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A gold medal from the climber Sandra Lettner, a silver medal from the Laura Stigger / Hannah Streicher cycling duo and nine bronze medals were won after the South American Games for the red-white- red. Austria was represented by 41 athletes (21 girls / 20 boys). Of the eleven medals, no less than eight were won by girls.
"We won more medals together in Buenos Aires than at the Singapore 2010 and Nanjing 2014 matches," said Stoss. In Singapore in 2010, Austrian athletes won two gold medals and four bronze and one gold and two bronze medals in Nanjing in 2014.
Convinced of new success
The President of the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) also stressed that this was not natural for a country practicing winter sports. "I am confident that we will see about a third of junior athletes at traditional games in Tokyo in 2020 and / or 2024 in Paris," said Stoss.
Judoka Daniel Leutgeb opened the medal race on the first day of the competition with a bronze medal in the 55kg category. Only two days later, Sandra Lettner and Laura Lammer dominated the combination of climbing with gold and bronze. Swimmer Marlene Kahler was third in the 800m before Leutgeb won her second bronze medal in mixed competition with "Team London".
The next medal was won by golfer Emma Spitz, who triumphed in the bronze medal at the dam. There was also precious metal for the breakdancer "B-Girl Ella" Anna Thurner with her Russian partner Bumblebee. With over 400m of bronze, Kraul Kahler is also qualified to double the Leutgeb medal. Medals 9 and 10 were won by long jumper Ingeborg Grünwald and trampoline jumper Benny Wizani.
The stiggers / strings are the last point
Laura Stigger and Hannah Streicher set the last point on the final day of youth games with the silver medal in the cycling team competition. In all, it was the first silver medal for Austria in the third summer edition of the big junior event since 2010.
The major event in the Argentine capital, which gathered about 4,000 participants aged 14 to 18 from 206 countries, ended on Thursday with the closing ceremony. Lettner was chosen as the standard bearer of Austria.
IOC President Bach badesses
In conclusion, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has made a positive badessment. The competitions have been "a huge success" and "extremely innovative from start to finish," said Bach. He particularly praised urbanity, integration and equality of unprecedented youth games. "After this resounding success, no one can doubt that Buenos Aires could continue to be a big city for the Olympics," said the IOC President.
The Argentine capital is a possible candidate for the 2032 Summer Games. In addition, Bach highlighted the potential of the city of Ushuaia, in southern Argentina, for future Winter Games. The president of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), Gerardo Werthein, has somewhat slowed his enthusiasm. That Argentina wishes and has the necessary financial resources, its committee can decide only after a detailed evaluation of the games of the youth.
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