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The Charrúa Awards were held last Monday. * Golden Charrúa: Fernando Diz and Hernán Umpierre (rowing) * Silver Charrúa for best competitor abroad: Federico Valverde (football) * Silver Charrúa for best performance abroad: Bruno Cetraro (rowing) * Silver Charrúa for sports feat: María Sara Grippoli (taekwondo) * Silver Charrúa for newcomers: Gonzalo Perdomo (bocce) * Charrúa Energy: Henry Borges * Uruguayan Rowing Federation: 5 medals at the 2023 Pan American Games. * Crystal Charrúa: Uruguayan Football Federation (100 years of the Paris gold medal) * AIPS Abelardo Raidi Award: Daniel López Moroy * Quijote Awards: Mario Uberti (journalism) and Juan Olano

Fernando Ucha was elected president of the Uruguayan Olympic Committee. He is 57 years old and was the Uruguayan and Pan American rowing federations. Ucha got 30 upvotes and one abstention. https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/El-exremero-Fernando-Ucha-fue-elegido-como-nuevo-presidente-del-Comite-Olimpico-Uruguayo-uc901201

At the París Paralympics, Henry Borges competed at the 60 kg J1 (fully blind judo), where he lost to Shiwen Zhu on golden score, and 14-year-old Hanna Arias competed at the of S9 (minor amputee swimming) with 1'19.11 in freestyle and 1'28.32 in 100 m butterfly. The Punta del Este Marathon was held last weekend. Nicolás Espinosa and Simone da Rocha Cid won with 2'21.45 and 3'06.15 respectively. Martín Cuestas and Lorena Sosa won in half marathon with 1:06'31 and 1:19'53. Agustín Lima and Aldana Sabatel won in 10 km with 30'39 and 38'10.

Most importantly, Julio César Maglione announced not to run for president at the Uruguayan Olympic Committee elections, so he will step down after 37 years (!!!). https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Comite-Olimpico-Uruguayo-Julio-Cesar-Maglione-dejara-de-ser-su-presidente-tras-37-anos-uc898701

Post-Olympics: In athletics, Valentín Soca got a new South American under-23 record in men's 3,000 m with 7'43.48. In boxing, Chris Namús fought again after two years, losing to Elia Carranza by TKO on round 6. In rowing, several Uruguayans competed at the World Championship: Felipe Klüver was 7th in men's lightweight single scull with 6'52.57. Luciano García was 14th in men's under-23 single scull with 7'10.17. Nicole Yarzón finished 8th in women's lightweight single scull with 7'51.49.

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.

The fully Swiss format is awful, as Heywoody says. I would prefer a 4-vs-4 cross-pool format. But adding more matches at the group phase is a big problem too, the calendar was already too congested.

Some say that Kim Jong Un made 18 holes in one on his first attempt...

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.

I'm afraid I have little time to vote.

I disagree, Olympic rugby sevens is thrilling to watch. Rugby sevens is organized in tournaments (like tennis and motorsport), very differently from the typical 2-hour team sport. That's not a disadvantage, much less a problem. United States is excellent in lots of unpopular sports, thanks to the state-funded college system. So the situation of rugby sevens is hardly unusual. Yes, and I agree with that.

Uruguay's chances dropped significantly, as rower Bruno Cetraro ran out of steam in single scull semifinals.

It's never easy to do a strong partnership between a successful sports competition and a successful sports game. Fifa and Electronic Arts had it, and it went away. F1 and Codemasters (now part of EA) has it. The Olympics, Nintendo and Sega was a strong partnership. Dropping it to chase NFTs is so stupid.

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.

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.

The Teros just made too many ball handling errors. At least the France match was close. As for rules, the boring part of sevens is that a good sprinter can beat a team of good but not so fast players. I have seen a few rugby 10s matches and I enjoy them more than sevens. Players need good teamwork to advance, yet it's much faster than 15s. However, I've been told by a Uruguayan female players that rugby 10 is much more prone to injuries than sevens.

As expected, Claro Sports chose a random sports annuncer to do rugby sevens. he aobviously didn't know the most basic rules. For the Uruguay-Kenya match, they added some Uruguayan former player that sounded quite bored, and would start rambling about some game theory rather than talk about the match.

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.

The Uruguayan delegation is set with 25 competitors in nine sports. Our only team sport is men's rugby sevens. https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Juegos-Olimpicos-de-Paris-Uruguay-participara-con-25-deportistas-en-nueve-deportes-uc893360

We just got eliminated from the Copa América with serious controversy. And nobody watches Claro Sports. So nobody knows that the Olympics are upcoming.

I can't believe that Bielsa went full Bilardo in telling players to play dirty against its rivals. It isn't just unfair play, but also a bad strategy. Now everybody hates us, and several players will be suspended for months.

Basketball also has terrible qualifying formats. Intercontinental repechages should never have more than 25% of quotas.

"Saudi Arabia" and "gamers" don't rhyme. The FIA should partner with Rocket League. Basketball should be no issue.

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

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.