Just two days are missing for the maximum event of South American athletics. This Friday, April 25, in Mar del Plata, Argentinathe South American Athletics Championshipcontest that has been held since 1919 and that the Team Chile He has participated in the 54 editions to date.
It will be a special occasion for the national Delegation, after the very good performance shown in the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
Chile will cross the mountain range with a considerable delegation, composed of 41 athletes in total, and in which the objectives are clear: break national records (Some like the mythical Emilio Ulloa in the 3000 with obstacles, in force from the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games) and, why not, Return to the country with medals around.
Team Chile Medal Letters in the South American Athletics Championship
To make the list of possible national podiums, it is clear that you have to take a look at the seasons that the athletes have been having in 2025.
And in that context, Martina Weil It shines with your own lights. Only last March, the athlete achieved an incredible fourth place in the Indoor World of Nanjing, in Chinain the 400 meters.
They also appear very firm on the way to our launchers. Claudio Romero (Disco), Ivana Gallardo (Bullet) and Gabriel Kehr with Humberto Mansilla (Hammer) stand out in their respective specialties and the option to shine in Mar del Plata is high.
There may be surprises too, but in On court We chose 10 Chilean athletes to which you have to put a lot of eye on the South American medalmen.
Eye with these 10 of Team Chile
Martina Weil (400 metros)
Pan -American champion and South American medalist in the distance. World finalist in 400 meters Indoor, where he obtained fourth place.
Claudio Romero (Disco)
Current South American champion. Chilean record and classified to Tokyo World Cup (September 2025).
Ivana Gallardo (bullet)
Current South American champion and South American Indoor 2025 champion (Cochabamba, Bolivia).
Ignacio Velásquez (5,000 meters and 10,000 meters)
South American distance medalist. Runner -up in the last South American in the 10,000 meters.
Berdine Castillo (800 meters)
Bronze Medal in the last South American Championship, held in 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriel Kehr and Humberto Mansilla (hammer)
Dominators in this discipline at the South American level. Kehr has two South American golds and participated in Tokyo 2020. Mancilla was gold in South American of Guayaquil 2021 and was also in Tokyo.
Martín Sáenz de Santa María (110 fences)
Nicolás Jarry’s cousin is a distance specialist and has participated in two Olympic Games, apart from being a South American medalist: the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Games and Summer and Summer in Paris 2024.
Santiago Ford and Max Moraga (Decathlon)
A pair to consider. This is the current Pan -American champion and an ascending national decatteleta (last Chilean champion, otherwise).
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