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Peru and Brazil won the first two gold medals decided today in the men's and women's SUP Race. Meanwhile, Argentina showed strength in the discipline, taking three medals in the event.

Itzel Delgado was solid from start to finish and had David Leao breathing down his neck throughout the race, but the Peruvian defined well and defined the race with a solid run in the sand that left the Brazilian lying head down in the sand while Delgado celebrated.

This is Delgado's third Pan American medal.

For his part, Franco Fachin of Argentina was solid in the race and came in third place. Puerto Rican Omelv García took the copper medal in the race, achieving a solid fourth place.

The women's race seemed to be more relaxed, with Juliana Gonzalez of Argentina dominating the race, gaining a few seconds' advantage until, upon reaching the shore, she fell into a large wave, giving time to the Brazilian Lena Guimaraes to overtake her and win another gold.

Guimaraes had won gold in Lima 2019 and was the favourite, but she had a difficult start to the race, taking a series in the lead and losing valuable time. She moved up the ranks until she won.

SUP surfer Natalia de la Llama also showed grit, she was threatened by Aline Adisaka many times but she distanced herself and won the bronze.

The final result was as follows:

SUP Race Men Medal Table
Gold: Itzel Delgado (PER)
Silver: David Leao (BRA)
Bronze: Franco Fachin (ARG)
Copper: Omelv Garcia (PUR)

SUP Race Women Medal Table
Gold: Lena Guimaraes (BRA)
Silver: Juliana Gonzalez (ARG)
Bronze: Natalia de la Llama (ARG)
Copper: Aline Adisaka (BRA)

When it seemed that Argentina was getting back on its feet in the championship with those three medals, at the time of the Open Men's competition, which entered the water for the first time in the tournament, two of the team members were eliminated: Lele Usuna and Nacho Gundensen. Tomás López Moreno and Santiago Muñiz did advance.

For their part, the Peruvians who were in second place in the tournament, remained in that place: Lucca Mesinas, Joaquín del Castillo, Miguel and Tomás Tudela, all managed to get into round 2.

Brazil remained undefeated, allowing Mateus Sena, Mesias Felix, Joao Chianca and Deivid Silva to qualify.

The Chilean and Venezuelan teams also had a great performance, allowing all four of their competitors in the category to advance: Maxi Cross, Manuel Selman, Roberto Araki and Guga Dvorquez on the Chilean side and JJ Lopez, Franwil Vento, Keoni Lasa and Carlos Pérez on the Venezuelan side.

The Panamanian locals excelled, seeing three of four competitors advance to round 2: Oli Camarena, Isauro Elizondo and Tao Rodriguez.

The best score of the day and of the event was Deivid Silva who added 19 points out of 20 possible, with 10 included.

Here are the positions by team:

Here are the two races, complete official results:

The men's round 2 was as follows: