Mexican shooter Alejandra Zavala won the gold medal in the 10-meter air pistol final on Thursday in Santiago, Chile, her second gold medal at the Pan American Games.
Silver went to the American Alexis Lagan and bronze to the Ecuadorian Diana Durango.
The new continental champion achieved 234.1 points after nine series in which Lagan received 231.5 and Durango 213 units.
The top five was completed by Ecuadorian Andrea Pérez and American Lisa Emmert in fourth and fifth place.
For the Mexican, it is the second gold medal in this competition after he won the 25-meter pistol final last Monday, setting a new Pan-American record of 29 throws, a result that also earned him a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. Games.
At the Pan-American Games, the Mexican had only won silver with this modality at the Toronto Games.
????ALE IS GOLDEN AND GIVES OLYMPIC QUOTAS????️
Shooter Alejandra Zavala gave Mexico another gold in the 10-meter air pistol competition and another Olympic quota ahead of her rivals from the US and Ecuador. https://t.co/yuWkpeggbj pic.twitter.com/cfPFSYDbBF
– Everything But Football® (@todomenosfut) October 26, 2023
Filming for the Pan American Games in Santiago ends this Friday.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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