Argentina won four esports medals at the Pan American Games

The Argentine delegation won medals in each of the disciplines in which it participated and was the only country to achieve this.

The 2023 edition of the Panamerican Games marked a historic moment for the world of video gamesbecause for the first time the electronic sports as another discipline, albeit with medals. Argentina presented a delegation of 16 people between players and technical staff and, after three days of competition, he won medals in all the tournaments in which he participated.

Argentina won four esports medals at the Pan American Games

The esports event, called Pan American Esports Championshiptook place within the area of ​​the National Stadium of Santiago with competitions of Dota 2 (boys and girls) and eFootball (boys and girls). The first to get his medal was Lautaro Raris, several times champion of Argentina in the KONAMI soccer video game, who had a good start in his group, where he defeated the representative of Brazil (2-0), Uruguay (2-0) and Bahamas (2-0) . Then, they defeated Jamaica 2-0 and Panama 2-0 and reached the final of the upper bracket, where they met Mexico. There, they fell 2-0 and dropped into the lower bracket, where the last chance to advance to the final was at stake. However, they lost against Brazil and finally got the bronze.

In its part, Belén Giunta, on women’s eFootballstayed on silver medal It started with a 2-0 victory over Ecuador in the upper bracket and then lost 2-1 against Brazil. Already at the bottom, they eliminated Colombia (2-1), Chile and Paraguay (2-1) to reach the final, where they succumbed to the green and yellow players in the best-of-five match series.

Also finished in second place on the podium Girls in Dota 2, who had a great campaign and showed a good level against the continent’s teams. The group consisting of Milena “Mile-Mile” Evangelista, Romina “Lykke.” Pacheco, Victoria “Garaf” Gerosa Destribats, Lucia “Lulu” Polanco, Debora “Debbie” Ponce and Luz “Lighto” Ayala (substitute) It started with a 2-0 victory over Venezuela, and 2-0 against Chile. After defeating the locals, they reached the final of the upper bracket, where they lost to Peru 2-1. After again crossing the trans-Andeans below, They lost in the final with Peru 3-1.

The last medal winner was the Dota guys. The group consisting of Fabricio “Shifu” Suárez, Mauricio “Runaway” Aveldaño, Nicolás “Wij” Moreno, Nicolás “Hermit” Flores and Mariano “Papita” Caneda They defeated Cuba 2-0 and Colombia 2-0, but fell to Peru 3-1 in the upper final. Having secured the podium, they sought the gold medal against Chile in the lower bracket, and managed to win 3-1 in a series to die for. This led them to the grand final, where they once again met Peru, a great power. It was a defeat and a silver medal.