On his court at the Teodoro Palacios Gymnasium in the capital, the native of the eastern department of Zacapa and runner-up in Santiago de Chile 2023 will seek to give new joy to the faithful fans of this specialty in the country and expand his history of perseverance.
The so-called Zurdo de Oro would add the final points for his third participation in the Olympic Games (he would be the 11th Guatemalan classified), but he would have to wait for official notification after the 28th of this month.
Cordón beat the always difficult Brazilian Ygor Coelho (50) in the semifinals the day before in two well-fought sets (both 21-19), gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Last Thursday in the round of 16 he surpassed his barely 18-year-old countryman José Daniel Ochoa in two sets (both 21-11).
Fourth place in Tokyo 2020, then he left another newcomer on the road, this one from December 19, the Canadian Victor Lai, with a somewhat tighter score 2-1 (21-15, 16-21 and 21-10).
The 37-year-old Chapín star athlete opened with victory last Wednesday in two sets (21-11 and 21-7) against the young Cuban Diego Trujillo, who competes for this nation.
The 23-year-old catracho, bronze in Santiago de Chile 2023, left behind none other than the pre-competition favorite, the Canadian Brian Yang (22nd in the world ranking and who prevented Cordón from climbing to the top of the podium in that event) .
The young man from the northern country also found himself below his potential against the Salvadoran, who was largely dominant in the first set 21-16 and with a slightly better pace 21-15 in the next.
Canjura debuted with a smile 2-1 (21-18, 26-28 and 21-13) against the American Kevin Arokia, then 2-0 (21-17 and 21-15) against the Peruvian Adriano Viale, for the same day, Thursday pass 2-0 (21-16 and 21-12) over another North American: Howard Shu.
In the female branch, the final duel with a reserved prediction will be played by the American Beiwen Zhang (10 universal) and the Canadian several-time winner here, Michelle Li (17).
The most outstanding racket players on the continent arrived at the XXVII Pan American Championship in Guatemala 2024, at least 150 from Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, United States, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru, among others. .
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2024-04-13 07:21:13
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