Elías, current Pan American gold medalist, had a good start to the day on Tuesday, adding two victories to position himself in the semifinals of the individual squash category. The ‘Puma’ started its morning session with a solid victory against the Chilean Matías Lacroix by a resounding 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-0). With this victory, he sealed his place in the quarterfinals in the afternoon where he would meet Canadian David Baillargeon.
And unlike the first duel, Elías did have to work harder during the match to win 3-1 (6-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5) in 36 ‘. And the Canadian surprised him in the first set, but the Peruvian did not let himself be in the following games and imposed his experience of being number two in the world on the professional squash circuit.
With this, Diego Elías is just two victories away from being two-time Pan American champion, being the fourth to have this label in our history (after Cristhian Pacheco, Piccolo Clemente and Lucca Mesinas). This Wednesday, in the semifinals he will seek to beat the Mexican Leonel Cárdenas and if everything goes as expected in the afternoon (5:00 pm) fight for gold.
Peruvian participation in other sports
In other sports, the Peruvian delegation was also present with varied results, some final and others partial. José Luis Mandros came in fifth place in the men’s long jump with a record of 7.70 meters. Meanwhile, in equestrian sports, Alonso Valdez and his horse Acuero were in eleventh position in the first round of equestrian-jumping.
On the other hand, in Basque pelota, Jesús Quinto lost Cuban Cristian Abreú 2-0 in Group B of frontball. In the same sport, in frontenis, the duo of Juan Bezada and David Yupanqui lost 2-1 against the Argentines Lorenzo Cardoso and Emiliano García in Group A of their category. While the women’s softball team fell 10-0 to Canada.
In sailing, Stefano Peschiera leads his Boat-Ilca 7 modality after six races; the same as María Belén Bazo, who commands Sailing Board – iQFoil Women after three more races on Tuesday. In sunfish, Jean Paul de Trazegnies is third in the regional boat. While Caterina Romero leads the women’s category in sunfish.
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