South American Games 2022

[thiago_simoes 1,458]

After hosting the 2018 edition, I expected Bolivia to properly make use of the gyms, stadiums and facilities to improve their level, but... 3 bronze medals, all in boxing, and now I'm really worried about the state of sports in the country.

[LDOG 2,477]

Well, 10 golds in a day is great despite one or two screw ups. 

 

I'd guess we should win between 5 and 10 more in the last 3 days. There seem to be a lot that will be 50/50 chances, though I have no idea of our level in things like Bochas and Squash (it looks like there was good performance in both today).

[JoshMartini007 2,861]

Medal Table (After Day 11)

 

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	103	75	60	238
2	Colombia	53	62	76	191
3	Argentina	36	45	60	141
4	Chile	30	21	46	97
5	Venezuela	21	29	47	97
6	Ecuador	16	10	20	46
7	Peru	13	13	27	53
8	Paraguay	6	15	11	32
9	Uruguay	6	13	14	33
10	Aruba	3	3	0	6
11	Panama	2	1	5	8
12	Guyana	0	1	2	3
13	Curacao	0	1	0	1
14	Bolivia	0	0	3	3

 

[konig 1,591]

8 hours ago, LDOG said:

Well, 10 golds in a day is great despite one or two screw ups. 

 

I'd guess we should win between 5 and 10 more in the last 3 days. There seem to be a lot that will be 50/50 chances, though I have no idea of our level in things like Bochas and Squash (it looks like there was good performance in both today).

The best country in squash is Colombia, in male squash Argentina can win golds like the Romiglio yesterday, in bochas i expect to win the 3 golds.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

 lost to  in the quarterfinals of women’s team squash. I knew it was unlikely they’d get the quota here, but I’d like to see them qualify for Santiago 2023 at some point. Women’s squash and table tennis are arguably their strongest sports at the moment, but the team aspect of qualification in both sports might make it difficult them to qualify 

[NaBUru38 219]

The Uruguay women's football team got the silver medal, after defeating Argentina 5-1 (!!!) and Colombia 2-0, then winning over Venezuela on penalty shootouts. Brazil didn't enter, but it's an unprecedented result anyway.

 

The Uruguay men's football team was fourth (Brazil also didn't enter).

 

The Uruguay women's hockey team got the bronze, after losing to Argentina 1-0 and drawing Chile  0-0 (they went to the final with a higher aggregate goals).

 

Uruguay now has 6 gold medals (all in rowing), 13 silvers and 14 bronzes, for a total 33 medals.

[NaBUru38 219]

In other news, the South American games medallists will earn money: $UY 60,000 (US$ 1,500) for a gold, $UY 20,000 for a silver, and $UY 12,000 for a bronze. Teams will share twice the money (so $UY 13,000 each for the 8+1 rowing gold team). The current 33 medals are worth $UY 1.3 million (US$ 32,000).

[vinipereira 3,513]

2 hours ago, NaBUru38 said:

In other news, the South American games medallists will earn money: $UY 60,000 (US$ 1,500) for a gold, $UY 20,000 for a silver, and $UY 12,000 for a bronze. Teams will share twice the money (so $UY 13,000 each for the 8+1 rowing gold team). The current 33 medals are worth $UY 1.3 million (US$ 32,000).

That's great. I don't think Brazilian medalists will earn any money from this.

[vinipereira 3,513]

For all the great organization and venues here, I must say that the Athletics "stadium" is a little disappointing.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

For all the great organization and venues here, I must say that the Athletics "stadium" is a little disappointing.

It is practical though.  will be left with a nice training complex (assuming it’s managed properly) that can also host regional/continental meets.