Uruguay National Thread

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At the Para Pan American Games, the Uruguayan team won two medals: Carmelo Milán got a silver medal in R4 air rifle shooting, and Henry Borges got a bronze medal in J1 60 kg judo.

 

In sailing, Federico Waksman won the Mini Transat, a 6,000 km solo yacht race that crosses the Atlantic Ocean.

 

In surfing, Julián Schweizer won the ALAS Tour at El Salvador.

 

In athletics, Martín Cuestas won the San Felipe y Santiago, the premier 10 km road race in Montevideo, with 30'49. Carolina Lozano from Argentina won the women's race with 35'39.

 

In futsal, the men's team won its group at the AMF World Cup with wins against Mexico, Canada and Bolivia. Tomorrow they will play quarter-finals against the United States.

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In football, the men's team defeated Argentina 2-0 and Bolivia 3-0.

 

Most Uruguayan sports journalists hate Bielsa, so now they don't mention him and instead praise the players.

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In judo, Henry Borges won the J1 60 kg event at the IBSA Tokyo Grand Prix, after defeating Mohamed Ben Ismail, Sukhbat Bayasgalan, Vitoon Kongsuk  and Abdelkader Bouamer. Now he's 5th in the world rankings.

 

In futsal, the men's team was runner-up at the AMF World Cup, as they defeated the United States 8-1 in quarter-finals, COlombia by penalty shootout in semifinals, and lost to Paraguay 6-1 in the final.

In athletics, the national team claimed 29 gold medals at the South American Masters, placing 5th.

 

in boxing, Gabriela Bouvier defeated Agustina Rojas at Punta del Este, and Maira Moneo defeated Lizbeth Crespo at the Luna Park in Buenos Aires.

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Nacional has threatened to withdraw from the Basketball Champions League Americas.

 

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Basquet-Nacional-analiza-retirarse-de-la-BCLA-si-no-tiene-respuesta-de-FIBA-por-localia-uc875275

 

The club claims that they can't afford to rent the Antel Arena, and they refuse to rent the Palacio Peñarol (and their rival club wouldn't offer it anyway).

 

In addition, FIBA Americas has denied using the Campus de Maldonado or the Estadio 10 de Julio in Florida. The club claims that the complains

 

The club even proposed to modify the schedule so they play their on the third window in Buenos Aires, but the confederation did not reply.

 

Nacional doesn't have a proper arena, instead they usually play at Unión Atlética, which is also not up to FIBA Américas level.

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In basketball, Nacional will play their BCLA "home" games at Obras Sanitarias in Buenos Aires.

 

In athletics, ocilás Cuetas won the San Silvestre Vallecana 10km run in Madrid with 28'48.

 

In basketball, Santiago Vescovi has scored 1.400 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists with the Tennessee Volunteers.

 

In cycling, Mauricio Moreira has an infected bursitis in a leg after a minor fall during training.

 

In sailing, Dolores Moreira will compete at the ILCA 6 World Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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In beach volleyball, Hans Hannibal and Nicolás Llambías won the Rancagua round of the South American Circuit.

 

In sailing, Lola Moreira was 29th at the ILCA 6 World Championship in Mar del Plata.

 

In swimming, the national team did poorly as expected at the World Championship in Doha. The best result was 21st by Nicole Frank at the 200 m medley. She also made B scores at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

 

In surfing:

• Montoya Beach hosted the Río de la Plata Cup, organized by Lucas Madrid, with a Uruguay vs Argentina format (our neighbors won).
• Manantiales hosted a round of the WSL Longboard Qualifying Series. Ignacio Pignataro finished second in the men's event.

Edited February 28, 2024 by NaBUru38

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In judo, Henry Borges was bronze at the Heidelberg Grand Prix, and is very close to qualifying to the Paralympic Games.

 

In cycling, Cerro Largo rider Agustín Moreira won the Rutas de América road race for his second time.

 

In athletics:

• Valentín Soca and Florencia Borelli won the San Fernando 10 km run in Punta del Este with 29'59 and 35'59 respectively.
• Santiago Catrofe got the national record in 10 km at Valencia with 28'06. The previous record had been set by Néstor García in 1999.
• Nicolás Cuestas got the national record in half marathon at Vila de Santa Pola, with 1:02'15.
• Uruguay got five medals at the South American Indoor Championship in Cochabamba.
  • María Pía Fernández was gold in 800 m with the national record of 2'08.20, and silver in 1500 m with the national record of 4'27.48.
  • The women's relay team was second in 4x400 m.
  • Emiliano Lasa was silver in long jump with 8.00 m.
  • Millie Díaz (first time I hear of her) was bronze in 60 m hurdles, getting the national record with 8.82 s.
• Manuela Rotundo was offered a scholarship at the Georgia Bulldogs.

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In field hockey, the Cimarronas finished 5th at the Hockey5 World Championship, with wins over Paraguay, New Zealand, Thailand, Ukraine and Malaysia, and a loss against Poland.

 

In handball, the men's national team was 5th at the South-Central Championship, with a single against Costa Rica and four losses.

 

In futsal, the men's national team was 5th at the Copa América, with three wins against Peru and Bolivia and Chile, and two losses against Brazil and Argentina.

 

In rugby sevens, the Teros finished 3rd at the Dubai Challenger. The Montevideo Challenger will be held in two weeks at the Estadio Charrúa.

Edited February 28, 2024 by NaBUru38

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A lot has happened in the past two months...

 

• In judo, Henry Borges qualified to the Paralympic Games for a record 5th time.

• In taekwondo, 19-year-old María Sara Grippoli qualified to the Olympic Games.

• In tennis, Ariel Behar was finalist at the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid Open.

• In rugby sevens, the Teros won the Montevideo Challenger.

• In rugby union, Peñarol is doing poorly at the Super Rugby Americas.
• In beach handball, the men's and women's national teams finished third at the South and Central America Championship.
• In indoor hockey, the Cimarronas were bronze at the Pan American Women's Championship.

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In athletics:

• Valentín Soca got the South American record in 10,000 m with 28'14.96.

• María Pía Fernández got the national indoor record in 1,500 m with 4'17.77.

• Manuela Rotundo improved her new national record in javelin with 59.0 m.

• Santiago Catrofe improved his national record in 5,000 m with 13'21.67.

• Catrofe was also retroactively awarded a gold and silver medal at the 2022 South American Games, as Federico Bruno was failed a drug test.

• Richard Sosa and Lucía Laprovitera won the Montevideo Marathon with 2:23'47 and 3:13'02.