Last Updated on February 16, 2022 3:27 pm by Erwin Noguera
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are already underway, where the best athletes in the world in these beautiful disciplines gathered to prove their worth and leave the name of their countries as high as possible.
The main mission of the Latin American countries in these Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is; without a doubt, to win a medal, be it gold, silver, or bronze. It’s a complex mission; because the culture of winter sports in Latinamerica is not as extensive as in Europa, Asia, and the USA.
But, we trust that the claw of our Latin blood comes out and we can tell the world that; although we are not a power in these sports, we will always be present to give our best.
So far in the Olympics, we have a domain of the favorite teams to win medals in the different disciplines. Next, we will see how the TOP 10 of the Olympic medal table is at the moment.
Although throughout the history of the Winter Olympics, Latin American countries have not had outstanding participation in the medal table, we can point out that all the athletes arrive with excellent preparation and are willing to leave the name of each of the countries they represent at the top.
Next, we will observe how the participation of Latin American athletes by country has been, at the start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Argentina
Until now, Argentina has counted on the participation of Veronica Maria Ravenna in the Luge discipline; wherein her first presentation on February 3, she finished in position #14 with a time of 1:00:979.
After the first test, Ravenna tried again and was unable to improve her time and finished #15 with a time of 1:01:374. In heat 3, Ravenna wanted to try her luck again and, despite improving her first two records, she couldn’t get beyond #13.
Finally, in heat 5, Veronica managed to have a personal best result in time, with 1:00:504; but she finished in the #23 position.
The athlete Francesca Baruzzi Farriol made her debut on February 5th in the Alpine Olympic Skiing. After two attempts, she finished in the #29 position with times of 1:02:43 and 1:01:57.
While on the part of the male representation, Franco del Farra in the Olympic Cross-Country Ski finished the race 1 lap behind the leader of the competition.
Argentina continued its participation earlier this week, starting with Nahaira Diaz in the discipline of Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, which finished in the #83 position.
On the same day, in the same discipline but the men’s category, we have Franco del Farra. He finished in position #74, with a time of 24.92 seconds above the leader.
While in the Olympic Luge, Veronica Ravenna managed to be in position #24, with a time of 2:59.310.
Finally, in the Olympic Alpine Skiing, Francesca Baruzzi could not finish the competition.
Update
The Argentinean team continued with its progress in these Beijing Winter Olympics, with Francesca Baruzzi in Olympic Alpine Skiing. There she managed to finish in 29th place with a time of 1:16:65; 3.14 seconds more than the leader of the competition.
They also counted with the participation of Franco Del Farra, in the Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, getting position #86.
In the Men’s Olympic Alpine Skiing, Tomas Birkner could not finish the competition in any of the two opportunities he had.
While Maria Victoria Rodriguez finished in the last place of her competition in the Olympic Speed Skating.
Bolivia
Bolivia has only had the participation of Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander, who after 3 rounds of training in the alpine Olympic Ski discipline, obtained his best result in the third and last round of training, where he ranked #47 and finished with a time of 1:47.75, a total of 4.03 seconds more than the first place.
In the official competition for Olympic Alpine Skiing medals, Simon managed to finish #34 in the standings. With a time of 1:48.26, 5.57 seconds more than the gold medal winner, the Swiss Beat FEUZ.
In the discipline of Olympic Alpine Skiing, the Bolivian Simon Breitfuss only managed to finish 1 of the tests; but it was not enough and he could not finish the race, for which he was disqualified from this competition.
Update
Bolivia’s only participation in recent days has been with Timo Gronlund, who finished in 89th place.
Brazil
The first presentation of Brazil in these Olympic Winter Games has been through Manex Silva in the discipline of Cross-Country Olympic Skiing, where, in the competition for medals, he could not have a good race and finished almost in the last position.
On the other hand, the athlete Nicole Rocha Silveira has participated twice in training in the Olympic Skeleton discipline, in series 1 she finished in fourth place in the classification, with a time of 1:02.47. While in heat 2, she dropped to sixth in the standings, with a time of 1:02.81; just 0.63 seconds more than the leader, Dan Zhao, from China.
The athlete who has been most active these days in Brazil is, without a doubt, Nicole Silveira, in the Olympic Skeleton discipline, who, after 4 official practices, managed to obtain her best day in practice 5 where she came in ninth place, with a time of 1:02.29.
In the Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, Brazil had the participation of two of its athletes, Jaqueline Mourao and Eduarda Ribera, who was ranked #84 and 88, respectively; with extremely superior times to the leader, the Swedish Jonna Sundling.
While in the men’s branch, in the Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, Manex Silva finished in position #71.
Update
In the Olympic Skeleton, Nicole Rocha finished in 12th place in Series 1. While in Series 2, she finished in the #14 position.
In the Olympic Bobsleigh, Edson Bindilatti finished the competition in the #27 place, with a time of 1:01.41. He then tried again and finished in the #29 position.
Manex Silva tried again in the Olympic Cross-Country Skiing and finished in the #90 position, with 12:40.3 seconds more than the first place of the competition.
