The Sonoran Volibol player, Jesús Román Izaguirre, savored the silver medal with the national team that conquered the runner -up in the Pan American Cup of major man, which took place in León, Guanajuato.
In the eighth edition of that continental contest (August 24 to September 1), the original of Navojoa aligned with the Aztec team that in the final fell to Venezuela in four sets (3-1), to capture the Argentine medal as host in Guanajuatense lands.
Izaguirre Rodríguez, who serves as Lebero, saw action in four of the six meetings of Mexico, which ended with a global record of 4-2 in cattle and lost, because in the group stage they defeated Surinam (3-0) and the Dominican Republic (3-0), but in the third duel, in a very hard clash, they could not take the victory against Chile (3-2).
Subsequently, in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals, the tricolor passed over the United States (3-1) and Canada (3-1), respectively, to advance to the gold metal dispute against Venezuelans. In those three games, the Sonoran only entered the court in the game against the selected “red wine”.
In this way, in the XVIII Pan American Volibol Cup of major men, where twelve selections competed, the podium (1-2-3) was led by Venezuela (gold) followed by Mexico (silver) and Canada (bronze); From the room to the twelfth they were: Colombia (4), Chile (5), United States (6), Cuba (7), Puerto Rico (8), Dominican Republic (9), Surinam (10), Guatemala (11) and Antigua and Barbados (12).
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