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Maligno Torres, Olympic champion in BMX Freestyle and Argentina’s first medal at the Olympic Games

Jul 31, 2024, 09:23 ET

Jose “Malign” Torres Gil is an Olympic champion of BMX Freestyle y I give her the first medal to the delegation of Argentina in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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With a record of 94.82 points in the first round, the Cordoba native took the gold medalIn the second race he did 92.12.

The podium was completed by Britain’s Reilly Kieran Darren David (93.91) and France’s Jeanjean Anthony (93.76).

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The Argentine had qualified third for the final after achieving an average of 86.66.

Who were the last gold medalists for Argentina?

This is Argentina’s first gold medal since the 2016 Rio Olympics when judoka Paula Pareto, sailors Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza and Los Leones were crowned champions.

At Tokyo 2020 – held in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic – there were no first places.

Argentina’s last Olympic champions in individual sports

Paula Pareto won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Sebastián Crismanich took first place in London 2012. Delfo Cabrera, in the marathon, and Rafael Iglesias and Pascual Pérez, in boxing, were Olympic champions in London 1948.

Maligno Torres joins the list of Olympic champions in individual sports @SC_ESPN

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