Peru rode a wave of support from a raucous home crowd to win three Pan Am Games ...
LIMA - Peru rode a wave of support from a raucous home crowd to win three Pan Am Games surfing gold medals on Sunday, carrying Daniella Rosas and Luca Mesinas all the way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
There were also three silvers to go along with Peru’s golden haul making it the host’s most successful day ever at the Pan Am Games.As winners of the men’s and women’s shortboard, Rosas and Mesinas punched their tickets to next year’s Olympics where surfing will make its Games debut. “I have sacrificed so many things that I am so proud to be here. I hope we have a good time in Tokyo.”
Colombia also celebrated double gold with Isabella Gomez women’s standup paddle and Giorgio Gomez the men’s.
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