In the capital’s Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios, the native of the eastern department of Zacapa and runner-up in Santiago de Chile 2023, defeated his rival, gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in two well-fought sets (both 21-19).
The so-called Golden Lefty, with an almost certain ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the day before in the round of 16 he beat 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 Chapin star 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.
On the other side of the organization chart, the Canadian favorite Brian Yang (22nd in the world ranking and who prevented Cordón from climbing to the top of the podium in Santiago de Chile 2023) fell to everyone’s surprise against the Salvadoran Uriel Francisco Canjura (53) .
The talented young man from the northern country found himself below his potential against the Catracho, who dominated the first set 21-16 and had a slightly better pace 21-15 in the next.
Tomorrow, at 10:00, local time, Cordón will try to give another gold to his knowledgeable and faithful fans, with which he would expand his record and go positively to his last stage prior to the event under the five rings.
In the women’s branch, the semi-final duels between Americans and Canadians ended with victory for each side. From the first Beiwen Zhang (10 universal) led 2-0 (identical 21-15) over Rachel Chang (63).
Then, George Washington native Lauren Lam (55) lost 0-2 (18-21 both times) against multiple-time winner here and pre-competition favorite Michelle Li (17).
The most outstanding racket players on the continent arrived at the XXVII Pan American Championship in Guatemala 2024, the last final event that will award points for the Olympic classification ranking.
At least 150 athletes from Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, United States, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru, among others, started.
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2024-04-12 21:50:01
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