Chile took the bronze medal in women’s 3×3 basketball

The Chilean women’s 3×3 basketball team achieved an unprecedented bronze medal It is this discipline that is being held for the second time at the Pan American Games after its debut in Lima 2019.

the locals They beat the Puerto Rican representative by a score of 21 to 11 When 07:08 was played thanks to a shot from jovanka ljubicic, In the end, he won the title of top scorer for the Chilean national team, with six goals Javiera Novion and Xiomara Morrison, with equal conversion efficiency. The other team member, Fernanda Offaly He scored four points in this American bronze.

As soon as the hug ended in the middle of the field, Jovanka Ljubicic commented on this achievement, which could have been golden if they had not fallen in the semi-finals to the United States.

“we are very happy with girls. Since we reached 3×3 we thought we would reach the final, We had no other image in our minds. It was a severe defeat against the United StatesBut, thank God, we were able to gather our strength to face Puerto Rico, which is no less competitive. The Chilean basketball player, who was very happy with the two winning points for her team, commented: “We are happy because we tried to give our best in this match.”

And with this achievement Chile has 14 medals in the medal table: two gold, six silver and six bronze. He is temporarily walking in seventh place in the rankings.