Brazil is in contention for the medals this Thursday, during the seventh day of the Pan American Games in Santiago. The country won important places in the finals, notably in baseball and boxing, as well as a medal in sports shooting.
Medal in sports shooting
Brazil won bronze in this sport with Felipe Wu. In the 10m air pistol dispute. he was surpassed only by Tugrul Ozer (gold), of Canada, and James Hall (silver), of the United States.
Baseball
The Brazilian team won a medal in this sport. Colombia’s victory over Mexico put Brazil in the decider. The Brazilians face Mexico before the decision, which will be made on Saturday.
Boxing
Brazil guaranteed its place in the final that day. In the under 92 kg category, Keno Machado qualified for the semi-finals after his opponent withdrew. Bia Ferreira beat North American Jajaira Gonzalez 4-1 and takes part in the decisive fight in the under 60 kg category. Ultimately, it was Tatiana Chagas who took the decision in the under 54 kg category. In the semi-final, she beat Chilean Denisse Vilches 4-1.
In the under 75 kg category, Brazilian Viviane Pereira fell in the semi-final and won bronze. The same result had Luiz Gabriel Oliveira in fights with athletes up to 57 kg.
IT’S ALREADY TATIANA CHAGAS IN PARIS 2024 🇧🇷
The Brazilian is also confirmed in boxing at the Olympic Games! 🤩
Tatiana beats Denisse Vilches 🇨🇱 in the semi-final of the under 54kg category at Santiago 2023 and takes the place in Paris 🇫🇷.
Now let’s take the 🥇, Tati!
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– Team Brazil (@timebrasil)
October 26, 2023
Basketball
After beating Mexico, the women’s team won again in Santiago. Without difficulty, they beat Venezuela 94 to 47 and remained 100% in the competition.
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Tennis
Gustavo Heide reached the round of 16 in the men’s singles group. Against the Canadian Justin Boulais, the Brazilian won 2-0, with a double 6/3.
Handball
Brazil continues with a constant campaign in the women’s tournament: the victim, this time, was Cuba, beaten 49 to 11. In the first phase, the Brazilians finished group B with 100% success.
Surfing
Tatiana Weston-Webb has qualified for the third stage of the Pan de Santiago. She easily overtook Canadian Sanoa Dempfle-Olin.
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