Bolivia enforced its location and took first place of the team competition of the Pan American Racquet Championship. The event began on April 9 and concluded this Saturday at the Racket Complex of the Abraham Telchi Sports Village in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The host climbed to the top of the podium and took the champion trophy, followed by Mexico, which was second. Third place was shared between the United States and Argentina.
The first place of the Bolivian team was given thanks to the medals won on the last day with the men’s team, which won gold, and the women’s team, which won bronze.
Conrado Moscoso, Carlos Keller and Kadim Carrasco they gave Bolivia a new gold medal by beating Mexico, they won both singles matches and also the doubles match to make it 3-0 on aggregate.
Moscoso beat Rodrigo Montoya 11-3, 11-2 and 11-8; Keller submitted to Elías Nieto 11-6, 11-5 and 11-6; while the Moscoso-Carrasco duo defeated Montoya-Erik Trujillo 5-15, 11-15, 15-13, 15-7 and 11-5.
For women’s teams, the gold medal went to Argentina, the silver went to Mexico and the medal for bronze was shared by Bolivia and the United States.
The medal achieved by the Bolivians in men’s teams, is added to those they achieved, in the open singles category, Moscoso in men, and Angélica Barrios in women, the day Thursday.
In addition, Bolivia on that day also achieved a silver medal with Moscoso and Micaela Menesesin mixed open doubles.
In parallel, it was also played the youth tournament in which Bolivians won gold medalsthe case of Nicol Mancilla (14 years old), Kristin Salinas and Nicolás Iglesias (16 years old), Rebeca Amaya and Luis Aguilar (18 years old), Angélica Barrios (21 years old).
In doubles, the golden ones ran on behalf of Sebastián Terrazas and Santiago Borja (14 years old), Natalia Méndez and Salinas (16 years old), and Ezequiel Subieta and Aguilar (18 years old).
The national racquetball players kept the Youth Cup, in both ladies and men. In the women’s branch they achieved 2,340 points and in the men’s 2,528, they also obtained first place in combined with 4,868 units.
In the Challenger A category, Moisés Escalera gave another gold to Bolivia and in doubles, in the same category, first place was obtained by Escalera and Gutiérrez.
In the Pan American, just over 140 athletes from 12 countries participated. They competed for eight days, divided into 24 categories and more than 500 games were played on the eight courts of the Racquet Complex.
Bolivia enforced its location and took first place of the team competition of the Pan American Racquet Championship. The event began on April 9 and concluded this Saturday at the Racket Complex of the Abraham Telchi Sports Village in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The host climbed to the top of the podium and took the champion trophy, followed by Mexico, which was second. Third place was shared between the United States and Argentina.
The first place of the Bolivian team was given thanks to the medals won on the last day with the men’s team, which won gold, and the women’s team, which won bronze.
Conrado Moscoso, Carlos Keller and Kadim Carrasco they gave Bolivia a new gold medal by beating Mexico, they won both singles matches and also the doubles match to make it 3-0 on aggregate.
Moscoso beat Rodrigo Montoya 11-3, 11-2 and 11-8; Keller submitted to Elías Nieto 11-6, 11-5 and 11-6; while the Moscoso-Carrasco duo defeated Montoya-Erik Trujillo 5-15, 11-15, 15-13, 15-7 and 11-5.
For women’s teams, the gold medal went to Argentina, the silver went to Mexico and the medal for bronze was shared by Bolivia and the United States.
The medal achieved by the Bolivians in men’s teams, is added to those they achieved, in the open singles category, Moscoso in men, and Angélica Barrios in women, the day Thursday.
In addition, Bolivia on that day also achieved a silver medal with Moscoso and Micaela Menesesin mixed open doubles.
In parallel, it was also played the youth tournament in which Bolivians won gold medalsthe case of Nicol Mancilla (14 years old), Kristin Salinas and Nicolás Iglesias (16 years old), Rebeca Amaya and Luis Aguilar (18 years old), Angélica Barrios (21 years old).
In doubles, the golden ones ran on behalf of Sebastián Terrazas and Santiago Borja (14 years old), Natalia Méndez and Salinas (16 years old), and Ezequiel Subieta and Aguilar (18 years old).
The national racquetball players kept the Youth Cup, in both ladies and men. In the women’s branch they achieved 2,340 points and in the men’s 2,528, they also obtained first place in combined with 4,868 units.
In the Challenger A category, Moisés Escalera gave another gold to Bolivia and in doubles, in the same category, first place was obtained by Escalera and Gutiérrez.
In the Pan American, just over 140 athletes from 12 countries participated. They competed for eight days, divided into 24 categories and more than 500 games were played on the eight courts of the Racquet Complex.
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