Uruguay National Thread

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in the Athletics World Championships, Santiago Catrofe broke the men's 10,000 m national record with 28'28.49, in fact this was his first competitive attempt at the distance.

 

Long jumper Emiliano Lasa did 7.72 m and missed the final round.

 

In canoeing, Matías Otero will compete at the World Championship in Duisburg.

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In handball, the women's national team got the final spot for the Pan American Games.

 

In judo, Henry Borges was 5th at the IBSA World Games in J1 (fully blind).

In athletics, Santiago Catrofe broke the South American record in 3,000 m with 7'37.15, whereas Adrián Nicolari was silver at the Ibero-America Under 18 Championships in 100 m with 10.87.

 

In cycling, Eric Fagúndez the Vuelta a España. On stage 5 he led for 130 km, earning the combativity award.

 

In rowing, Felipe Klüver / Mauricio López finished 15th at the Rowing World Championship.

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In swimming, three competitors broke multiple national records at the Junior World Championships in Israel.

 

• Angelina Solari broke the overalll record in 50 m breaststroke (21st with 28.02 s), and three under-15 records in 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle and 200 m medley.
• Diego Aranda broke the under-18 record in 50 m freestyle (17th with 23.24).
• Giuliana Pereira broke the under-15 record in 50 m backstroke.

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In rugby, the Teros are playing the World Cup. They lost to France 27-13 in a thrilling match. Their second match against Italy was 17-7 at halftime, but ended 38-17. The next two matches are against Namibia and New Zealand's All Blacks.

 

In football, the men's club players have been on strike for two weeks and counting.

 

Also, the Charrúa Awards have announced the nominees in 59 categories:
 

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Premios-Charrua-Dieron-a-conocer-los-ternados-para-las-59-disciplinas-que-seran-premiadas-uc865938

 

The awards ceremony will be held this Monday.

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Charrúa Awards winners:

 

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Los-campeones-del-mundo-sub-20-y-el-remero-Felipe-Kluver-recibieron-el-Charrua-de-Oro--uc866528

 

• Golden Charrúas: shared between the under-20 football team and rower Felipe Klüver.
• Silver Charrúas:
  • Landmark: Bruno Cetraro (rowing)
  • Overseas performance: Elizabeth Chiappini (artistic roller skating)
  • Overseas competitor: Mauricio Moreira (cycling)
  • Newcomer: Manuela Rotundo (athletics)
• Crystal Charrúa:
  • Men's: Milton Wynants (cycling)
  • Women's: Deborah Rodríguez (athletics)

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In rugby union, the Teros defeated Namibia 36-26 and was crushed by New Zealand's All Blacks 73-0.

 

So they ranked fourth in the group, which was expected but not the desired goal.

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In futsal, the women's national team competed at the Copa América. At the group phase, they claimed two wins against Chile 1-0 and Peru 10-5, and two losses against Argentina 4-0, Colombia 2-0. They lost the 5th place match against Paraguay 5-2.

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The Pan American Games start in 9 days. The Uruguayan delegation will have 178 competitors in 28 sports, with 102 men and 76 women.

 

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Juegos-Panamericanos-Uruguay-viajara-a-Chile-con-la-delegacion-mas-amplia-de-su-historia-uc867927

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Uruguay claimed 2 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronzes at the Pan American Games. This our second best performance ever (the best was 1963 with 4 golds).

 

Gold:

 

• Rowing - men's quadruple sculls (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Leandro Salvagno & Marcos Sarraute).
• Rowing - men's double pair (Eric Seawright / Martín Zócalo).

 

Silver

 

• Athletics - 800 m (Deborah Rodríguez).
• Basque pelota - Frontball (Leonella Acosta).
• Sailing - 49er (Fernando Diz / Hernán Umpierre).
• Rowing - men's coxless pair (Leandro Rodas y Esteban Sosa).
• Rowing - men's eight (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Mauricio López, Leandro Salvagno, Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Rodas, Eric Seawright, Martín Zócalo & Romina Cetraro).

 

Bronze

 

• Basque pelota - double trinquete (Agustina Cuestas & Sofía Vicente).
• Cycling - men's road race (Eric Fagúndez).
• Rowing - men's coxless four (Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Salvagno, Eric Seawright & Martín Zócalo).

 

4th place

 

• Athletics - men's long jump (Emiliano Lasa).
• Athletics - men's 5,000 m (Santiago Catrofe).
• Canoeing - men's K-2 500 m (Matías Otero / Julián Cabrera).
• Cycling - men's road time trial (Eric Fagúndez).
• Rowing - men's single sculls (Bruno Cetraro).
• Sailing - ILCA 6 (Dolores Moreira).
• Sailing - snipe (Pablo Defazio / Dominique Knuppel).

 

In addition, Manuela Rotundo got a new national record in women's discus throw with 58.35 m.

 

Sailor Fernando Diz and Basque pelotari Leonella Acosta were the closing ceremony flagbearers.

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By the way, the Uruguayan Olympic Committee website has not been updated in over 12 months.

 

The COU has active accounts on Facebook, Instagram and X / Twitter, but the website only has a link to the first one.

Edited November 8, 2023 by NaBUru38