Underdog Brazil beats Argentina to win the Copa Americana held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)Football, Volleyball Abroad Bring Brazil Victories
Pardon Brazilians for tuning out the Pan American Games Sunday.
The men’s volleyball team won the 2007 FIVB World League championship over Russia in a match carried live on Brazilian TV from Poland. It was Brazil’s fifth straight title and seventh all-time.
Then the Brazil senior men’s soccer team beat Argentina 3-0 in Venezuela for its eighth Copa America championship. The South American soccer championship began in 1916 and is the world’s oldest international soccer championship. Among the dignitaries at the final was FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
Instead of putting on T-shirts declaring themselves champions after the final whistle, the Brazilians covered their trademark gold jerseys with blue shirts promoting Brazil’s bid to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The Globo TV Copa America telecast included halftime Pan Am highlights and a post-game interview with newly minted Pan American Games’ taekwondo champion Diogo Silva.
Judging by the reaction of fans in one beachside eatery in Rio’s Barra district, the Pan Am newsbreaks were convenient times for trips to the washroom or outside for a cigarette.
Medal Count
Diogo Silva’s gold medal in taekwondo was the first for the host nation at the XV Pan American Games. Silva beat Peter Lopez of Peru in the 68 kg division Sunday.
The U.S., leading the medals table, took the gold in both men’s and women’s triathlon Sunday at Copacabana, men’s BMX and the dressage event at Deodoro Stadium at the National Equestrian Center.
As the third day of Pan Am Games opens, the USA leads the medal table with 18, followed by Mexico and Canada with 8 and Cuba and Colombia with 5. The U.S. has nine gold medals so Diogo Silva with Brazil’s first gold medal of the Pan American Games. (ANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images)far.
Medal events today
The Monday schedule at the Pan American Games includes a dozen medal events, beginning with the 50 metre men’s pistol final at Centro Nacional de Tiro and ending with men’s individual squash at Miecimo da Silva sports complex.
Two other shooting golds will be awarded and three weightlifting championships to be contested at Rio Centro, the complex which hosts several sports.
Men’s fencing’s individual epee and men’s and women’s taekwondo will hold medal rounds at Rio Centro Monday.
Medal even highlight of the day will be the women’s individual gymnastics final at Arena Multiuso, beginning at 5:20 p.m. Rio time.
Swimming Opens at New Aquatics Center
The first events in swimming at the new Maria Lenk National Aquatic Center are held on Monday, a day of heats.
As with the schedule for the Beijing Olympics, finals for the swimming will take place in the morning hours.
The 5,000 seat Swimming is underway Monday at the Maria Lenk National Aquatics Center. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)aquatics center is named for the first South American to compete at the Olympics, in 1932. While she never won medal, Maria Lenk is remembered as one of the pioneers of competitive swimming for her work developing the butterfly.
USOC Hosts Olympic Family Reception
The U.S. Olympic Committee hosted a reception Saturday for Olympic Family leaders from the Americas and international sports federations. IOC President Jacques Rogge, PASO President Mario Vazquez Rana and Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman were among the 125 guests at the event, held at Copacabana.
With Reporting from Rio de Janeiro by Bob Mackin.
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