The Thursday morning session was intense for the Spanish delegation in Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Several Spaniards were left behind in their respective competitions in various sports.
He is looking for his second medal Juan Antonio Saavedra in shot at these Games after qualifying early for the final of 50 meter mixed rifle in prone position. Participant in category R6, is done room and one step away from the podium. The Spaniard added 206.5 points and made the final cut before the medals, with Frenchman Jean-Louis Michaud marking the cut with 207.6. The Frenchman won bronze with 227.8 beating Germany’s Natasha Hiltrop with a Paralympic record 250.2 after edging out Swede Anna Benson, second with 248.8.
He judo The Spaniard made his debut in Paris, but was left without a medal chance on the opening day. Luis Daniel Gavilan He won by ippon in the round of 16 of -60 kg, in the J2 category, against Frenchman Anatole Rubin, but lost in the quarterfinals for ippon against Uzbek Sherzod Namozov. It is located in a repechage where Brazilian Thiago Marques da Silva defeated him by ippon to leave him in the fight for bronze.
Without repechage and in first round has been removed Maria Manzanero. It was at around -57 kg J1 where she made her debut directly in the round of 16. The Spaniard lost against Brazilian Larissa Oliveira by ippon and was unable to compete in any matches at these Games in Paris .
Spanish athletes had a double presence in semi-finals of 100 meters female T12. Melani Berges and her guide Sergio Díaz They finished fourth in their series with 12.50 seconds, a position they repeated with them Nagore Folgado and Joan Raga with 12.55. The winners of each series and the two best times go directly to the final. Among them, the cut remained at 12.36, with Berges and Díaz in sixth overall and with Folgado and Raga in eighth.
The morning session is now closed women’s basketball teamwho played in the semifinals in search of fifth through eighth place. They lost 51-45 against Germanysending them into the battle for seventh through eighth position against a Japan team that lost 67-55 against Great Britain.
Source: La Verdad
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