Badminton Pan America

Exciting matches filled the Parapan American debut of Para badminton at Lima 2019.

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Pan Am Athletes from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, United States, Venezuela and host Peru, got their first victories at VI Parapan Am Games 2019.

The day began with the victory of the Pan American champion Pilar Jauregui (PER) by Group A of the WH2 category, which is also composed by Maydelin Soriano (CUB) and Amy Burnett (USA). Tomorrow, Jauregui will face Soriano to define the first place in the group and continue advancing in the tournament.

Also in the WH2 category, Yuka Chokyu defeated Daniele Souza in group B, who also got a victory against Catalina Jimeno from Chile in the afternoon.

On the male side, brazilians duos Marcelo Alves/Julio Cesar Godoy and Rodolfo Cano/Romulo Soares won their first matches in Group A and B respectly. Also, Jaime Aranguiz/Constancio Cancino (CHI) got a victory against Joaquin Palma/Pablo Pimentel (MEX) in group A and Bernard Lapointe/Richard Peter (CAN) did the same against Roberth Fajardo/Ronald Miranda (PER).

In SL3, Leonardo Zuffo (BRA) started with a victory against William Roussy (CAN) in group B, while Pedro Pablo de Vinatea did the same against Renan Rosso (BRA), who also lost against Rolando Bello (CUB). Tomorrow, De Vinatea and Bello will face to define the group A and Zuffo will play against Wulnims Franco (VEN).

5-times Pan Am Champion, Raul Anguiano, got a victory in his first match against Pablo Cesar Cueto (PER), who won his second match in Group A against Eric Johnson (USA). In Group B, Rogerio De Oliveira (BRA) secured his qualification to Semifinals after defeated Pascal Lapointe (CAN) and Anthony Alvarado (VEN).

Venezuela added its first victory in Lima 2019 with Kleiber Mijares, who defeated Esteban Juarez (PER) and tomorrow will face Eduardo Oliveira (BRA) for Group A. While in Group B, Colombia also added a victory with Jean Paul Ortiz who recovered from the first match, lost to Ricardo Cavalli (BRA), and defeated Alberto Cadenillas (PER) after a tough match.

Women in SU5 Mikaela Almeida (BRA), Olivia Meier (CAN), Laura Yanes (CUB) and Jenny Ventocilla shared the points and tomorrow will continue competing with the Round Robin system.

Canadian duo Pascal Lapointe /Olivia Meier got 2 victories in the first day and are leading the XD SL3-SU5 competition. Rolando Bello/Laura Yanes (CUB) and Ricardo Cavalli/Abinaecia Da Silva won one match each and tomorrow will try to add more points.

In SS6, Vitor Tavares, Miles Krajewski, Wyatt Lightfoot and Jesus Salva added victories and tomorrow will define the Semifinal matches.

Para badminton competition will held from August 29 and we will know the first Parapan Am Games champions next August 31 and September 1st.

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