Panama won his first medal at the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023 taekwondo player, Carolena Carstens in the -57 kilogram category
Carstens defeated the Venezuelan Alexmar Sulbarán with 2-0, for bronze.
With the medal won, Carstens She becomes the first taekwondo player to win a medal for Panama at the Pan American Games.
Excited about the prize, Carstens He wrote on his social networks, “even though it’s not the color we wanted, I’m happy to bring this medal to Panama.”
Cartenes defeated Carla Tito from Ecuador in the regular round, then in the quarterfinals she was better than Maria Celeste Añez of Ecuador, but in the semifinals she lost to Mi-young Park of Canada, a result that sent Panama to the playoffs.
Carolena Carstens regretted losing in the semifinals in the final seconds, but was happy and proud at the same time to bring Panama bronze, its first medal in Santiago 2023.
The 27-year-old Panamanian is in his rooms Pan American Gamesthe first was at the age of 14.
“I never gave up,” he said Cartens, finding that he had won his first medal in several pan american and sent encouragement to the Panamanian Olympic team.
Source: Panama America
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