The eighth day of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games had one of the highlights in tennis because it defined the finalists and also who will be in the next Olympic Games, while baseball ended with a title for Colombia and judo began with great dominance in Brazil.
Two Argentine tennis players secured the place for Paris, Lourdes Carlé and Facundo Díaz Acosta, after defeating Canadian Rebecca Marino and Brazil’s Gustavo Heide; while the other qualifiers were local Tomás Barrios and Brazil’s Laura Pigossi, who beat Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro and Argentina’s Julia Riera.
Beyond this ranking, everyone will have to meet one requirement to be in Paris 2024: to remain in the top 400 before the closing of the ranking. In addition, Díaz Acosta will have to wait until Argentina already has the four qualified for the Olympic Games through the ranking, in case one of those four is not him.
Undoubtedly, the enthusiasm for the places achieved reflects the good work and objective of Panam Sports to continue adding places, with an historic record in these Games with the highest number of places in the Olympic Games in its history. It is also demonstrated by the presence of important sports stars who find Santiago 2023 a great opportunity to qualify for Paris.
One of the sports that said goodbye to the Pan American Games was the one that started it, baseball, which celebrated its return to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028. The champion was Colombia when they beat Brazil 9-1 in the final, while the bronze medal went to Mexico when they beat Panama 10-2.
Just as baseball said goodbye, Santiago 2023 welcomed judo on this 8th day and the first day was dominated by Brazil, which won four of the five finals of the day thanks to Alexia Vilhalba (48 kilos), Michel Felix Augusto (69 kilos), Larissa Pimenta (52 kilos) and Rafaela Silva (57 kilos). The other Pan-American champion was the Venezuelan Willis Estrada (66 kilos).
The medal table had little movement and the United States leads it with 61 gold, 44 silver and 49 bronze. Mexico, Canada, Brazil and Colombia round out the top five.
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