Pan American Games 2023

[hckošice 14,897]

4 new medals and first "Oro" of the games in Day 2

Carapaz silver in his Pan-Am TT debut was a bit disappointing to be fair, but Angie fully delivered later on the evening to grab that first gold.

 

1 - 1 - 3

 

Medals of the Day

 

Angie Palacios,

Weightlifting W -71kg Gold

 

Richard Carapaz,

Road Cycling M Individual Time Trial Silver

 

Carlos Granja,

Sport Climbing M Speed Bronze

Katlen Jervez/Mario Troya,

Taekwondo Mixed Pairs Poomsae Bronze

 

 

 

 

 

HIMNO NACIONAL |

Por primera vez en tierras chilenas se escuchan las sagradas notas del Himno Nacional del Ecuador gracias a la medalla de ORO en la división 71 Kg. de la halterista Angie Palacios. pic.twitter.com/35hVQikodW

— Comite_Olimpico_Ecu (@ECUADORolimpico) October 23, 2023

Edited October 23, 2023 by hckošice

[ManuCHIL 155]

Chile is really weak in multi-event sports and have been slightly reversed in athleticism.

 

On the other hand, Swimming events we can't compete, and that cost us a lot of medals even in the south american games

 

I'm optimistic for today's results

 

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

8 hours ago, intoronto said:

Great start for Canada as well.

 

Already improved (from Lima) gold medal totals in swimming, cycling, skateboarding (included as a total under roller skating), and taekwondo

To be fair, we were pretty cursed in 2019, we were capable of winning 10-15 more golds, but our athletes fell at the final hurdle.

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

47 minutes ago, ManuCHIL said:

Chile is really weak in multi-event sports and have been slightly reversed in athleticism.

 

On the other hand, Swimming events we can't compete, and that cost us a lot of medals even in the south american games

 

I'm optimistic for today's results

 

I suspect with the host nation boost, Chile will be competing with the likes of Argentina, Colombia and Cuba. If not, they should still finish solidly in the top 10.

 

While swimming appears to be a diverse sport given that most nations compete in it, in reality only a handful of nations excel in it. Currently only 5/45 (11%) of medals were won by non-USA/Brazil/Canada nations. In 2019, it was 21/114 (18%) and Argentina accounted for 10 of them. So unless you are planning to compete with Brazil/Canada you don't really need a good swim team to excel.

[Olympian1010 7,989]

What a close race in men’s eight 

[Olympian1010 7,989]

Regina Jaquess  defends her slalom title in water skiing. 
 

We sent three women and only one man, so I’d imagine there was a bit of pressure on the girls to secure medals.

[Olympian1010 7,989]

 will medal in water skiing after having to rely on other nations for reallocations in order to enter any skiers.

[Josh 10,654]

10/13 Canadians through to the quarterfinals in boxing! 

Edited October 23, 2023 by Josh

[hoversaBR 442]

Ygor Coelho (badminton) and Maicon Andrade (Taekwondo) lost in the quarterfinals. Two more disappointing results for Brazil. 

[Olympian1010 7,989]

I really want one of those  rowing jerseys. They look so sharp