Ungovernable the Ecuadorian in the 50 kilogram category and wins a gold medal.
Lucía Yépez continues at a steady pace and excites Ecuador with a medal at the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024 by hanging on Thursday the gold medal in women’s wrestling, 50 kg category of the Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle 2021.
The TigerWith his success in Colombian lands, he qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
This year the Riosense has been consecrated as U23 world champion and obtained an Olympic diploma at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
To conquer Cali-Valle the flag of Ecuador won her first match in the quarterfinals against the Peruvian Gloria Asca in a matter of one minute; This same day, in the semifinals, she defeated Puerto Rican Shammilka Miranda 10-0; and in the final she dominated the Cuban Greili Bencosme with the same score.
Thus, Yépez gave the national team the seventh gold medal for a total of 36 so far this Thursday; 11 are silver and 18 are bronze.
In the general classification, Colombia and Brazil have a close duel. The coffee growers carry 111 medals: 42 gold, 27 silver and 42 bronze. Meanwhile, the green-yellows add 41 gold, 39 silver and 38 bronze, for a cumulative 103 medals.
After getting on the podium, Yépez said she was “super happy and grateful” with her coach, Jorge González, and his corner, Professor Chacón.
“I went out to fight as I always have and as my coach always tells me: ‘we are going to fight, this is a party.’ And so it was. I enjoyed each fight a lot, without pressure, relaxed, as I always go out to do because I trust my preparation, at the level I have until I achieved the result ”.
“I dedicate this medal especially to my family, my coach and the whole of Ecuador,” declared the fighter.
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