Ganó el bronce en Shooting in the Skeet modality at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, but he aimed for more and could have achieved it. Nicolás Pacheco was penalized in his last two shots and lost the opportunity to at least compete for the silver medal.
The referee penalized Pacheco for raising the firearm above the yellow ribbon when shooting, stepping out of the firing position. Nicolás managed to score 40 points instead of 42, which would have tied him with the representative of the United States.
Nicolás Pacheco won the bronze in Shooting in the Skeet modality.
Nicolas Pacheco was penalized because he raised the firearm above the yellow ribbon and stepped out of the firing position. However, it wouldn't have made a difference since he could only reach a tie with the representative of the United States, and being the sixth to enter the final phase, he would have lost in case of a tie.
— Diego Rebagliati (@diegoreba) August 3, 2019
To top off the day, Nicolás Pacheco qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The reason is that the United States already has a spot, and since there were two options in the Skeet modality, Peru and Guatemala obtained the spots for that event.
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