The Argentine Franco Florio and the Brazilian Ana Carolina Azevedo were crowned in Asunción as the kings of speed in the South American Games by winning the finals of the 100-meter dash, the queen event in athletics.
Florio, 22 years old and who parked rugby to dedicate himself to racing, stopped the clock in 10 seconds and 35 hundredths of a second in the test held in the Paraguayan town of Luque.
He beat Brazilian Felipe Bardi Dos Santos (10.37) and Colombian Carlos Andrés Palacios (10.46).
He landed on Guarani soil after beating a record in the South American U23 Championship that stood for 23 years in his country, the 10.23 set by Carlos Alberto Gats first in 1998, and a year later by Gabriel Simón.
In the Brazilian city of Cascavel, Florio scored 10 seconds and 11 hundredths in the distance.
However, the gold was not enough for him, which was hung by the Brazilian Felipe Barbosa Cardoso, with a time of 10.08, but he was able to celebrate with a silver medal and go down in the history of this sport in his country.
With the South American Games in Asunción, the native of Buenos Aires practically closed a year in which he was climbing steps.
First, he won bronze at the South American Indoor Championships in Cochabamba (Bolivia), and then repeated third place at the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in La Nucía (Spain) until reaching silver in Cascavel.
Ana Carolina Azevedo, the athlete born in the Brazilian city of San Roque on May 19, 1998, also reigned in a competition marked by rain.
She won the gold with a time of 11 seconds and 75 hundredths, ahead of the Argentine María Florencia Lamboglia (11.90) and the Ecuadorian Ángela Tenorio (11.93).
Azevedo represented his country at the Tokyo Olympics in the 200-meter dash and the 100-meter relay x4.
This young woman began appearing on the tracks at the age of 17, when she was still in school, and later became a disciple of Katsuhiko Nakaya, the sprinter who represented Brazil at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, among others. . .
In addition to the 100 meters, he competes in relays. EFE
