2024-08-29 01:17:38
A look at the history and sporting career of those who represented Chile in various disciplines during Paris 2024.
Los Paris 2024 Olympic Games It became an event that we in Chile will remember for a long time, not only because of the Massive participation of our athletesbut also for the possibility of making history in some disciplines such as tiro skeet y Greco-Roman wrestling.
Our delegation was made up of 48 athletes, of which 30 were men and 18 were women. The Chilean team arrived in the French capital on July 17 with the intention of putting the country at the top in the Olympic competition, and on Sunday, August 11, they left with a satisfactory result.
Francisca Crovetto won our Olympic gold
Francisca Crovetto Chadid was the protagonist of one of the most brilliant moments for Chile, not only in these Games, but in the Olympic history of our country. Specialized in skeet shooting, the athlete won a gold medal, an achievement that few expected and that was historic, not only for the shooter, but for Chileans, as it broke a 20-year losing streak without winning an Olympic gold.
We have to go back two decades, to the tennis double of “Nico” Massú and the “Queen Bomber”, Fernando González, in Athens 2004, to count the last gold medal in the hands of a Chilean.
Analyzing in detail what has been achieved, the achievement of the athlete born in 1990 in Santiago is also relevant because She is the first Chilean woman to win a gold medal in our list of achievements, even more so in a discipline traditionally dominated by men. “Dreams are built, we leave nothing to chance,” said the Santiago native after winning the gold medal.
Yasmani Acosta brought us the Silver in Greco-Roman wrestling
Another of the great protagonists of our delegation was Yasmani Acosta Fernández, who obtained a silver medal in the category of 130 kilograms in Greco-Roman wrestling. You may not know this, but the player born in Agramonte, Cuba, in 1988, became a Chilean citizen and then went on to represent our country after a long sporting career in his native country.
In the final for the most important medal, the 36-year-old athlete faced his compatriot and friend Mijaín López, a true legend of Greco-Roman wrestling due to his has won 5 gold medals in a row. That’s right, the one born in Consolación del Sur (Cuba) She has won every competition in this category from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Others who stood out in the Chilean delegation
There are many other Chilean athletes who stood out in Paris, although they did not win medals. It must be said that Maria Jose Mailliard and Karen RocoFor example, they performed well in canoeing, and although they did not qualify for the A finals, as they were left in secondary places, they were protagonists in the C1-200 meter event.
In the Final B, Mailliard took fourth place in the single canoe event with a time of 46.77 seconds. Roco came in seventh with a time of 48.25 seconds. The result was not what either of them expected (they expected more), but it earned them diplomas and recognition from our country.
One of those who was expected to do more was the 25-year-old golfer Joaquin Niemannwho arrived at the Paris Olympics with great credentials. And although he remained within the top 10 in the first rounds at the Golf National located in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, finally he did not manage to make the podium.
Clement Seguel He was one of the Chilean athletes who His best performance in Paris was finishing eighth in the ILCA 7 Dinghy Sailing final34 seconds behind the winner, who was Australian Matt Wearn. He also made us happy, because he got an Olympic diploma for Team Chile and made history.
Nestor Almanza, another of those specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling, He was not as lucky as Acosta. The Havana-born Cuban-Chilean was eliminated in the round of 16 by Romanian Valentin Petic in the 67-kilogram category.
In athletics, Martin Saenz de Santa Maria He was eliminated in the men’s 110-meter hurdles repechage.
A Martina Weil, For her part, she was not able to qualify for the semi-finals after the women’s 400-meter repechage.
Humberto Mancilla Arzolafrom Temuco, specialized in hammer throwing, finished in 10th place in Group A; and Gabriel Kehr Zabraalso from the same city, in 11th place in Group B, in the same discipline. As can be seen, despite their good performances, neither of them were able to qualify for the final.
Speaking about women’s BMX freestyle cycling, 27-year-old Santiago native Macarena Pérez Grasset He finished in fifth place, having recorded 84.55 points, leaving the competition with his best score in the discipline.
All of these athletes continue to develop their respective sporting activities after the Olympic Games; in fact, many professional bettors follow them closely since their competitions are an excellent opportunity to follow closely in the best bookmakers in Chile, as seen where experts in the sector collect the best platforms in the country.
A positive balance for Chile in Paris 2024
Overall, Chile’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was very good. We are all very happy with how the national Olympic sport turned out; even more so considering that the results in Tokyo 2020 were not the best. If we think back, we must remember that Team Chile was unable to win any medals in Japan, which makes these achievements in France stand out even more. The event continues on August 28 in Paris, but at the 2024 Paralympic Games, where Chileans will have 28 representatives in a series of events that will also take place in the “City of Light.”