2023-10-21 23:19:20
José Luis Acuña traveled to the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023 with the hope of fighting for glory and he achieved it. The young man from Plottier He won the bronze medal in taekwondo in the category up to 68 kilogramsby defeating the Colombian Felipe Paz in the final duel.
At just 21 years old, José Luis competed for the first time in a senior Pan American and after standing on the podium he assured that he fought “with his head, his heart and with a lot of pride.”
After competing, Acuña said that he did not have an easy time in his debut since he had to face the Dominican Bernardo Piewho won the silver medal: «I am very happy. We had seen the key and we knew that we had a very difficult opponent. He was not looking for repechage“I wanted to surprise, but it didn’t happen that way.”
José Luis, who knows how to get up in difficult momentstold what the process was like until he won the bronze. «I had to change my mind, forget what happened. Against the Uruguayan it was a very good fight and then the fight against the boy from Colombia was very hard. “I won with my head and my heart and a lot of pride,” he explained..
ACUÑA KEPT THE BRONZE ONE! ????????
The taekwondo player from Neuquén achieved the fifth medal for the Argentine Delegation in a superb performance. pic.twitter.com/SmoKsPCzur
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In dialogue with TyC Sports, he dedicated the victory to those who support him: “The medals represent the work and support of all the people who stayed in Argentina.”
After retiring, Acuña returned to competing in high performance a year ago thanks to a call from Sebastián Crismanich (gold in London 2012). «You start thinking and I never imagined I could experience this again. I came back this year thanks to the Crismanichswho opened the doors of their house to me and gave me the opportunity to come back, qualify and bring a medal for my country. Thanks to my family and my grandparents,” he commented.
About the end he left a message: “I tell people that it’s never too late to do what you love.”
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