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The plena is not my style. But as long as it's not cumbia villera I'm fine.

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

Tournament results are public records, they should never be copyrightable.

So the 2025 men's and women's world championships will have 32 teams: the defending champions, the top 3 teams from the 5 continental championships held in 2023, and the 15 next teams in the world rankings.
 
As I've mentioned many times, I think that world rankings should be used for seeding, never for qualifying.
 
But the big problem is that most teams won't play a single match next year, so they can't climb up...

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

It's stupid that the 12 playoffs teams are selected with results of the UNL instead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers, which were played later.

Uruguay claimed 2 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronzes at the Pan American Games. This our second best performance ever (the best was 1963 with 4 golds).
 
Gold:
 
Rowing - men's quadruple sculls (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Leandro Salvagno & Marcos Sarraute). Rowing - men's double pair (Eric Seawright / Martín Zócalo).  
Silver
 
Athletics - 800 m (Deborah Rodríguez). Basque pelota - Frontball (Leonella Acosta). Sailing - 49er (Fernando Diz / Hernán Umpierre). Rowing - men's coxless pair (Leandro Rodas y Esteban Sosa). Rowing - men's eight (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Mauricio López, Leandro Salvagno, Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Rodas, Eric Seawright, Martín Zócalo & Romina Cetraro).  
Bronze
 
Basque pelota - double trinquete (Agustina Cuestas & Sofía Vicente). Cycling - men's road race (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's coxless four (Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Salvagno, Eric Seawright & Martín Zócalo).  
4th place
 
Athletics - men's long jump (Emiliano Lasa). Athletics - men's 5,000 m (Santiago Catrofe). Canoeing - men's K-2 500 m (Matías Otero / Julián Cabrera). Cycling - men's road time trial (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's single sculls (Bruno Cetraro). Sailing - ILCA 6 (Dolores Moreira). Sailing - snipe (Pablo Defazio / Dominique Knuppel).  
In addition, Manuela Rotundo got a new national record in women's discus throw with 58.35 m.
 
Sailor Fernando Diz and Basque pelotari Leonella Acosta were the closing ceremony flagbearers.

I started uploading my photos.
 
Women's sevens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rugby_sevens_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_-_Women's_tournament
 
Field hockey: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_hockey_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games

I started uploading my photos.
 
Women's sevens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rugby_sevens_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_-_Women's_tournament
 
Field hockey: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_hockey_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games

My apologies to all Polish rugby fans.
 
A result from the European Under 20 men's rugby championships.
 
Portugal   122 Poland  0

Fails at the 2023 Pan American Games:
 
In athletics, the women's 20 km walk was actually held over 17 km, so all times were annulled.
 
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/67258758
 
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In taekwondo, the Giulia Sendra vs Sara Grippoli repechage match was suspended after the first round. Grippoli actually had already qualified for the bronze match.
 
https://www.tycsports.com/polideportivo/el-insolito-motivo-que-adelanto-la-pelea-de-guzman-por-la-dorada-id542795.html
 
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In rugby sevens, the Canadians scored an invalid try at the gold medal match against the United States, and the referee ignored the protests by the Americans.
 
After a lineout, the Canadians attempted to form a maul, but no American player engaged, so they kept advancing until it was too late. They should have been penalized for obstruction.
 
 

On Friday I found that the closest metro station to La Pintana was 5 km away from it...
 
I went by taxi. It didn't accept cards, and I had no pesos, so I overpaid in dollars. I returned on bus with no issues.
 
The stadium is next to three car junkyards (like the Peter Capusotto meme). However the Carabineros kept the place safe.
 
The Teros won both Saturday matches, though they had already missed the semifinals. Anyway, I certainly enjoyed it more than the field hockey.

On Friday I found that the closest metro station to La Pintana was 5 km away from it...
 
I went by taxi. It didn't accept cards, and I had no pesos, so I overpaid in dollars. I returned on bus with no issues.
 
The stadium is next to three car junkyards (like the Peter Capusotto meme). However the Carabineros kept the place safe.
 
The Teros won both Saturday matches, though they had already missed the semifinals. Anyway, I certainly enjoyed it more than the field hockey.

Uruguay claimed 2 golds, 5 silvers and 3 bronzes at the Pan American Games. This our second best performance ever (the best was 1963 with 4 golds).
 
Gold:
 
Rowing - men's quadruple sculls (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Leandro Salvagno & Marcos Sarraute). Rowing - men's double pair (Eric Seawright / Martín Zócalo).  
Silver
 
Athletics - 800 m (Deborah Rodríguez). Basque pelota - Frontball (Leonella Acosta). Sailing - 49er (Fernando Diz / Hernán Umpierre). Rowing - men's coxless pair (Leandro Rodas y Esteban Sosa). Rowing - men's eight (Bruno Cetraro, Felipe Klüver, Mauricio López, Leandro Salvagno, Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Rodas, Eric Seawright, Martín Zócalo & Romina Cetraro).  
Bronze
 
Basque pelota - double trinquete (Agustina Cuestas & Sofía Vicente). Cycling - men's road race (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's coxless four (Marcos Sarraute, Leandro Salvagno, Eric Seawright & Martín Zócalo).  
4th place
 
Athletics - men's long jump (Emiliano Lasa). Athletics - men's 5,000 m (Santiago Catrofe). Canoeing - men's K-2 500 m (Matías Otero / Julián Cabrera). Cycling - men's road time trial (Eric Fagúndez). Rowing - men's single sculls (Bruno Cetraro). Sailing - ILCA 6 (Dolores Moreira). Sailing - snipe (Pablo Defazio / Dominique Knuppel).  
In addition, Manuela Rotundo got a new national record in women's discus throw with 58.35 m.
 
Sailor Fernando Diz and Basque pelotari Leonella Acosta were the closing ceremony flagbearers.

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Hi folks! Here I'm at Santiago de Chile.
 
I've been to athletics, gymnastics and field hockey. Sadly I saw not a single Uruguayan competitor.
 
The Estadio Nacional has a white coat of paint, but is otherwise in bad shape. The rhythmic gymnastics venue looks pretty, but accessibility is bad and there were roof leaks.
 
The field hockey field is fine. However I missed a full quarter of Arg-Can trying to buy two drinks, as the venue had just two payment machines and one didn't work - it would have been much faster to walk 150m to the fan zone and return.
 
After I got the drinks, the main grandstand was full. I walked to the north stands, where the net made it impossible to take photos. On top of that, a rather rude volunteer didn't let me take photos from the corner, despite being 5m above the field.
 
Nothing unexpected I guess. Let's cross finger for tomorrow at La Pintana...

Quote of the day from Polish TV commentators:
 
NZ players sometimes put so much energy into haka that they have a lack of energy in the first 20mins of the match then...

In case anyone else is looking for streaming/television information: https://santiago2023.org/en/noticias/sport-agency/detalle/1923/this-is-how-the-santiago-2023-games-will-be-watched-in-the-americas-and-the-world