Cristhian Pacheco, the winner of the first gold medal in the Pan American Games 2023 in Santiago, arrived in our country on Monday morning, October 23rd. Despite being the only athlete to win our country’s highest medal up to that point, the athlete revealed that no one met him at the airport and his presence went unnoticed.
Pacheco won gold in the highest continental competition in the men’s marathon, where he achieved a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds, time that allowed him to surpass his Chilean colleague Hugo Catrileo. However, it appears that his performance did not resonate with either state officials or those of the state Peruvian Athletics Federation.
“I arrived in Lima at 8 a.m. Talking about my association is a waste of time. Nobody greeted me, I just took my taxi and went to the hotel,” Cristhian Pacheco told RPP, notoriously uncomfortable.
He immediately turned the page and pointed out that he was already thinking about it Olympic Games Paris 2024to which he is automatically counted after breaking the national record at the Seville Marathon and now as a brand new two-time Pan American champion of this specialty in Chile.
Who was on the podium in the men’s marathon in Santiago?
- Cristhian Pacheco (Peru)
- Hugo Catrileo (Chile)
- Luis Ostos (Peru).
The athlete highlighted the name Peru. Photo: Legacy
Which other Peruvian won a gold medal in Chile?
On October 24th last year Hugo Ruiz Calle He won a gold medal by besting the others in the omnium track cycling test. Although the compatriot was not a favorite, he stood out in the Peñalolén Park velodrome.
What did the IPD say after Cristhian Pacheco’s complaint?
The coordinator and spokesperson of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD), Jorge Obando Vera, explained that the majority of managers are there Chile, including President Guido Flores Marchan. Therefore, there was no good coordination in logistics to receive him at the airport.