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It will be remembered Lima 2019 under proper names such as Delfina Pignatiello, but also for being the edition in which the national delegation got its maximum of medals out of the country, which was neither in the plans and among the most optimistic before. economic difficulties that some athletes go through. It is that the medallero launched a total of 101 medals for the albiceleste delegation, with a total of 32 gold, 35 silver and 34 bronze, so that Mexico's records in 1955 (80) were relegated as well as those of 28 golds.

Peru has proved to be a fertile ground for the Argentine delegation when all in the newspapers aimed to maintain the Toronto 2015 lineup (15, 29, 31). The country has been so fertile that the country has even had access to new places for the next Olympics in disciplines such as sailing, shooting, tennis, handball, swimming, modern trousers, l '. riding and hockey.

With 400m, 800m and 1500m free gold medals, Pignatiello earned the lead role in the closing of the Pan American Games and was responsible for carrying the flag at the closing ceremony. "I am proud to carry the flag, there is nothing more beautiful and it makes me happier than carrying the flag of Argentina," said the 19-year-old athlete.

"I do not know if I am so conscious of having written history, but I am very happy, not only for myself, but also for the entire national team.We are running with my heart and I am very proud, "said the swimmer after his third climb. the highest on the podium and share your success with the other six medals won by the national team in the pool of the national sports village of Videna.

New chapters have been written on the level of team sports. In women's football, there was a Pan-American final for the first time and despite the loss to the Colombian women, the silver medal had a milder taste. "I am very happy with the work done by the girls.Now, new players will make their appearance on the team.The idea is to continue the rotation of football players," said the coach. Carlos Borrello. In the men's division, those led by Fernando Batista have placed the country at the top for the seventh time in history despite the difficulties that the technical director had to build for the previous one.

Las Leonas regained leadership at the continental level after the hard times of Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015. The reality was the same for Los Leones, who also confirmed his pbading in Tokyo by the hand of the title in Peru. The captains of Pedro Ibarra must now work hard to defend gold at the Olympic Games.

"We must start to value the Pan American Games," said Sergio Hernández in the previous. To be consistent with his remarks, he drove the best possible basketball players to Lima. "Every day, a final is not contested and even less a Panamerican lives with the climate of this Olympic game. The team and I take full advantage, "said Facundo Campazzo. "It was a challenge for the World Cup, but the main objective was gold and we wanted to win it, so to know where we are, we first have to go against the Europeans and we will see this in the next friendly match before the trip to China, "said Cordovan.

The softball has confirmed its good pbad and aplomb with the first place of the podium in Lima after the recent world title. Solidity was also a feature of the Los Pumas 7, which settled a historic debt and confirmed the leadership of Argentine rugby on the continental plane.

Some medals were used to expose the realities experienced by the athletes. Nadia Podoroska, after winning the tennis final, exposed the economic problems of remaining at the international level. "Let's hope I can get sponsors now, the truth is I'm in a very difficult situation," he said.

Midfielder Belén Casetta also badyzed the scene of his sport after the bronze. "It's very important for Argentine athletes, where it's very difficult to have a Pan-American reach.It's a medal for them to see that we can reach a podium, whether with athletes from the United States, Canada and the Mexicans. " It is that with his third place on 3000 meters with obstacles, he has testified to the exploits of Germán Chiaraviglio and Mariano Mastromarino in Toronto. Athletics continues to fight.

An injury prevented Paula Pareto from adding a new continental podium. "I felt that my arm was falling asleep during the day and I was very scared." Before going out to beat me, I stopped and felt a little dizzy, which made me feel dizzy. Was scary, "said the Olympic champion in the -48 category who decided to take care of himself. Next Judo World Cup before playing bronze. "It took me a lot to make the decision not to fight for the medal, and sometimes you have to take it," he said at the closing of his Pan-American ward and after a cervical hernia played a trick. His priority is to score points to get his ticket to Tokyo and defend gold there.

Rowing and sailing filled their important and traditional contributions to the medallion and these disciplines were added volleyball, boating, racquetball, fencing and boxing, among others. Federico Molinari in Artistic Gymnastics and Maximiliano Richeze, in Cycling, also joined a delegation that had even had winners at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and who also climbed the podium in Lima, as Agustina Roth l '. made the last day of the year. action for Argentina to achieve one hundred medals in Peru.