Daniel Painted gave the first medal to the Ecuadorian delegation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Cuenca native won gold in the 20 km walk event.
With this achievement, Pintado won the fourth gold medal for Ecuador in the Olympic Games.Olympic teamsafter what was achieved by Jefferson Pérez (Atlanta 1996), Richard Carapaz (Tokyo 2020) and Neisi Dajomes (Tokyo 2020).
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Daniel Pintado’s celebration at the Olympic Games
Daniel Pintado had a spectacular career, from start to finish. Although he kept a slow pace at the start of the competition, after half an hour he got fully into the fight.
In the last kilometer, Pintado made the last attack to break away from the pack and with 200 meters to go he already saw the finish line and thought he would be the gold medalist.
After crossing the tape that says Paris 2024, with a time of 1:18:55, Daniel Pintado burst with emotion and made the legendary celebration of the Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
He looked back at the finish line, settled down and jumped in the CR7 pose while He shouted “Siu”After the celebration, she shouted “let’s go” and exploded with joy for winning Ecuador’s first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
YEAH! THIRD LATIN AMERICAN GOLD! 🤩🇪🇨
Daniel Pintado gives Ecuador the gold medal in the men’s 20-kilometer race walk and celebrates in the style of Cristiano Ronaldo#ParisIsYours pic.twitter.com/p6mOfVdJ7W
— Claro Sports (@ClaroSports) August 1, 2024
Daniel Pintado and the fourth gold medal for Ecuador
Daniel Pintado won the fourth gold medal in the history of Ecuador at the Olympic Games, the second time in walking, after 26 years. The walker achieved it in Paris 2024.
He First to get it was Jefferson PerezThe Cuenca walker won the gold medal in the 20 km walk at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996.
Ecuador’s second gold medal at the Olympic Games was a long time coming, as it took 25 years to arrive.
Richard Carapaz He was the second Ecuadorian athlete to achieve this historic feat. The Carchi native achieved the Gold medal in road cycling at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which took place in 2021.
At the same Olympic event, Neisi Dajomes became the first woman to win a gold medal for EcuadorThe weightlifter was Olympic champion in the 76 kg category.
