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BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA .- With three gold medals, the Dominican Republic dominated yesterday the first day of the Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla, during which Venezuela won two gold medals and one Colombia. [19659002] On the tatami of the Merymount school, the individual katas (movement series) and four categories, two men and two women, kumite (fight) were challenged.
Maria Dimitrova
The first gold medal that fell was the one of the individual female kata, in which Dominican Maria Dimitrova won the Venezuelan Andrea Armada with a 5-0 in the final.
The bronzes were for Mexicans Cinthia de la Rue and Cubans Claudia Burgos, who lost in semifinal with Dominican and Venezuelan, respectively
Then it is the turn of the double world champion Antonio Díaz, who won his sixth title of the Games of Central America and the Caribbean. , winning the final round against Mexican Waldo Ramírez with an unbeatable 5-0
Costa Rican Roy Gatjens and Nykolai Arango climbed to the third step of the podium.
Villanueva
The final that was played in the kumite was between the Dominican Ana Villanueva and the Mexican Alicia Hernandez, and won the island with a tight test 1-0 in the 50 kilograms category.
Deivis Ferreras punishes his opponent in a fight yesterday. Alberto Calvo
Third place was shared by Guatemalan Cheili González and Colombian Paula Ruiz, who lost in the semi-final against the two finalists.
In the 55 kg, Genesis Navarrete, of Venezuela, defeated, in a fight he defined arbitration, the Cuban Baurelys Torres, while the bronzes went to Alanis Carrera of Panama and Ilce Diaz from Guatemala.
In the men's first decisive bout, Colombian Andrés Rendón gave him the first gold of his country in the day, after defeating Venezuelan Jovanni Martinez in an emotional fight that has ended 7-4 in the 60 kilograms.
Nicaraguan José Rivas and Costa Rica José Román also won medals in this category. ] Triumph of Ferreras
The last gold was in the 67 kilograms for Deivis Ferreras, of the Dominican Republic, who beat in the final fight the Cuban Maikel Noriega. They jumped on the third step of the podium Colombian José Ramírez and Panamanian Alberto Gálvez.
Karate Responds
Karate of the Dominican Republic has yet responded to the Games of Central America and the Caribbean, putting the name of the country on foreign beaches As always
Ferreras proclaimed that the work tenacious in the training to which he was subjected, in view of this commitment, was the key to success
Silver swimming
The Dominican Crystal Lara took the silver medal in swimming in Central America.
4 medals.
He gave karate to the Dominican Republic on his first day of competition in Central America.
Expectations
– Commendable
Karate, who should today bring medals to the Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in Barranquilla on the seventh day.
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