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Brazil is unstoppable in the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games

Santiago de Chile, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian delegation continues its triumphant path at the VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023, where in today's afternoon session it won two consecutive gold medals in athletics.

In the men’s 400 meters, T11 category for people with almost complete visual impairment, the Brazilian Daniel Méndez won the title with a time of 52:05, followed by Enderson Santos, from Venezuela (53:28), and the Mexican José de Jesús Flores (56:28).

A few minutes later, Aline Dos Santos won the women’s 800 meters in the T53/T54 category, with a time of 1:48.34; The silver went to the American Hannah Dedereck (1:49.81) and third place went to the Brazilian Vanessa de Souza (1:55.28).

The T53/T54 modality corresponds to para-athletes who compete in a wheelchair due to moderate or severe limitations of the legs or the absence of lower limbs.

During the morning session, the South American Giant left with four first places in the Santiago 2023 para-athletics.

At this time, Brazil’s distance in the medal table is unattainable with 104 gold, 58 silver and 61 bronze, for a total of 223, and the harvest continues.

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