Chile: The 2023 Pan American Games have ended
From Chile, journalist Eduardo Regonesi summarizes the last day of competitions of the Olympic Games 2023 that ended yesterday. teleSUR
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00:00 On Sunday, the Pan American Games Santiago 2023 ended with BMX freestyle as the featured
00:18 sport at the Urban Park Center of the National Stadium.
00:21 Our correspondent Eduardo Regonesi was covering all the details of the last day of competition.
00:25 With the sun shining on top, this Sunday was the last day of action at the Pan American
00:30 Games Santiago 2023.
00:33 BMX freestyle was the event in charge of closing the games since early in the morning
00:39 until way past noon.
00:43 This discipline was introduced in Lima 2019 and has a lot of fans that gathered to watch
00:48 Sunday games where each country was eager to secure another medal for their team.
00:53 One of them was Ana Gabriela Zacarias, who despite being one of the eldest competitors
00:57 and was facing rivals that are half her age, valued the camaraderie that this sport provokes.
01:04 Our sport before the Olympics and others was always like a community, a very interesting
01:09 brotherhood.
01:10 We are always supporting each other.
01:12 In fact, during the practices with the girls, we were supporting each other.
01:16 You can get the triumph, come on, you can do it.
01:19 At the end, Hannah Roberts from the US won the gold on the women's side.
01:23 And Jose Augusto Torres from Argentina got first place on the men's side.
01:27 And just like that, the action at the National Stadium was done, giving way to the closing
01:31 event at the Bicentenario Stadium in La Florida, where several artists sang in front of athletes
01:36 and authorities.
01:38 There were 19 days of intense activities where the US dominated the table, while Chile and
01:43 Colombia had very good performances and left the host country satisfied with a job well
01:48 done.
01:51 For Deportes Telesur, Bastián Merino, An Eduardo Rebonesi.