Country Report: Argentina’s Beijing Bound Athletes

Currently, a total of 110 athletes from Argentina– 63 men and 47 women — have earned their tickets to Beijing. The composition of the Argentinian team looks like this:

Team competitions
Football/Soccer: 36 players — 18 men and 18 women. Argentina will be defending its men’s Olympic football title.

Basketball (men’s): 12 athletes. Like football, the Argentinian team is the defending champion in men’s basketball.

Meanwhile, named athletes who qualified in other sports are:

Yachting: Carlos Espa­nola, Santiago Lange, Javier Conte-Juan, Julio Alsogaray, Cecilia Carranza, Mariano Reutemann and Florence Gutierrez, and Fernanda Sesto-Consuelo Monsegur.

Athletics: Jennifer Dahlgren, Juan Cerra, German Chiaraviglio, Alejandra Garcia, Javier Carriqueo, Pablo Pietrobelli, German Lauro, and Claudia Camargo.

Swimming: Georgina Bardach,Jose Meolans, Sergio Ferreyra, Andres Gonzalez, Cecilia Biagioli, Javiera Salcedo, Juan Pereyra and Esteban Peace.

Cycling: Walter Perez, Juan Curuchet, Darío Gasco.
Judo: Paula Paretto, Miguel Albarracín, and Emmanuel Lucenti.
Rowing: Fernandez and Gabriela Best
Table tennis: Liu Song and Pablo Tabachnik
Beach volleyball: Marti­n Count and Mariano Baracetti
Taekwondo: Vanina Sanchez Beran
Shooting: Juan Carlos Dasque

Source: Clarin via Xinhua. Photo credit: Clarin