LIMA, Peru. The Dominican Republic delegation closed this Thursday the fifth day of the XX Bolivarian Sports Games with a harvest of three medals: one silver and two bronze, in competitions held in Lima and Ayacucho.
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The women’s badminton doubles, made up of
Nairobi Jiménez and Clarissa Confident, won the silver medal, while the women’s softball team conquered the bronze after defeating Bolivia. In sailing,
Samuel Pérez Camacho added another third-place medal in the IQFOIL modality.
With these results, the Dominican Republic accumulates
14 medals (1 gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze), occupying the
eighth position of the general medal table.
For this Friday, the action resumes with the start of the taekwondo tournament in Ayacucho, and the men’s field hockey team will advance to the medal definition round.
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL
RD wins bronze by knockout**
The Dominican team defeated Bolivia 10-0 to take the bronze medal in the women’s softball tournament, in action played at the Andrés Avelino Cáceres Complex.
The stellar pitcher
Eduarda Rocha shone by throwing a no-hitter for four innings, giving two walks and striking out three, to decree the knockout in the fourth inning.
The Dominican offense connected 13 hits. Among the most outstanding were:
- Emmy Segura: 3-2, four RBIs and one run.
- Brianna Estévez: 3-2, two runs and one RBI.
- Felicia de los Santos: 3-3, one run and one RBI.
- Claudia Santana: 3-2.
- Anabel Ulloa: 2-1, two runs and a walk.
The Criollas concluded with a record of
4-3, retaining the bronze achieved in the Bicentennial Bolivarian Games previously held in Ayacucho-Lima.
BADMINTON
Nairobi and Clarissa secure silver**
The Dominican duo of
Nairobi Jiménez and Clarissa Confident won the silver medal after falling in the women’s doubles final against the Guatemalans
Nikte Sotomayor and Diana Corletto with scores of 21-11 and 21-15.
The coach
Maikel Moreno highlighted the team’s progress, emphasizing that this result is part of the recovery process of Dominican badminton.
To reach the final, Jiménez and Confident defeated the Colombian pair Juliana Giraldó Andrade and Karen Patiño 2-1 in the semifinals, and in the quarterfinals they beat the Salvadorans Daniel Hernández and Fátima Centeno 2-0.
SAIL
Samuel Pérez Camacho conquers bronze in IQFOIL**
In Paracas Bay, the Dominican
Samuel Antonio Pérez Camacho took to the podium after winning the bronze medal in the
IQFOIL sailing modality.
Pérez Camacho finished with a time of
21 minutes and a net score of
18, after a consistent performance throughout the eight rounds of the event.
The gold went to the Venezuelan
José Gregorio Estredo Pérez, while the silver went to the Peruvian
Bruno Mendoza Orihula.
FIELD HOCKEY
The Dominican Republic men’s team fell 6-2 to Venezuela in the pre-semifinal phase, in a match held at the Villa del Triunfo. The Dominican team occupies the third overall position with six points (2-2), behind Chile and Venezuela.
The Quisqueyans scored through
Francisco Javier García, responsible for the two goals. The medal matches will be played this Friday: the bronze at 11:00 a.m. (12:00 p.m. RD) and the gold at 4:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. RD).
CANOEING
The Dominican quartet made up of
Ariel Martínez Jiménez, Cristian Guerrero García, Juan Plasencia Feliz and Rafael Feliz Abreu finished in fourth position in the
K4 200m kayak modality, recording a time of 34.17 seconds.
In K2 200m,
Cristian Guerrero and Rafael Enrique Feliz Abreu also took fourth place with a time of 35.97 seconds
