As host in the capital’s Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios, the native of the eastern department of Zacapa and runner-up in Santiago de Chile 2023 fell in the first set 14-21, but appealed to his class and recovered in the next two.
The so-called Zurdo de Oro won the second 21-17 by moving his rival and using the shorts on the net plus power, while in the third he overwhelmed from start to finish to leave the score at 21-13.
Cordón added the final points for his fifth participation in the Olympic Games, but he has to wait for official notification after the 28th of this month.
The 37-year-old star Chapín racket player opened with victory last Wednesday in two sets (21-11 and 21-7) against the young Cuban Diego Trujillo, who competes for this nation.
Last Thursday in the round of 16 he also 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 one with the most medals in the history of the Pan American specialty beat the 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. In the female branch, the final duel with a reserved prediction was won 2-1 (21-18, 18-21 and 21-17) by the American Beiwen Zhang (10 universal) against the always difficult Canadian Michelle Li (17), several times winner in this Central American territory.
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 21:53:12
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