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21/07/2018
21:10
In the picture, Bahamian swimmer Joanna Evans. EFE (Photo: EFE )
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Barranquilla (Colombia), July 21 (EFE) .- The swimmer Bahamian Joanna Evans today beat the record of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean in the 200 meters free with a time of 1 minute, 58 seconds and 3 hundredths allowed to hang the gold medal in the aquatic complex of Barranquilla.
Evans, who won the first day of the 400-meter freestyle, toppled the mark that Costa Rican Claudia Poll (2: 00.19) reached in Cartagena in 2006.
The money went to Cuban Elisbet Gámez, who finished the competition in 1 minute, 58 seconds and 55 hundredths, followed by Mexican Liliana Ibáñez who finished the 400 meters in 2: 01.36.
In the 100-meters, Colombian Jorge Mario Murillo did the same in 1: 00.37 to win the gold medal and break the record that the Mexican Miguel Alejandro de Lara had reached in the qualifying round of the morning (1: 00.67) .
It's the Mexican Mauro Castillo who fought for the golden metal with "The Trucha" in a dynamic closure that delighted the crowd, but in the end his record of 1: 00.77 gave him the # 39, silver, while his compatriot De Lara He hung the bronze with a time of 1: 00.91.
"It has become one of the favorites with my recording time, it 's not my best record, but it' s my second mark after Rio 2016. J & # 39; I have about 30 cents, so I only have to work harder, "said Murillo. journalists
The Colombian said that he will also go for gold in the 50 meter chest on Monday, a test that "has also become a favorite", while he was cautious when he talked about his performance in the bad of 200 meters because "it's more". complicated by the distance, but this test must be won head first ".
The day continued with the victory of Jamaican Alia Atkinson in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 26 seconds 60 hundredths, enough to leave in the second place the Venezuelan Jeserik Pinto, who finished the test in 26.76 and succeeded the Mexican Liliana Ibáñez with his record of 27.08 for bronze.
EFE
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