The women’s artistic gymnastics team made up of Hillary Heron, Ana Gabriela Gutiérrez, Ana Lucía Beitía, Alyiah Lide De León and Tatiana Tapia won the first medal for Panama in the XIII South American Games Santa Fe 2026 by winning the bronze medal in the team event.
The Panamanians obtained a total score of 198,538 units, escorting the local delegation of Argentina which registered 208,706 points for the gold medal already Brazil which totaled 206,188 for the silver metal.
In the men’s artistic gymnastics, Richard Atencio closed in 21st place of the All Around with 66,600 points accumulated after registering scores of 11,600 on floor, 11,600 on pommels, 10,500 on rings, 12,200 on vault, 11,000 on parallel bars and 9,700 on fixed bar
For his part in the boxing, the pugilist Yuliett Hinestroza secured a place on the podium after beating the Bolivian Patricia Rojas by split decision 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the -51 kilogram category, to advance to the semifinal on Wednesday, September 16. On the male sideLuis Pachay finished his journey in the quarterfinals of the -55 kilogram category by falling by unanimous decision of 0-5 against the Ecuadorian Billy Aria
While In fencing, Alessandra Aicardi placed fifth in the epee category by beating the Uruguayan Ariana Cedrez 15-4 in the table of 32 and 12-11 against the Venezuelan Clarismar Farías in the table of 16, losing in the quarterfinals by a tight 10-11 against the Peruvian María Doig.
For his part in the swimming, Raúl Antadillas completed the final of the 100 meters breaststroke in seventh place with a time of 1:03.51 minutes after qualifying seventh in the heat with 1:05.09 minutes, escorted by Tyler Christianson who finished ninth with 1:05.91 minutes as the first reserve.
The day of the Panamanian delegation It also included the performance of Camila García De Paredes in the skating short program artistic by placing itself in the place 11 provisionally after adding 33.27 points before facing the long program.
