2023-11-05 02:34:00
Sandra Díaz, with the figure skating gold medal.
Photo: COC
Sandra Díaz, a native of Chía, gave Colombia the 24th gold of the national delegation at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
Third gold medal for skating on a brilliant day for the Colombian delegation, which won six golds for a dream day.
Díaz won with a mark of 131.81 over Bianca Corteze with a good advantage and gained more than six points from the Brazilian, who scored 124.00.
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There were, with Sandra Díaz in figure skating, four golds that Colombia obtained with skating this Saturday. The other three came in racing skating thanks to Geiny Pájaro, in the 200 meters; Gabriela Rueda, in the 1000 meters, and Juan Jacobo Mantilla, also in the 1000 meters.
In addition, the duo of Sara López and Jagdeep Singh also won gold in compound archery for mixed couples and Andrés Hernández won another gold in trampoline gymnastics.
The missing gold for 30
Six golds that allow Colombia to dream of equaling its best historical marks of 27 gold metals, achieved in Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019.
For now, Colombia, with 24, is three and aspires to be able to get them this Sunday. At least in racing skating he will compete in four finals.
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In addition, in bowling Clara Guerrero and Juliana Franco are also in the individual women’s semifinals. BMX freestyle can be a sport that gives surprises. In golf, on the men’s side, both Juan Sebastián Muñoz and Ricardo Celia have a chance to fight for the medal. On the women’s side, María José Uribe and Valery Plata are fighting at the top.
As if that were not enough, karate in recent days has been on the verge of giving a surprise, in squash there is still a final missing, that of the men’s team, and in archery there are several recurve bow finals remaining.
It is a calendar with many possibilities for Colombia to fight to reach the historical mark of 30 golds.
Other medals from Colombia this Saturday
In addition to the golds, Colombia added many medals of another metal this Saturday. The account began with the silver that Sara López and Alejandra Usquiano won in the women’s doubles archery. Usquiano also later beat López for bronze.
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Archery, in addition, also closed the day with bronze for Jagdeep Singh, bronze for the women’s recurve team and bronze for the men’s compound team.
Also, Andrés Jiménez took bronze in the 200 meter sprint skating. It was a gold that was considered fixed. In addition, the skater also lost the gold in the 1000 meters, at the hands of his compatriot Mantilla, and had to settle for silver.
In athletics, Colombia closed on a high with bronze from Carlos San Martín and silver from Jennifer Rodríguez.
In break dancing, Luisa Tejada, known as Luma, narrowly missed the first Pan-American title in this sport and had to settle for the silver medal.
In canoeing, the couple of Madison Velázquez and Manuela Gómez also took bronze, like Geraldine Peña, who came third in the -55 kilograms of karate. In that same sport, Rubén Henao won silver in the -84 kilograms.
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In Greco-Roman wrestling, Colombia also won silver, thanks to Julián Horta (67 kilograms), and bronze, thanks to Carlos Muñoz (87 kilograms).
Sandra Díaz was not the only figure skating medalist, as Deivi Camilo Rojas also won bronze, like the Colombian women’s squash team, which took another third place.
Finally, against Cuba, Colombia achieved a historic bronze medal in men’s volleyball, one of the medals that closed a glorious day for the national delegation, which with 88 medals already achieved its best harvest in the history of the Pan American Games.
This is how the medal table for the 2023 Pan American Games goes
#CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1United States11674822722Brazil6471652003Mexico4833501314Canada4652621605Cuba302117686Colombia243232887Argentina142432708Chile122830709Peru1061 63210Dominican Republic871732
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