- A total of five representatives participated in their respective disciplines
On Monday, August 5, Venezuelan athlete Robeilys Peinado qualified for the women’s pole vault final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Venezuelan rider Luis Fernando Larrazábal failed to qualify for the individual show jumping event and said goodbye to the possibility of competing for a medal.
Raiber Rodríguez lost in the quarter-finals of Greco-Roman wrestling (60 kg men), while Soleymi Caraballo was defeated in the round of 16 of freestyle wrestling (68 kg women).
Finally, long-distance runner Joselyn Brea finished in 14th place in the final of the women’s 5,000-meter athletics event.
Paris 2024: Performances by the Venezuelan delegation
Athletics
Robeilys Peinado qualified for the women’s pole vault final by clearing the 4.20-meter bar on her first attempt, placing her among the top 10 athletes in her group.
Although she rose to reach the mark of 4.40 meters, the Venezuelan failed in her three attempts to reach 4.55 meters. Despite this, she will be part of the 20 candidates who will try to get on the podium.
The women’s pole vault final is scheduled for Wednesday, August 7 at 1:00 p.m. (Venezuela time). Peinado, 26 years old, obtained an Olympic diploma in Tokyo 2020 and seeks to surpass the 4.53 meters she achieved in the 2024 Diamond League to win the bronze medal in that competition.
Long distance runner Joselyn Brea finished 14th in the women’s 5,000m final. She had initially finished 15th, but Kenyan Faith Kipyegon was disqualified for pushing Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay.
Equestrian
Luis Fernando Larrazábal participated in the individual jumping classification and made a time of 74.19 with 20 penalties. The Venezuelan rider finished in 45th place. Only those who are above the first 30 places advance to the final of this competition.
Larrazabal and Condara (his mare) thus close the qualifying test in the individual jump.
Larrazábal recently competed in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, where he finished 15th in the Condara event. In addition, in the Santo Domingo 2023 continental competition he placed fourth in the individual event and won the bronze medal in the team event, also riding Condara.
Lucha
Raiber Rodriguez defeated Azerbaijan’s Murad Mammadov 6-5 and advanced to the Greco-Roman wrestling quarterfinals. However, the Venezuelan was unable to defeat Chinese athlete Liguo Cao (5-3) and was eliminated.
Soleymi Caraballo lost to Japanese Nonoka Ozaki in the round of 16 in the freestyle wrestling discipline.
In this way, the two Venezuelan representatives say goodbye to the possibility of winning a medal at the Olympic event.
Rodríguez qualified for Paris 2024 by winning the bronze medal in Budapest (Turkey), while Caraballo, who also participated in this competition, took the silver medal to seal her pass to the Olympic Games.
Where to watch Venezuelan athletes participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
People who are in Venezuela They will be able to see the development of the skills on open signal through the TVES channel and through the Claro Sports YouTube channel.
Another channel that will broadcast the Olympics will be Telesur, which can be tuned in through channel 13 on Inter; and 722 through SimpleTV.
Also available is the app from Claro Sports through the SimplePlus and VenevisiónPlay applications.
In total they are 33 athletes representing Venezuela in Olympic competition in 11 sports: athletics, boxing, cycling, aquatic sports, equestrian, fencing, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, taekwondo and shooting.
Participation of the Venezuelan delegation on Tuesday, August 6
Joselyn Brea
Athletics (Women’s 1,500m Qualifier)
Time: 4:00 am
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2024-08-06 04:45:48
