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local Tuesday 18 OcTOber 2022
Team Aruba became the revelation country during the South

American Games Asuncion 2022 in Paraguay

ORANJESTAD – The South Ameri- beat Abigail in the round of 8. the rankings and with two points of 13 degrees Celsius, and with rain
can Sports Organization (ODESUR) Even though Franco won two of of advantage over Argentina. It and strong winds, it felt a little cold-
recognized the great work and his- the three games, the amount of wasn’t easy to maintain his position er. When the officers tested the
torical performance of the Aruban pin difference gave Aruba an ad- because of bad weather in Encar- water temperature, this was 19 de-
delegation in Asuncion. Because vantage, and in the end, Kamilah nacion, Paraguay. grees Celsius, making the use of a
of this, Aruba became known as defeated Franco with a difference body suit optional. Britta decided
the Revelation Country in ASU2022. of 14 pin, winning the gold medal. At first it was indicated that they to use her tech suit because she is
would do a course race, but at the not used to the body suit.
On the final score, Aruba was Seeing the sublime performance of last minute changed this to slalom
10th place overall with three gold Kamilah and Abigail Dammers at and this proved difficult with the After an hour in the water, the
medals and three silver medals, the South American Games Asun- wind conditions, and Malik lost im- weather darkened again and it
with only 12 athletes participat- cion 2022, both Aruban bowlers portant points. began raining heavily, causing an
ing among big countries in world automatically go through to qual- almost complete loss of visibility,
sports. ify for the Panamerican Games Britta Schwengle with good perfor- making conditions harder for Britta.
2023 which will take place next mance in Open Water Despite these challenges, Britta
Kamilah and Abigail Dammers win year in Santiago de Chile. Britta Schwengle looks back to a kept her position and in the last lap
gold in Bowling great performance at the South positioned herself in 11th place.
The Dammers sisters managed to Malik Hoevling wins silver in IQ Foil American Games Asuncion 2022.
snag gold medals both in doubles Athlete Malik Hoeveling compet- She represented Aruba in Encarna- Britta feels satisfied with her partici-
and singles. ed in IQ foil at the South American cion at the Parana River. Despite pation in Paraguay and is ready for
Together, they won gold in doubles Games Asuncion 2022 and won the fact that the competition was her next competition representing
and then Kamilah went on to win the silver medal. suspended on two occasions be- Aruba once more.
gold in singles. cause of heavy rains, the athlete
After many days of battle in En- felt prepared for the challenge. Photographs from Aruban Olympic
In the grand final, Kamilah faced carnacion, Malik arrived to the last Committee.
off aginast Juliana Franco who day of competition in first place in Encarnacion had a temperature