The Antiochian players Camilo Villegas and Nicolás Echavarría stay in competition with Olympic Gamesalthough they did not make good rounds.
The tournament was led by three competitors with score in (-11), the American Xander SchauffeleHE Japanese Hideki Matsuyama and the British Tommy Fleetwood; while the Antioqueños have (+1), Nicolás and (+8) Camilo.
Xander Schauffele defends the gold medal he won at Tokyo 2021.
The medal is defined by the best scoreAfter four rounds of competition, two have been held so far and 60 athletes are still in the race until Sunday when the podium and medals will be decided.
Nicolás and Camilo are Olympic golf debutants and Villegas, at 42, is the oldest in the competition.
It is also worth mentioning that the weather conditions affected the development of the phases, which were suspended due to lightning.
The other Latin Americans in the competition are the Chileans Mito Pereira and Joaquín Niemann who is part of the Top-10, occupying the tenth position with (-6) in the aggregate.
Argentina appears in box 13 Alejandro Tosti with (-5) as the third best in the region.
For the third round, which will be played this Saturday, Camilo Villegas will start the first group of the day with New Zealander Daniel Hillier y the Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Soon Nicolás Echavarría will do it together of Puerto Rico Rafa Campos and the Canadian Nick Taylor.
In women the country will be represented by Maria Jose Uribe, who disputed his last Olympic Games and begin his rounds Next August 7.