A good sports day was experienced, this Saturday, April 30th, for the Peruvian delegation present at the 2022 Rosario South American Youth Games. The young athletes managed to win seven medals (one gold, three silver, and three bronze), adding up to 13 in the overall medal count (three gold, five silver, and five bronze).
In freestyle wrestling, 60 kg category, Fernando Sandoval won the gold medal by defeating Brazilian Roger Dos Santos 13-2.
On the other hand, Gonzalo Bueno and Ignacio Buse obtained the silver medal, after losing in the doubles final against Paraguayans Daniel Vallejo and Martín Vergara by 6-2 and 6-4.
In women's tennis, Lucciana Pérez and Alessia Martínez won the silver medal, after losing 4-6, 6-2, and 10-6 against Argentinians Giovannini and Moyano.
Likewise, Alexia Sotomayor added her third medal in the competition: she has one gold and two silver. The national swimmer finished in second place in the 200-meter backstroke and took the silver with a time of 2 minutes, 17 seconds, and 42 hundredths.
Alexia Sotomayor won the first gold medal for Peru in the competition. Photo: COP
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The three bronze medals of the day were won by Diego Balbi (swimming 100-meter butterfly), Sebastián Castro (taekwondo 73 kg category), and Yossiani Peceros (taekwondo 44 kg category).
Who can win a medal this Sunday, May 1st?
Alexandra Zavala has the possibility of winning a medal (gold or silver) in the recurve archery final, when she faces Brazilian Trindade Estevez.
Likewise, Gonzalo Bueno and Lucciana Pérez will play the mixed doubles final in tennis against the Argentine duo Lautaro Midon and Luciana Moyano.
Peru's medals in Rosario 2022
GOLD
- Alexia Sotomayor, swimming, 50-meter backstroke
- Abel Sánchez, Greco-Roman wrestling 55 kg
- Fernando Sandoval, freestyle wrestling 60 kg
SILVER
- Darío Cubas, Greco-Roman wrestling 80 kg
- Alexia Sotomayor, swimming 100-meter backstroke
- Alessia Martínez and Lucciana Pérez, women's doubles tennis
- Gonzalo Bueno and Ignacio Buse, men's doubles tennis
- Alexia Sotomayor, swimming 200-meter backstroke
BRONZE
- Mizael Llontop, Greco-Roman wrestling 110 kg
- Aymar Janampa, Greco-Roman wrestling 65 kg
- Diego Balbi, swimming 100-meter butterfly
- Sebastián Castro, taekwondo 73 kg category
- Yossiani Peceros, taekwondo 44 kg category
With information from Milagros Crisanto from Rosario.