Chile is experiencing a day of joy and excitement on the fourth day of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, where its athletes have won medals in Taekwondo, swimming and cycling. teleSUR
01:46 The Chilean took the silver medal. He got second place.
01:50 Right behind me, we have skateboarding. It's wrapping up.
01:54 Skateboarding, it's one of the new disciplines.
01:56 It was introduced in Tokyo 2020, and it's the first time in Pan American Games, Santiago 2023.
02:03 It's the first time that skateboarding is going to be happening at the Americas, in the continental level.
02:10 This is an effort from the authorities to bring new audiences to the Games, to attract new talent, young talent.
02:17 Just as a fact, from the nine competitors that are competing right now in the women's side, only three were born before the 2006 competitors,
02:29 are from this new millennium. So that tells you a little bit how young the athletes are.
02:34 Keep an eye on a very young athlete. Her name is Raissa Leal from Brazil.
02:40 She's the favorite to win this. She's only 15 years old.
02:44 She competed in Tokyo 2020 when she was 13 years old and took the silver medal.
02:49 Let me check the score real quick. Oh, and look, a surprise.
02:53 Leal, I was telling you, she's a favorite. She was in first place throughout the whole morning.
02:58 But now the Uruguayan athlete, Julieta González, just took the first spot, and she might as well take the gold medal.
03:07 As I was saying, they were wrapping up. We are going to keep an eye on that and bring you all the details of the women's skateboarding competition
03:15 and all the other events that are going to be happening today.
03:18 As I said, there's 19 different events happening today. Eight of those are going to bring medals today.
03:24 So by the end of today, eight new athletes are going to be Pan American gold winners.
03:30 That is it for now. Reporting live from Santiago, Chile, I am Eduardo Arregonesi. Back to you guys.
03:36 Thank you, Eduardo, for your updates. We're going to keep an eye on what's going on at the women's skateboarding team
03:40 and see if the Brazilian athlete can overcome and be again in the first place.
03:48 Well, that was Eduardo from Chile speaking on the latest updates on the Pan American Games that are being held over there.
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