The Salvadoran duo lost the final to Canada 21-13, 21-14, while Oriel fell in the singles final, taking home his third and fourth medals at Cuscatlica in Cali, Colombia.
El Salvador won the silver medal in the mixed doubles badminton, and the third medal for the Cusco delegation at the 2021 Cali Valley Junior Games. The duo Aurel Kangura-Fatima Centeno lost the final to Canada 21-13, 21-14 and they retained the silver medal.
The third medal for El Salvador in # Cali Valley 2021 🇸🇻🇸🇻. https://t.co/RohogULGng
– Cancha EDH (CanchaEDH) November 29, 2021
The Salvadorans lost the first set 21-13, with the Canadian duo putting them under constant pressure throughout the set.
Uriel Kangura has already taken the silver and will take home a double gold at the Junior Pan American Games
The second set was a 21-14 loss to Salvador, but the scoreboard does not reflect what happened in that set. The Salvadorans were very close to most of the group and only eventually gave up important points for the Canadians to win the gold medal.
#JuegosPanamericanosJunior # Cali 2021
The last point of the final #Badminton #my_mixtosSilver: El Salvador (Uriel Canjura / Fátima Centeno) won the silver.via TeamESA_ pic.twitter.com/wfuGhoYEkD
– Cancha EDH (CanchaEDH) November 29, 2021
Canjura and Centeno reached this state of mixed doubles in badminton by defeating Argentine Nicolas Oliva and Iona Gualdi 2-0, in the semi-finals, on Sunday afternoon.
In the afternoon, the Soshitoto-born player took the silver after losing to Canada’s Brian Yang (8-21, 6-21) and won the men’s individual silver at the I Cali-Valle 2022 American Games.
