Rebecca Henriquez
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The Salvadoran athlete Uriel Canjura defeated the Canadian and Pan American champion, Brian Yang, this Friday and qualified for the individual final of the XXVII Yonex Pan Am Individual Championships Guatemala 2024. In the semifinals, the athlete eliminated the American Howard Shu.
The Salvadoran figure will face the Guatemalan Kevin Cordón this Saturday, for the gold medal of the championship, with a participation that put a stop to the expectations in which he gave the surprise in the competition that ensures important points to improve his position in the Olympic Ranking that It gives him the possibility of achieving a place in Paris 2024. The badminton athlete is originally from Suchitoto, and secured 5,950 points for the Olympic ranking in Paris 2024, which could rise to 7,000 if he wins the gold medal.
To date, Canjura is in box number 28 in the Olympic ranking with 26,779 points, a score that will be decisive to remain on the list of the 32 athletes with the possibility of qualifying for Paris 2024.
Coach René Madrid assured that it is an unprecedented victory against the North American athlete who came to the competition as one of the favorites to compete in the final, but the Salvadoran put an end to the rival’s dream. Yang defeated Canjura in the semifinals of the last Pan American Games with partial scores of 11-21 and 10-21, but this was a completely different case in the competition for which the Salvadoran will reach the grand final, in search of the medal. golden
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