Mexico clings to the medals table in Central America and moves away from Colombia



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The 150 prizes of the North American delegation are attended by the 108 of the national delegation and 88 of Cuba.

After the sixth day of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla-2018 on Tuesday, Mexico is hanging on to the medal table. 59 gold, 51 silver and 40 bronze, extending his advantage over the Colombian escort, each time with less margin compared to the third Cuba.

The 150 prizes of the Mexican delegation are followed by 108 in Colombia and 88 in Cuba.

Much of the excitement of the day was brought by the hard-fought final in women's basketball, in which Colombia beat Cuba from 67 to 65.

But where the Mexican, Colombian and Cuban have distinguished themselves in the disciplines of swimming, weightlifting and gymnastics.

Mexico won four gold medals in swimming, starting with Jorge Iga in the 200-meter freestyle race.

Her compatriot Monika González won the 200-meter combined individual, and also climbed to the top of the podium men's and women's teams in 4x100m freestyle relay.

The final of the 10-meter dives was also for the Americans after the good performance of Iván García.

In weightlifting, the Mexican Tania Mascorro won a gold medal in the +90 kg category, and the Colombian Santiago Cossio he imposed a new starting mark, as well as the Cuban Manuel Lauret in the clean, in the +105 kg.

Cuba, for its part, has distinguished itself in gymnastics, planning in the women's floor category and parallel male bars. He also added another gold medal in the men's final.

Colombian favorite Jossimar Calvo climbed to the top of the podium at the gym and won money in parallel.

"I am very happy with today 's result, we have completed the job very well, the goal has been achieved," said the 24 – year – old gymnast

The Games Central America and the Caribbean-2018 host more than 5,500 athletes, a historic number of athletes, competing in 36 sports disciplines.

Cuba tops the medal table of the Central American countries, followed by Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia.

– Count of Medals:

Country: O P B T

1. Mexico 59 51 40 150

2. Colombia 39 35 34 108

3. Cuba 29 35 24 88

4. Venezuela 10 19 29 58

5. Dominican Republic 10 10 21 41

6. Puerto Rico 9 6 16 31

7. Guat emala 6 9 14 29

8. T / Tobago 4 1 6 11

9. Bahamas 3 2 1 6

10. Jamaica 3 0 2 5

11. El Salvador 1 2 7 10

12. Panama 1 1 0 2

13. Costa Rica 0 3 9 12

14. Aruba 0 1 1 2

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