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Peru Adds Sailing Sweep and Shooting Team Titles to Bolivarian Gold Haul

A surge across sailing and shooting lifted the host nation’s gold total late in the week.

Overview

  • Stefano Peschiera won ILCA 7 in Paracas as Peru’s sailors captured four golds and five silvers, including titles for Florencia Chiarella (ILCA 6), Adriana Barrón (Sunfish women) and the Snipe mixed duo of Ismael Muelle and María Gracia Vegas.
  • Shooting delivered two team golds with Brianda Rivera, Claudia Sánchez and Liz Carrión in women’s 25 m pistol, and Alessandro de Souza, Francisco Boza and Asier Cillóniz in men’s trap, plus silvers in trap individual events and a pistol bronze.
  • Peru secured squash men’s doubles gold as Alonso Escudero and Rafael Gálvez edged Guatemala 2–1 (11–6, 5–11, 11–10) at the IPD Lucha Fuentes venue.
  • Peru’s gold tally rose to 19 by late Thursday, according to national outlets, following the strong returns from sailing and shooting.
  • Badminton standout Inés Castillo won women’s singles, with President José Jerí presenting medals during the Videna ceremony.