Brazil will be the new Pan American champion, while Peru still needs to confirm second place, as Argentina still has a mathematical chance.

After five intense days of competition and a demonstration of good surfing by the countries of the American continent, the games will close today, however, the overall championship is already defined and Brazil will take the title.

Yesterday the Pan American longboard champions were decided and a dominance by the Brazilian team in the longboard added the necessary points for the first and second place for the green and yellow team in both the men's and women's categories, in addition to the ratification of the first place overall.

Jefson Silva and Chloé Calmon (for the second year in a row) achieved victory with excellent performances and without leaving any room for doubt, conquering the waves at Playa Venao.

The final results in the men's open category were:

Jefson Silva (BRA) - Gold
Rodrigo Sphaier (BRA) - Silver
Nacho Pignataro (URU) - Bronze
Julián Schweizer (URU) - Copper

Women's Open Results:

Chloé Calmón (BRA) - Gold
Atalanta Batista (BRA) - Silver
Ana Camila Kaspar (PER) - Bronze
Coco Bonilla (MEX) - Copper

Today, Saturday, the open champions will be decided, and the men's semifinals are set as follows:

Semifinal 1

- Mateus Sena (Brazil)

- Tao Rodríguez (Panama)

- Messias Feliz (Brazil)

- Jean Carlos González (Panama)

Semifinal 2

- Lucca Mesinas (Peru)

- Tomás López (Argentina)

- Santiago Muñiz (Argentina)

- Miguel Tudela (Peru)

The women's semifinals will be as follows:

Semifinal 1

- Sol Aguirre (Peru)

- Dominic Barona (Ecuador)

- Laura Raupp (Brazil)

- Ornella Pellizari (Argentina)

Semifinal 2

- Daniella Rosas (Peru)

- Arena Rodríguez (Peru)

- Melani Giunta (Peru)

- Sophia Medina (Brazil)

Regarding Costa Rica, our country finished its participation in eleventh place and based on this ranking, this will be the initial path in Santiago 2023.

Today, Saturday, the event will begin at 8:00 am, according to the event schedule, and you can watch the competition live at: https://youtu.be/DMihIRJe_DU

Written by: Enrique Hernández