Uruguay National Thread

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Déborah Rodríguez did 2'01.76 at the 800 m semifinals.

 

Emiliano Lasa did 7.95 m at the long jump, missing the finals by 1 cm!

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  On 7/31/2021 at 4:30 PM, NaBUru38 said:

Déborah Rodríguez did 2'01.76 at the 800 m semifinals.

 

Emiliano Lasa did 7.95 m at the long jump, missing the finals by 1 cm!

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So sad for Lasa missing the final this time.

 

I remember seeing him at the 2011 Pan American Games, when his career was just starting, he looked so happy just with reaching the final then.

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In athletics, Maria Pía Fernández got injured the day before her heat race. She ran anyway and finished the race.

 

In sailing, Lola Moreira finished 22nd in the overall rankings, and Defazio/Knüppel finished 18th.

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Olympic refugee boxer Eldric Sella was refused return to Trinidad and Tobago, so he was welcome to Uruguay.

 

https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/politica/eldric-sella-deportista-venezolano-refugiado-uruguay.html

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Charrúa Awards nominees:

 

https://www.cpdu.org.uy/destacados/premios-charrua-2/

 

Curiously, the Tokyo Olympics are not included...

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In rugby, Los Teros defeated United States, and qualified to the 2023 World Cup.

 

In football, the men's team drew Colombia and lost 3-0 to Argentina. Brazil is next.

 

In handball, the women 's team finished 4th at the South and Central American Championship. Only the top 3 qualified, and out team drew 3rd and 5th place finishers Paraguay and Chile.

In swimming, the men's under-18 waterpolo team is selling lottery tickets to fund their travel to the South American championship. One wonders what's the continental and world federations spending their budget on.

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Olympics swimmer Enzo Martínez has retired from high performance at the age of 27.

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Great performances at the South American Youth Aquatics Championships:

 

• Clara de León got the gold medal in solo artistic swimming with 152.3926.
• Nicole Frank broke the 200 m backstroke women's U18 national record with 2'22.68. She also got the silver medal in 200 m medley.
• Luna Chabat broke the 50 m butterfly women's U18 national record with 28'35.
• Micaela Sierra got the bronze medal in 100 m breaststroke.
• Frank, Chabat, Sierra and Catalina Sofía Gómez broke the 4x100 freestyle women's U18 national record with 3'59.62.
• Diego Sebastián Aranda, Juan Ignacio Saint-Upery, Guillermo Kalvermater and  Mateo Gómez broke the 4x100 freestyle men's U15 national record with 3'46.90.
• Leandro Recoba broke the 200 m backstroke men's U15 national record with 2'12.61.

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This week it's the Uruguay Open, an ATP Challenger Tour tennis tournament. I may attend tonight. Next week it's the Montevideo Open, a WTA 125k tournament.

 

On Friday and Saturday it's the Torneo Valentín Martínez, a multi-sport tournament held at Carrasco Polo that will feature the South American Rugby Women's Sevens.

 

And this weekend it's also the Rutas de América women's cycling stage race.

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On top of that it's the San Felipe and Santiago 10km run.