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By Fernando Ribas / Special Envoy
26/07/2018 | 00: 24 hours
Puerto Velero,
Colombia. Quique Figueroa did not accept that the reign of
"Course." If they were going to defeat him, he had to be in the water.
Figueroa saw
yesterday finished his reign of seven games in Central America and the Caribbean with a
bronze medal in the Hobie 16 modality next to his teammate
Franchesca Valdés
The Puerto Rican
pointed out an unfair disqualification in Race 7 of the event that reason
having lost gold in Barranquilla 2018 and the reign of 24 years in the
Games
"It's a shame
that it ends well, "he said.
We prove definitively that after 30 years we are the best in
Caribbean and Central America, "he added.
The Puerto Rico Olympics called for a review to disqualification.
it has not prospered. Figueroa appealed the disqualification which, in his opinion,
it was declared "takes place" and thereafter "has no place".
"If I say that
I have not slept for two days, it is reflected in my voice, in my face, in my body, in my
my state, but today (yesterday) we went out to do what we had to do. The
The final result does not reflect our performance in the regatta, "said Figueroa.
The disqualification was to prevent the passage to another boat.
Puerto Rican medalists at Barranquilla 2018
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Andrea Maldonado won the silver medal in the individual women's gymnastics competition. ([email protected])
Andrea Maldonado won the bronze medal at the individual ground gymnastics competition. ([email protected])
Keyshla Rodríguez won the bronze medal in weightlifting jumps in women's 90 kg. (Facebook / @ comiteolimpicopr)
Swimmer Jarod Arroyo won the gold medal in the men's combined event of 200m and the combined men's 400m event. ([email protected])
Swimmer Kristen Romano won the individual gold medal combined with the bronze medal and the bronze medal in the 200m combined. ([email protected])
The men's swimming team won the bronze medal in the men's 4X200m freestyle relay. ([email protected])
Joseph Pruman won the bronze in the competition of a pair of short male oars, (Facebook / @ comiteolimpicopr)
Victoria Stambaugh clinched the bronze medal in taekwondo female under 49 kg. ([email protected])
The Poomsae -9 women's team. Arelis Medina, Fabiola Ruiz and Ana Figueroa- won the bronze medal. (Puerto Rico Olympic Committee)
Arelis Medina and José Torres won the bronze medal in Poomsae mixed couples. (Puerto Rico Olympic Committee)
Arelis Medina won the women's individual bronze medal Poomsae. (Facebook / @commiteolimpicopr)
Adriana Díaz earned gold medals in women's individual table tennis ([email protected])
Melanie Díaz, gold medalist in women's double table tennis with his sister Adriana Díaz, and silver medalist in mixed doubles, with Daniel González ([email protected])
Brian Tarrador won gold in mixed doubles with Adriana Díaz; bronze in men's doubles, with Daniel González; and individual bronze. ([email protected])
The men's table tennis team -5. Brian Afanador, Daniel González, Yomar González and Ricardo Jiménez won the silver medal. (Facebook / @ comiteolimpicopr)
The women's table tennis team -1. Adriana Diaz, Fabiola Diaz, Melanie Diaz and Daniely Rios – won the gold medal. (Facebook / @ comiteolimpicopr)
The team Puerto Rico -1. Luis Bermúdez, Jesús Medero and Miguel Pizarro won gold shooting with a shotgun. (Facebook / @ comiteolimpicopr)
Juan Álvarez won bronze in men's taekwondo over 87 kg. (Portal de Barranquilla 2018)
Bianca León won the gold medal in a beam of feminine balance. ([email protected])
Karelys Díaz got money in a female gymnasium. (Andre Kang / [email protected])
The National Women's Basketball Team was crowned bronze. (Xavier Araujo | [email protected])
Figueroa and
Valdés closed the races with two first places and a third place. Those
the results are lost to no one.
"In the water
This has shown that we are the champions. That's what we get. In the water we are
the best, "Valdés said.
Valdés Figueroa
won five of 12 regattas in Barranquilla. He also reached three seconds
positions and two thirds places. He was disqualified and scratched his worst
result: a regatta that has not finished. Totaled 27 points.
The winners
of the Hobie 16 are the Guatemalans Jason Hess and Katya Castellanos with 25
points. The money was for the Venezuelan Yamil Saba and Gonzalo Cendra.
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