{"id":518113,"date":"2026-07-27T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/robert-florentino-wins-gold-for-the-dominican-republic-in-judo-at-santo-domingo-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T21:02:09","slug":"robert-florentino-wins-gold-for-the-dominican-republic-in-judo-at-santo-domingo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/robert-florentino-wins-gold-for-the-dominican-republic-in-judo-at-santo-domingo-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Florentino wins gold for the Dominican Republic in judo at Santo Domingo 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong> Dominican judoka <strong>Robert Florentino<\/strong> was proclaimed champion of the <strong>-90 kilogram<\/strong> category by winning the gold medal at the <strong>XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026<\/strong>, adding a new title for the national delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The athlete from <strong>San Juan de la Maguana<\/strong> defeated the Puerto Rican <strong>Derik Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> in the final by <strong>ippon<\/strong>, just one minute and three seconds into the first round, in the match held at the judo pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">ORO PARA ROBERT FLORENTINO \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4\ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udd4b\ud83e\udd47<br><br>Domina por IPPON al boricua Derik Rodr\u00edguez y el Pabell\u00f3n de Judo se quiere caer de la emoci\u00f3n \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EQseGU9E7w\">pic.twitter.com\/EQseGU9E7w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Comit\u00e9 Ol\u00edmpico Dominicano (@COLIMDO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/COLIMDO\/status\/2081837483935912316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florentino completed an impeccable performance throughout the day, also winning by <strong>ippon<\/strong> against Guadeloupe&#8217;s <strong>Nemuel Claude<\/strong> in his debut, overcoming Mexican <strong>Diego D\u00edaz<\/strong> in the quarterfinals, and defeating Cuban <strong>Naysdel Cardoso<\/strong> in the semifinals, before securing the regional title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award represents the <strong>first Central American and Caribbean gold<\/strong> in the Dominican&#8217;s career, who had previously obtained <strong>silver medals<\/strong> in <strong>Barranquilla 2018<\/strong> and <strong>San Salvador 2023<\/strong>, thus consolidating his trajectory in the Olympic cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experienced judoka, <strong>29 years old<\/strong>, also has in his record a <strong>bronze medal at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games<\/strong>, in addition to a <strong>silver at a World Championship<\/strong> and a <strong>bronze at an international Grand Prix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this victory, <strong>Robert Florentino<\/strong> continues to expand the Dominican Republic&#8217;s medal count and reaffirms his position as one of the main benchmarks in national and international judo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican judoka Robert Florentino was proclaimed champion of the -90 kilogram category by winning the gold medal at the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, adding a new title for the national delegation. 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