2023-11-17 03:11:01
According to her coach Gerson Villalta, the Santaneca is the youngest in the table paratennis event that takes place at the Olympic Training Center, while the official website of the games confirmed that she is the youngest para-athlete at Santiago 2023.
Photo: Meanwhile.
Santiago, Chile. Josselyn Miranda is the youngest parathlete in the El Salvador delegation and the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games who specializes in table tennis.
She is originally from Santa Ana and has debuted in the greatest sports festival in America, the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, on the eve of her 13th birthday and left good feelings in table paratennis, class 4-5.
In her first participation in a senior Parapan American competition, Josselyn, who will turn 13 on Saturday, November 18, faced parathletes aged 26 and 56. Tomorrow she will close the group stage against the Argentine María Kuell, 29 years old.
Miranda managed to overcome the minutes of nervousness and earned good points against the Chilean Tamara Isabel Leonelli, 26 years old, in her first game in group B, class 4-5, on the initial day of table paratennis.
Josselyn lost 3-0 to the Chilean standard bearer and one of the candidates to reach the final in the women’s singles class 4-5, which corresponds to wheelchair athletes.
“It makes me happy to achieve this goal, to debut as the youngest of the entire team, it is a great pride, I had already played in an important youth tournament in Bogotá (the youth Parapan American) and I am achieving my goals,” commented Josselyn.
The partial scores of the game were 11-4, 11-5 and 11-2 in favor of the host parathlete who showed greater performance and had the support of the public at the Olympic Training Center.
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