Uruguay National Thread

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• In swimming, 13-year-old Hanna Arias qualified to the Paralympic Games in S9 100 m freestyle and butterfly.
• In cycling, Juan Luis Caorsi won the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, and Eric Fagúndez finished third at the Vuelta a Asturias.
• In sailing, Hernán Umpierre and Fernando Diz won the Trofeo Princesa Sofía in Mallorca.
• In rowing, Uruguay got ten medals at the South American Championship, including two golds.
• In canoeing, Matías Otero  won the Pan American Championship in K1 1000 m, and qualified to the Olympic Games.
• In boxing, former Bellator fighter Gastón Reyno will debut in boxing against Ezequiel Vallejos.
• In rugby union, the Teros will host test matches against France, Argentina and Scotland.

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• In sailing, Hernán Umpierre and Fernando Diz won the European 49er Open at La Grande Motte.
• In rowing, Uruguay didn't enter the Olympic Qualifier at Lucerne, as there were too few spots and too high costs.
• In swimming:
  • Nicole Frank got the national record in 200 m medley (2'15.66), and qualified to the Olympics under universality.
  • Luna Chabat got got national records in 50 m freestyle (26.16 s) and 200 m freestyle (2'04.78).
  • Angelina Solari got the national record in short course 50 m butterfly (27.36 s).
  • Diego Aranda got the national under-18 record in 50 m freestyle (22.62 s).

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• In rugby sevens, the Teros won the Munich Challenger and ranked first at the Challenger Tour. They qualified to the Madrid Sevens repechage tournament, where they won three out of four matches and was promoted to the 2024-25 SVNS. It's the only Uruguayan team at the Olympics.
• In athletics, Manuela Rotundo improved her national record to 61.84 m, which is also the South American under-23 record. Santiago Catrofe got the national record in 5000 m with 13'05.95.
• In cycling, Florencia Revetria was 3rd at the South American Junior Road Championship.
• In karate, Nicolás Deandrea was third in 60 kg at the South American Championship held in Punta del Este.
• In boxing, Gastón Reyno debuted in boxing with a TKO win over Ezequiel Vallejos in a 6-round super welterweight fight.
• In tennis, former football star Diego Forlán and Alberto Brause won the ITF MT1000 Miraflores in +45 doubles, and reached quarter-finals in +45 singles.

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In football, the mens natonal team reached semi-finals of the Copa América, where they lost 1-0 to Colombia. The team played harshly against Brazil and Colombia, and on top of that some players got in a brawl with fans at the grandstands. Severe suspensions are expected.

 

In rugby union, the Teros lost to France 43-28 here at the Estadio Charrúa. As usual, fans were allowed into the field to get selfies and autographs with players of both teams. I had tickets, but got sick and had to miss it.

 

In tennis' Ariel Behar was criticised by his (probably former) Czech teammate Adam Pavlásek for a bad reverse shot.

Edited July 12, 2024 by NaBUru38

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The Olympic delegation is set with 25 competitors in nine sports.

 

Gold medal winners will get US$ 25 k, 15 for silver, 10 k for bronze, and 8 k for a diploma (top 8). The rugby team would get triple to be split between players.

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Juegos-Olimpicos-de-Paris-Uruguay-participara-con-25-deportistas-en-nueve-deportes-uc893360

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In rugby sevens, the Teros lost the three Olympic group phase matches, and then the 9th place semifinals. The team made just too many ball handling mistakes.

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In rugby sevens, the men's national team finished 11st at the Olympics.

 

In rowing, Bruno Cetraro qualified to the Olympic semifinals in single scull.

 

In sailing, Fernando Diz and Hernán Umpierre are in medal race positions at men's 49ers.

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In rugby union, the men's national team lost to Scotland 31 - 19, with a pretty good performance. Here's my photos.

 

In sailing, Fernando Diz and Hernán Umpierre qualified to the Olympics men's 49er final. The were fighting for the lead when it was suspended for lack of wind, and later it was suspended a second time.

 

In judo, Mikael Aprahamian lost in first round of the Olympics to Takanori Nagase.

 

In swimming, Leo Nolles did 50.58 s in the Olympic men's 100 m freestyle.

 

In rowing, Bruno Cetraro ran out of steam in the Olympic single scull semifinals, and qualified to the B final.

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The Charrúa Awards have announced the nominees in 64 categories:

 

https://www.cpdu.org.uy/destacados/51a-edicion-premios-charrua/

 

There's split categories for men's and women's in 8 disciplines: athletics, basketball, cycling, football, futsal, handball, rowing and swimming.

 

The ceremony will be held on September 23 at the Auditorio Nelly Goitiño.

Edited September 10, 2024 by NaBUru38

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More results at the Paris Olympics:
 

• In sailing:
  • Hernán Umpierre and Fernando Diz finished 8th at the 49er medal race, as they were penalized for crossing the starting line a few seconds too early. The duo finished 10th in the overall classification.
  • Lola Moreira finished 22nd in ILCA 6. She is considering moving to a lighter class.
• In rowing, Bruno Cetraro finished 6th in the B final of the men's single scull, as a paddle holder got broken (!).
• In kayak, Matías Otero did 3'30.48 in K-1 1000 m, and finished 14th.
• In taekwondo, María Sara Grippoli lost in first round against Adriana Cerezo by 11-4, 7-0.
• In athletics:
  • Emiliano Lasa did 7.87 m in long jump, and missed the final round.
  • Santiago Catrofe did 13'56.40 in 5,000 m.
  • María Pía Fernández did 4'16.46 in 1,500 m.