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PERU REACHES ITS FIRST MEDAL AT THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES WITH LIMA 2019 AMBASSADOR
Luis Sandoval earned the silver medal in 5000 m Para athletics event.
The Peruvian delegation obtained its first medal at the Parapan American Games during the first Para athletics competitions held at the Athletics Stadium in VIDENA.
The Lima 2019 ambassador Luis Sandoval reached the silver medal when he finished second in the 5000 m T11 category (athletes with visual impairment), with a time of 15:54.81.
Ecuadorian Darwin Castro landed the gold with a time of 15:52.93. Peruvian Rosbil Guillén won the event, but he was disqualified because he did not comply with the competition rule 7.9, which says: “The pair must keep the tether attachment from the start to the end of the race” and the judges noticed that this rule was not followed.