Paralympic Games: Pipo Charlemagne gave Argentina the first silver medal

08/30/2021 6:03 AM

• Clarín.com

• sports

Updated 08/30/2021 6:05 AM

Fernando Pipo Carlomagno gave this Monday the

first silver medal to the Argentine delegation

at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, finishing the decisive race of the specialty 100 meters backstroke S7 in second position, behind the Ukrainian Andrii Trusov, who was carried the gold.

At the Aquatic Center in the Japanese capital, the 28-year-old swimmer from Rosario

entered the history

of this sport in Argentina, because the last silver medal had been won by Guillermo Marro, in Athens 2004, in the same category.

After completing the distance in 1: 08.83, a record that was just 69 thousandths higher than that of the winner, Charlemagne not only broke the Paralympic record in his series and achieved his first medal in tournaments of this type, but also gave the

Argentine delegation the third medal in these Games

. 

The previous Argentine conquests in the Tokyo Paralympics were bronze and were achieved by Antonella Ruiz Díaz, in the F41 shot put, and Yanina Martínez, in the 200 meters T36 of athletics.

In the final of 100 meters backstroke S7 also participated Iñaki Basiloff from Neuquén and Lucas Poggi from Buenos Aires, who

finished seventh and eighth

, respectively, and added a Paralympic diploma.

Ukrainian Trusov, winner of the competition, set the new world record.

The podium was completed by Israeli Mark Malyar.

Pipo Charlemagne, who was born with a family spastic paraparesis, took revenge for not being able to enter the final of 100 meters backstroke and having finished last in the decisive 200-meter Medley competition, both tests also belonging to Tokyo 2020. In the Rio Games 2016, meanwhile, Pipo Carlomagno had finished in sixth position in the 100-meter backstroke S8, and in ninth position in the 100-meter backstroke SB7.

The swimmer from Rosario

has swimming and sports in his blood

.

His father, Fernando Charlemagne, participated in the Paralympic Games in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, while his mother is a physical education teacher.

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