The country also claimed two silver and four bronze medals in taekwondo. Medal table-topping Ukraine claimed mixed team air pistol gold at the Deaflympics ©Getty Images In the taekwondo competitions at the University of Caxias do Sul Sports Village Gymnasium One, Iran and South Korea both claimed four gold medals.Īlireza Sharifimanesh in the men's under-58 kilograms, Fatemehzahra Zoleikani in the women's under-57kg, Maryam Khodabandeh in the women's individual poomsae, and Morteza Rezasefat Chokami and Khodabandeh in the poomsae pairs all triumphed for Iran. Kateryna Potapenko of Ukraine is her nearest challenger on 2,747, followed by Bulgaria's Nadka Nachova on 2,501. In the women's heptathlon, Slovenia's Leja Glojnaric leads after four events with 2,916 points. Nele Alder-Baerens of Germany placed fourth in 40:34.62, with South Korea's Oh Sang-mi fifth in 41:02.90.īrazil's Jessica Galdino and Kenya's Winn Bugosi both did not finish. Two Kenyan athletes completed the podium, with Serah Kimani second in 38:26.41, and Grancy Kandagor third in 38:38.93. Ponce Juarez came out on top by almost 20 seconds at the SESI Centro Esportivo in the Brazilian city, clocking 38min 6.59sec. It would be very good to have a complete indoor track, we have the Jamor CAR but it’s for training, not competition”, he said.Mexico's Lourdes Ponce Juarez claimed the first athletics gold medal of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, triumphing in the women's 10,000 metres. months a year, therefore, there is no need to adapt to this type of structure. “We really need a higher investment in terms of quality infrastructure. Isaac Nader, 10th in the 1,500 meters, regrets that there is no permanent indoor track in Portugal, with the official saying that the construction of one is not planned and that this is due “to the usual funding deficit that sport has and athletics, like many other disciplines, has in particular”.
“We had a great level and our models for the World Cup we have a perspective of Munich”, he referred. In terms of the number of medals we are not fourth, but, as the gold medals are more important, we are at this stage ahead of the European powers, but that is not the most finished thing, the most important thing is to have an important notion that our athletics is well, our athletes, our coaches and our athletes can work very well and our results that are found here are an expression of that”, he said.įernando Tavares recalled that the World Cups are very competitive, with excellent marks, such as the “stratospheric” world record in the triple jump of the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, with 15.74 meters. “For now we are in a position that we were not, in fourth place, we’ll see when it’s done.
In Belgrade, Portugal won a gold medal in the women’s shot put, by Auriol Dongmo, and a silver medal in the men’s triple jump, by Pedro Pablo Pichardo, highlighting even more a finalist place (eight first), by Patrícia Mamona, that was sixth no triple jump. Patrícia Mamona sixth in the indoor track World Championships, Rojas with a world record “A set of results that Fernando swung very positively, shows very well, with general show”.
Portugal leaves with a very positive balance of the World Athletics indoor track, in Belgrade, assured, this Sunday, by the Lusa agency, the Team Leader of the Portuguese delegation, Fernando Tavares.
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