The Argentine Catriel Muriel won the bronze medal this Wednesday in the wrestling division up to 125 kilograms, at the Santiago de Chile 2023 Pan American Games. At the Olympic Training Center in the Chilean capital, the athlete from Buenos Aires was able to overcome an injury to his right leg in the middle of the fight and finally beat the Puerto Rican Jonovan Smith, 7-6. Muriel, a native of Moreno and living in Dagestan (Russia), had defeated Cuban Ibrain Torres Espinosa in the quarterfinals, 4-1, and lost in the semifinals to Venezuelan José Díaz, Pan American runner-up, 3-0.