Damián Jajarabilla from Mar del Plata obtained the classification in archery after winning a bronze medal in the Pan American competition in the discipline that took place in Colombia. This achievement meant an enormous achievement for archery in Argentina, since 36 years had passed since the last time the sport had Olympic participation.
At 25 years old, and after participating in the Lima 2019 Pan American Games and last year’s games in Santiago, Chile, the goalkeeper benefited from a redistribution in continental places during the tournament.
The Argentine climbed to the last place on the podium in the individual event and had missed the spot by an arrow, but as the Colombian team won the team competition, it freed up a spot.
Argentine sports already have more than 100 athletes with a guaranteed place in 14 disciplines for the largest multidisciplinary sporting event in the world.
Jajarabilla’s classification was added to other places that Argentine sports secured for the Olympic Games that will begin on July 26 with the opening in the Sena River, despite the fact that the official competition will begin two days before, on Wednesday. 24.
Lucas Guzmán will once again be the only representative of taekwondo as happened three years ago at the Tokyo Games. The Pan American medalist achieved an epic classification in the pre-Olympic of the discipline that was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, after beating the Canadian Braven Park in the -58 kg semifinals in a dramatic definition. In the last seconds of the fight he was down, but a kick to the chest was key to reversing the result and getting his ticket to what will be his second Olympic Games after being one step away from the medals in 2021.
In addition to the Plaza de Guzmán, sports shooting added its third participant with Julián Gutiérrez. The native of Catamarca won the 10-meter air rifle event at the Americas Rifle and Pistol Championships held at the Tiro Federal in Buenos Aires and will have his Olympic debut.
For its part, fencing will have a representative: Pascual Di Tella (sword) won his place by continental ranking and will also make its debut at the Olympic Games.
We must also add the four rowing representatives who earned their place in the pre-Olympic that took place a few weeks ago in Rio de Janeiro: Sonia Baluzzo and Evelyn Silvestro, along with Alejandro Colomino and Pedro Dickson They will be the boats (double light) that will perform at Paris 2024.
Last weekend, The women’s handball team had its last chance to go to the Olympic Games, but it couldn’t be for La Garra. Despite showing a high level, in the tournament that was played in Spain they fell to the Netherlands (34-22), against the local team by a tight 26-23 and against the Czech Republic (41-33).
The blue and white sport It already has secure participation in: football, sports shooting, archery, fencing, taekwondo, rowing, sprint canoeing, swimming, modern pentathlon, tennis, horse riding, field hockey, handball, sailing, cycling and rugby sevens.
Men’s football directed by Javier Mascherano will also be in Paris thanks to their classification in the pre-Olympic tournament that was held in Venezuela after the agonizing victory against Brazil. Will there be several world champions in the capital of France to nourish a squad that will have 18 players? That is to be defined.
By the side of basketball, 24 years after the last absence (Sydney 2000), Pablo Prigioni’s team will not be in the capital of Francesince he was left without even being able to play in the FIBA World Pre-Olympics after failing in the qualifying rounds.
The Pumas 7, leaders in the current season of the world rugby sevens circuit, achieved Olympic qualification at the end of last season after finishing second in the World Rugby rankings behind New Zealand.
Beyond the individual places, which can still grow in sports such as athletics, BMX racing, BMX freestyle with the help of Maligno Torres (gold in the Pan American Games and who last year won the XGames, the famous event in the USA), what The same as for the distribution of places according to the marks in swimming or different pre-Olympic or continental events of contact sports, added to table tennis, climbing, breaking, team sports have already added a good number of places.
At the Pan American Games, Las Leonas and Los Leones, both hockey teams, won the gold medal and the ticket to Paris. In this way, Argentine sports added 32 places (16 per team), something similar to what happened with the incredible victory of Los Gladiadores, the men’s handball team, which added 14 members after beating Brazil in a final that took place. He played in Viña del Mar.
2024-04-16 21:34:11
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