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The Peru team stands out day after day in the Asunción 2022 South American Games. This Thursday, Krishna Cortez and Luis Sacha are the protagonists of a victory in the mixed traditional pair poomsae taekwondo competition. Thanks to this, the duo won a gold medal, the fifth for the Peruvian team in Paraguay.
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The national duo reached a total of 7,355 points to step onto the podium in first place and win the gold medal. Meanwhile, Brazil (Alex Silva and Lina Leal) scored 7,140 points to achieve second place and the silver medal. Argentina (Rubén Guagliarello and Margarita Echevarría) and Colombia (Leandro Rodríguez and Dariana Suache) finished third and won the bronze medal.
The poomsae taekwondo had already brought a gold medal for Peru through Hugo del Castillo in the men's individual event. Meanwhile, Carmela De la Barra won bronze in the same discipline, but in the women's category. Recently, Krishna Cortez and Luis Sacha joined their teammates in this discipline.
🇵🇪Peru / Perú / Perú 🇵🇪 shone with gold in Pairs with a performance of precision and technique 🥇 in the #JuegosSudamericanosAsu2022
Krishna Cortez and Luis Sacha found synchronization that allowed them to secure the victory.
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Peru's Medals
Gold
- Deyvid Tuesta - Skateboarding
- María Luisa Doig - Fencing
- Alexandra Grande – Karate -61KG Female
- Hugo Del Castillo – Taekwondo Poomsae Individual Male
Silver
- Shoely Mego – Weightlifting 55KG
- Mariano Wong – Karate Kata Individual
- Paula La Torre, Fernanda Saponara, Inés Castillo, Namie Miyahira, Diego Mini, Daniel La Torre, Diego Subauste, and José Guevara – Badminton Team
- Jesús Liranzo – Diving 10M Platform
- Ana Ricci and Mayte Salinas – Synchronized Trampoline 3M Female
- Hernán Viera – Weightlifting 109 KG
Bronze
- Alexia Sotomayor – Swimming 50M Backstroke
- Valeria and Alessia Palacios along with Adriana Sanguinetti and Pamela Noya – Four Short Pairs of Rowing
- Ingrid Aranda – Karate Kata Individual
- Jesús Liranzo – Diving 3M Springboard
- Alexia Sotomayor – Swimming 100M Backstroke
- Alexia Sotomayor- Swimming 200M Backstroke
- Alexia Sotomayor, Jessica Cattaneo, Mckenna De Bever, and Rafaela Fernandini – Swimming 4x100 Women's Freestyle Relay
- Carmela Angeli Betzabé De la Barra – Taekwondo Poomsae Individual Female
- Claudia De La Cruz – Karate -50KG Female