Vickery retires in bronze playoff; Guyana 5th in relay final

Guyana’s Sachia Vickery missed out on a women’s singles tennis bronze medal after retiring against Argentina’s Luciana Moyano on Saturday at the 2026 South American Games, a day after the country’s men finished fifth in the 4x400m relay final.

Vickery, seeded seventh, trailed sixth-seeded Moyano 6-2, 2-0 when she withdrew from the bronze medal match on Court Two at Hipódromo Óvalo. The contest lasted 54 minutes, with the opening set taking 40 minutes and the unfinished second set lasting 14.
Moyano built her victory around strong returning, breaking Vickery in all four of the Guyanese players’ service games in the first set. Vickery secured two breaks of her own but struggled to hold serve, allowing the Argentine to take control.
The final statistics showed Moyano landed 74 per cent of her first serves in the opening set and won 16 of 20 receiving points. She then won every point played in the second set before Vickery retired. No specific reason for the retirement was provided.
Moyano finished with five breaks from six opportunities to secure the bronze medal.
Men’s 4x400m relay
On Friday, Guyana’s quartet of Jamal Clarke, Simeon Adams, Revon Williams and Akeem Stewart clocked 3:12.55 to finish fifth in the men’s 4x400m relay final.
Venezuela won gold in a Games record of 3:03.38, lowering the previous mark of 3:03.94 set by Brazil in Santiago in 2014.
Running from lane three, Kelvis Padrino, Jose Maita, Axel Gomez and Javier Gomez led at the halfway stage in 1:32.64, about a second ahead of Argentina. A 45.56-second third leg kept them comfortably in front before Javier Gomez brought the team home with a 45.19-second anchor leg.
Argentina’s Bruno De Genaro, Juan Ciampitti, Agustín Pinti and Elian Larregina claimed silver in 3:06.29, finishing 2.91 seconds behind Venezuela.
Colombia took bronze in 3:09.87 through Neiker Abello, Daniel Balanta, Deiner Guaitoto and Jhonatan Julio. A 49.76-second third leg left them behind Argentina, but Julio’s 45.58-second anchor helped secure their podium place.
Chile finished fourth in 3:10.91, ahead of Guyana. Martín Kouyoumdjian produced the fastest anchor leg in the field at 45.13 seconds, but Chile still finished 1.04 seconds short of Colombia.