<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The top eligible man and woman from the event are to qualify for Surfing's Olympic debut next year, slots which will be confirmed after the 2020 ISA World Surfing Games. With the limit of two athletes per nation at Tokyo 2020, the only scenario in which Mesinas and Rosas would not qualify is if two compatriots of the same gender qualify ahead of them at the 2020 World Surfing Games. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mesinas let his emotions pour out ahead of the medal ceremony.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I know I am not confirmed for Tokyo yet, but of course the goal was to give myself the best chance," said Mesinas. "I am also going to go to the ISA World Surfing Games in 2020 to rip and not let anyone pass me in the qualification ranking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Since Surfing was first included in the Olympics I was dreaming about qualifying and also competing in the Pan Ams. It's amazing to have an event of this status in Peru with our home crowd cheering for us. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is hands down the most incredible event I have ever been to. It's probably the best day of my life after winning this Gold Medal for Peru and having the chance to surf in the Olympics."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rosas was equally as thrilled to earn the Gold Medal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I am so happy that I can't explain it right now," said Rosas. "I am so happy that this event came here in Peru. I have a strong connection with the wave at Punta Rocas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This has been a dream of mine to be in Tokyo. Who wouldn't want it? I just wanted to do the best for my country."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with the dual Gold Medals in the Shortboard discipline, Peru also earned a Gold Medal from <strong>Benoit 'Piccolo' Clemente</strong> and three Silver Medals from <strong>Vania Torres</strong> in Women's SUP Surfing, <strong>Tamil Martino</strong> in Men's SUP Surfing, and <strong>Maria Fernanda Reyes</strong> in Women's Longboard. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aforementioned medals together with <strong>Itzel Delgado'</strong>s Men's SUP Racing Bronze earned on Friday make a grand total of seven medals for Peru, the most of any nation in the Surfing competition at the Pan Ams. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">USA and Brazil followed with four total medals each. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brazil's two-time ISA Longboard medalist <strong>Chloe Calmon</strong> continued undefeated in the competition and took the Women's Gold Medal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The SUP Surfing discipline was swept by the Colombian siblings <strong>Izzi </strong>and<strong> Giorgio Gomez</strong>. Izzi took the Women's Gold over Peru's <strong>Vania Torres</strong>, while Giorgio took the Men's Gold against Peru's <strong>Tamil Martino</strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Men's Shortboard Final was the most dramatic of the day, as Argentina's two-time ISA World Surfing Games Champion <strong>Leandro Usuna</strong> took a wave in the final two minutes trailing Mesinas, only to come up 0.24 points short of the score he needed for Gold. The local crowed erupted as Mesinas held onto the lead to earn Gold. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Women's Shortboard Silver Medal went to Ecuador's <strong>Dominic Barona</strong>, whose score of 12.5 was not enough to catch Rosas' 13.93.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Julian Schweizer</strong> of Uruguay capped off his inspiring performance at the event with a Silver Medal in Men's Longboard, the only medal for his nation at the Lima 2019 Surfing competition. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In attendance at the event was President of Peru <strong>Martín Vizcarr</strong>a who came to support the six Peruvians competing on Sunday. Vizcarra's presence attests to the significance and value that Surfing has brought in its debut to the Pan American Games.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday's final day of competition kicked off with all the Bronze Medal heats in Shortboard, Longboard and SUP Surfing. The winners of the Bronze Medal matches advanced to the Gold Medal match, while those who finished second were crowned the Bronze Medalists. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most memorable Bronze Medal earned in the event was that of El Salvador's <strong>Bryan Perez</strong> in the Men's Shortboard Division. It was his nation's first and only medal at the Games so far.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ISA President Fernando Aguerre said:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>"What a historic finish to a historic week of competition. Surfing's first inclusion in the Pan American Games has been a true milestone achievement for the sport and a sign of the bright future that our sport has in store.</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>"The resounding success will certainly reverberate through the Surfing and sport culture on all continents of the globe, and certainly within Olympic Movement multisport events as well.</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>"It has been a memorable and unrepeatable competition. It was a day full of emotions. The dream of Pan Am inclusion became a reality and, of course, we brought the love for the ocean and the passion that is part of Surfing to this incredible edition of the Games."</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Full results can be found on the <em><strong><a href="https://www.lima2019.pe/en/results" target="_blank">Lima 2019 surfing web page</a></strong></em>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Final Results:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's Shortboard</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - <strong><em><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/lucca-mesinas" target="_blank">Lucca Mesinas</a></em></strong> (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/leandro-usuna" target="_blank">Leandro Usuna</a></strong></em> (ARG)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/bryan-perez" target="_blank">Bryan Perez</a></strong></em> (ESA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's Shortboard</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/daniella-rosas" target="_blank">Daniella Rosas</a></strong></em> (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/dominic-barona" target="_blank">Dominic Barona</a></strong></em> (ECU)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/ornella-pellizzari" target="_blank">Ornella Pellizzari</a></strong></em> (ARG)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's Longboard</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/piccolo-clemente" target="_blank">Benoit 'Piccolo' Clemente</a></strong></em> (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/julian-schweizer" target="_blank">Julian Schweizer</a></strong></em> (URU)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - <strong><em><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/cole-robbins" target="_blank">Cole Robbins</a></em></strong> (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's Longboard</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/chloe-calmon" target="_blank">Chloe Calmon</a></strong></em> (BRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/maria-fernanda-reyes" target="_blank">Maria Fernanda Reyes</a></strong></em> (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - <em><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/mathea-olin" target="_blank">Mathea Dempfle-Olin</a></strong></em> (CAN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's SUP Surfing</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Giorgio Gomez (COL)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Tamil Martino (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Daniel Hughes (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's SUP Surfing</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Izzi Gomez (COL)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Vania Torres (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Nicole Pacelli (BRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men's SUP Racing (August 2)</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Connor Baxter (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Vinnicius Martins (BRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Itzel Delgado (PER)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women's SUP Racing (August 2)</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Lena Ribeiro (BRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Candice Appleby (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Maricarmen Rivera (PUR)</div><div><br /></div>