Nicole Rocha continued her progress and in Series 3, she finished in the #15 position, with a time of 3:08.08. While in Series 4, she did not go further than the #13 position.
In the Olympic Bobsleigh, Edson Bindilatti improved his time to 1:01.11; but it was not enough to finish in a better place, as he finished in the #29 position. Then, he continued his participation but could not improve his results. In the Olympic Quadruple, Bindilatti finished in the #26 position in both official practices.
Michel Macedo, could not finish either of the two Olympic Alpine Skiing competitions he competed in.
Chile
Chile, for its part, has Henrik von Appen, in the discipline of Alpine Olympic Skiing, who began his presentation on February 3 in the first round of training, where he managed to finish in position #30 with a time of 1: 46.04. The second practice for Henrik did not go as well as he expected, as he finished in the #44 position slightly worsening his first time, 1:46.62.
Finally, in the event for the medals, Henrik managed to sign up for #32, with a time of 1:47.69, 5 seconds behind the winner.
In the women’s category, Emilia Aramburo in the discipline of Alpine Olympic Skiing managed to finish in position #42, after two rounds of times of 1:07.71 and 1:08.61.
Meanwhile, In the Olympic Alpine Skiing, Henrik von Appen managed to finish the competition in the #27 position.
In the free classification of the Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, Yonathan Fernandez could not have a good presentation and finished in position #85.
In the female category of the Olympic Alpine Skiing, Emilia Aramburo could not finish the competition. And in the first men’s Olympic Alpine Skiing training, Henrik Von Appen could not finish the training either.
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In the Olympic Cross Country Skiing discipline, Yonathan Fernandez finished #91 with a time of 50:36.6.
In the Women’s Acrobatic Slopestyle Skiing, Dominique Ohaco finished in 22nd place; being disqualified from this competition.
Colombia
For its part, the Colombian group had its first contact in these Olympics with Carlos Quintana in the discipline of Olympic Cross-Country Skiing. He finished in last place in the competition.
Update
Carlos Quintana returned to the track and finished in last place in the Olympic Cross Country Skiing; with 17:47.1 seconds more than the first place.
Michael Poettoz in the discipline of Alpine Olympic Skiing finished in the #31 position; then in his second presentation, he finished again in the same position.
Ecuador
Ecuador has Sarah Escobar in the discipline of Alpine Olympic Skiing, who competed with the Bolivian Aramburo; but did not have the same luck and did not manage to finish the competition on Monday, February 07, 2022.
Mexico
For its part, Mexico also had its female representative in the Olympic Alpine Skiing, the veteran Sarah Schleper, who finished in position #37 in the classification, with times of 1:06.42 and 1:05.53, with a total of 2: 11.95 to 16.26 seconds from Sara Hector, from Sweden, who was the winner of this competition.
In the Olympic Figure Skating, Mexico has its hopes in Donovan Carrillo who, in his first performance, finished #19, with a score of 79.69, qualifying for the final round.
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Schleper continued his participation in these Winter Olympics in the Olympic Alpine Skiing. She finished in 35th place.
In the Men’s Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, Jonathan Soto finished in the penultimate position, only surpassing the Colombian Carlos Quintana.
In Alpine Olympic Skiing, Rodolfo Dickson finished in 35th place out of 46 participants.
Peru
Like Mexico, Ecuador and Chile, Peru also had its female representative in the Alpine Olympic Ski discipline, Ornella Oettl Reyes. Ornella finished in position #46 in the classification, with very high times of 1:12.52 and 1:11.53, with a total of 2:24.05, 28.36 seconds behind the Swedish.
Oettl’s participation in the Olympic Alpine Skiing continues, this time, she managed to finish in the medal race in position #44, 19.61 seconds more than the leader of the competition.
Puerto Rico
The last Latin American team that has participated in these Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been Puerto Rico, through its athlete Kellie Delka in the Olympic Skeleton.
In the first practice carried out, that is, in series 1, Kellie finished in the last position of the table, position #24 with a time of 1:04.39, 2.05 seconds more than the leader of the competition.
In series 2, the Puerto Rican improved her participation and therefore improved her place in the classification, since she ranked #21 with a time of 1:04.42.
Delka had 4 official practices in the Olympic Skeleton, in which her best result was in the last practice when she finished #20 with a time of 1:04.52.
Update
In the Olympic Skeleton, Kellie Delka could not finish higher than the penultimate place in the three heats she competed in.
While in Olympic Alpine Skiing, William Flaherty did not have his best participation either, since, although he improved his times, he could not overcome his rivals and could not get out of the bottom of the classification table.
As we have been able to observe, the performance of Latin American athletes in these Winter Olympic Games has not been the best, although there are still several competitions to be played and other athletes are waiting for their moment to show their best version, we believe that it is difficult that Latin America can bring a medal from these Olympics.
In the coming days, different Latin American athletes will continue to search for their best version to try to bring a medal, not only for their country but for the region, since we are all supporting them, regardless of their flag.
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