteban will compete for bronze against the Salvadoran Oscar Ticas, one of the main figures of the tournament and executioner in the quarterfinals of the Brazilian Marcus D’Almeida, leader of the ranking world.
Hugo Franco and Javier Vega also competed for Cuba, but they lost in previous rounds. Franco dominated the Panamanian Francisco Osorio Villar and the Brazilian Matheus Gomes in his first outings, but Then he lost in the quarterfinals to the Colombian Jorge Enríquez.
Vega He fell in his debut against the Chilean Ricardo Sotowhich has among its endorsements the bronze in last year’s Pan American Games.
This tournament serves Cubans as preparation for the continental event next April in Medellín, which will distribute one Olympic quota for teams and two in the individual tournament.
2024-03-28 18:45:00
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