Uruguay National Thread

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Uruguay's national women's football team lost to Brazil 3-0 and Argentina 5-0.

 

Today we play Perú to decide the last place in the group.

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The Rivera Autodrome hosted the TCR South America. I've never been there, I should visit someday.

 

In rugby, the Teros defeated Romania 26-20 in the second tour test match.

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In athletics, Emiliano Lasa could't do past 7.89m and missed the long jump finals.

 

Santiago Catrofe did 3'35.86 in the 1500 m qualifying, just 0.04 seconds above his national record. In semis he did 3'40.16.

 

At the men's marathon, Nicolás Cuestas did 2:13'54 and Andrés Zamora did 2:17'55.

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In karate, Maximiliano Larrosa won the under 60 kg at the Ibero-American Championship in Cali. Meanwhile, Santiago Malián won the under-21, +84 kg event.

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In handball, the Uruguay women's under-18 team is travelling to North Macedonia to play the Women's Youth World Championship.

 

We have only two players from non-Uruguayan clubs, Savina Bergara and Emiliana Heilmann (both in Spanish clubs).

 

They are in group G, together with Norway, Czech Republic and Brazil.

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In athletics, Déborah Rodríguez did 2'03.04 at the 800 m event of the World Championships. That's 3 seconds above her record.

 

In rowing, there's 14 Uruguayans competing at the Under-23 World Championship (actually one entered an under-19 event). There's plenty of expectations, especially from Felipe Klüver.

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In basketball, the Uruguay women's national team is set for the South American Championship to be held in San Luis, Argentina.

 

Of the 12 players, there's two playing in the United States (Agustina Talasimov and Ana Lua Döring Speranza), one in Spain (Florencia Niski), and one in Argentina (Josefina Zeballos). Also notable is Camila Kirschenbaum, who returned from the United States for family reasons.

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In rowing, Felipe Klüver won the single lightweight at the Under-23 World Championship with 7'08.83!

 

In athletics, Manuela Rotundo won the javelin throw at the Under-20 World Championship with 55.11 m! And she is 18 years old...

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In basketball, the Uruguay women's national team  lost to Chile 55-43, to Colombia 71-49 and to Brazil 104-47.

 

In the repechage semifinals they lost to Paraguay 62-59.

 

In the 7th place match they defeated Ecuador 61-52, their first win since 2014.

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In football, Luis Suárez signed with Nacional.

 

In the Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals, Nacional lost 4-0 on aggregate score against Atlético Goianiense. The latter is currently 19th in the Brasileirão Serie A...