Paris 2024 Olympic Games: The Pumas 7s have confirmed squad

Santiago Gómez Cora, coach of Los Pumas 7s, confirmed this Friday at a press conference the roster of 12 players who will go to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In turn, it designated two players as reserves, who will be added to the squad only in case of injury. Those called up for the Olympic event are: Tomás Elizalde, Agustín Fraga, Matteo Graziano, Joaquín Pellandini, Tobías Wade, Marcos Moneta, Santiago Álvarez Fourcade, Gastón Revol, Matías Osadzcuk, Santiago Mare, Germán Schulz and Luciano González Rizzoni.On the other hand, among the reserves, are Santiago Vera Feld and Rodrigo Isgró, best player on the World Sevens Tour in 2023. The player from Mendoza received a five-match ban from World Rugby for an infraction he committed during the final of the Madrid tournament and could only join in the final stages in case of a withdrawal. We are aware of how difficult this list is, different from the others that are more dynamic because there are stages of the circuit every month and if you are not in one, you have revenge in a shorter period and this is every four years and it is everyone’s dream to go in search of an Olympic medal. We are also aware of how sensitive and delicate this particular list is, but we will be consistent with what we have been doing all year, we seek to be competitive, we were rotating some options, either in lists and in positions of different players. We are convinced that they are the 12 right players to go in search of this Olympic dream,” said Gómez Cora in the talk with the media. It should be noted that it will be the third participation of the Argentine team in an Olympic Games after Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. In Brazil, Los Pumas 7s fell in the quarterfinals to Great Britain (5-0 in extra time), while in Japan they won the historic bronze medal after beating the British team in the match for third place.The Los Pumas 7s fixture in Paris 2024Argentina will share Group B along with Australia, Samoa and Kenya. In case of finishing in the top two of the zone or being one of the two best third-placed teams, they will advance to the quarterfinals.The historic season of Los Pumas 7sThe Argentine rugby sevens team arrives in Paris at its best. Throughout the 2023/24 World Tour season, the national team won three consecutive gold medals (Cape Town, Perth and Vancouver), two silver medals (Dubai and Madrid), two fifth places (Los Angeles and Singapore) and a ninth place (Hong Kong). Thanks to these results, those led by Santiago Gómez Cora finished first in the regular season for the first time in their history. In addition, they reached the definition of the Grand Final in Madrid, where they lost to France.

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