Uruguay National Thread

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In rugby, Peñarol won the South American Super League, defeating Selknam in the final. I couldn't attend the match.

 

In basketball, Biguá has won the first two finals matches versus Peñarol.

 

In beach football, Uruguay lost to Brazil 6-4 and defeated Colombia to rank 7th at the Copa América.

In rowing, Felipe Klüver was 5h at the Belgrade World Cup in lightweight singles with 7'18.92.

 

In swimming, Uruguay will have 8 competitors at the World Championships:

• Indoor: Martín Melconian, Nicole Frank, Micaela Sierra and Pedro Chiancone.
• Outdoor: Maximiliano Paccot and Angela Maiza Cardozo.
• Artistic: Clara De León and Agustina Medina.

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In karate, Maximiliano Larrosa was bronze in under 60kg at the Pan American Championship in Curaçao.

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Uruguay's Cimarronas won an invitational women's Hockey5s tournament held in Lausanne. They had five straight wins over Switzerland (twice), South Africa, India and Poland.

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In basketball, Biguá is leading the finals 3-1 over Peñarol.

 

In athletics, Santiago Catrofe won the 1500 m run at the Manchester Continental Tour with 3'40.58.

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In triathlon, Federico Scarabino was third at the Accra round of the African Triathlon Cup, doing the 26 km in 55'05.98.

 

In athletics, Emiliano Lasa finished fourth in long jump at the Norway round of the Diamond League with 7.90 m.

 

In sailing, the national team was 3rd out of four South American countries at the Star Sailors League qualifier, and did not advance to the Gold Cup.

 

In field hockey, the national federation made a bid to host the 2026 Women's World Championship, rivalling Australia and South Africa.

 

In rugby, the Teros lost to Japan 34-15 at Chichibunomiya. The second match will be held at Kitakyushu.

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At the Swimming World Championship:

 

• Clara De León  got 74.2252 points (18th) in technical solo and 77.5333 points in freestyle solo (15th). She and Agustina Medina got 72.7254 points in technical duo.
• Nicole Frank did the 200 m medley at 2'17.78 and the 100 m breaststroke at 1'10.48.
• Micaela Sierra did the 200 m breaststroke at 2'39.05 and the 50 m breaststroke at 34.25.
• Pedro Chiancone did the 200 m freestyle at 1'54.08.

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In sailing, Felipe Klüver got the bronze medal at the Poznan round of the World Cup with 6'46.86. Bruno Cetraro was 7th.

 

In boxing, Chris Namùs lost against Mary Spencer by TKO at the first round after falling three times.

 

In wheelchair racing, Eduardo Dutra got the national marathon record at Minnesota with 1:35'26.

 

In beach handball, the men's national team lost to Croatia and Argentina and defeated United States, Greece, Spain and Ecuador. The team advanced to the quarter-finals, where they will play Denmark.

 

Meanwhile, the women's national team defeated Australia and lost to Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Argentina and Brazil. They will play the 9th place bracket.

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In rowing, Bruno Cetraro was 3rd and Felipe Klüver was 6th in lightweight singles at the Lucerne round of the World Cup. Their times were 6'49.81 and 7'00.29.

In swimming, Nicole Frank improved her national record in 400 m medley with 4'54.13.

 

In rugby, the Teros lost to Romania 30-22. I couldn't attend the match.

 

At the Beach Handball World Championship, the men's national team lost to Denmark, defeated Spain and lost to Qatar, ranking 5th overall.

 

Meanwhile, the women's national team defeated Vietnam and lost to Thailand and Norway, ranking 12th overall.

 

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In taekwondo, Federico González was silver at the Costa Rica round of the Pan American Series, and won the Copa Olímpica in Puerto Rico.

 

In judo, Rodrigo Gamou was 3rd aand Mikael Aprahamian was 5th at the Guayaquil Open.

 

In athletics, the World Championship will feature five Uruguayans: Emiliano Lasa (long jump), Déborah Rodríguez (800m), Santiago Catrofe (1500m), Nicolás Cuestas and Andrés Zamora (marathon).

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In football, the women's national team is playing the Copa América Femenina. They lost 1-0 against Venezuela. Today they play Brazil.