Hurlburt-Yu and Wu Got the Gold – Pan Am Games 2019
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu won the Mixed Doubles gold medal at XVIII Pan Am Games 2019, held in Lima, Peru. With this medal Canada added 4 golds at Lima 2019.
Canada’s duo Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu won their first Pan Am Games medal after defeating Nyl Yakura and Kristen Tsai in the Mixed Doubles final by 18-21, 21-12 and 21-15.
Pan Am Games champions reached the final after overcome Andy Baque/Maria Delia Zambrano (ECU) in round 2, Lino Muñoz / Haramara Gaitan (MEX) in Quarterfinals and Fabricio Farias / Jaqueline Lima (BRA) in Semifinals.
Olympians Howard Shu, who won bronze at Toronto 2015, and Paula Lynn Obanana, who won gold in WD at Toronto 2015 and bronze in Guadalajara 2011, got one more Pan Am Games medal this time.
Young Brazilian athletes, Fabricio Farias and Jaqueline Lima reached semifinals with an amazing performance and got bronze for their country.
Our Pan Am Athletes added importants points for the Road to Tokyo 2020 Ranking and are more close to the big dream: the Olympic Games.
Congratulations!!