RD wins three gold, two silver and seven bronze in International Badminton

Daniela Acosta, left on Podium number one, winner of three gold medals / External Source.

SANTO DOMINGO.– The Dominican Republic closed its participation in the V International Badminton Championship Santo Domingo Junior 2021, with a whopping three gold, two silver and seven bronze medals, in the event organized by the Dominican Federation of this discipline and it is developed at the Table Tennis Pavilion in Parque del Este, under the auspices of YONEX, the Pan American Badminton Confederation, the Ministry of Sports and the Dominican Olympic Committee.

The golden headbands came thanks to Daniela Acosta, who equaled Nairobi Jiménez’s record in this event by taking first place in all three modalities. In a women’s single, she defeated the Costa Rican Ana Laura Martínez Vega, in runs of 21-6, 21-17; the second came pairing with Estefany Castillo by dominating in the final over Martinez Vega and Cristal Villareal, from Costa Rica, in sets of23-21, 21-13; and the third, which was the most disputed, together with Ernick Zorrila, they won a three-set battle against Colombian Luis Chacón and his Dominican archrival Lía Lockward, with a score of 19-21, 21-14, 21-14.

The silver medals were won by Zorrilla together with Ángel Danilo Suero when they fell to the brothers Andrew and Rylan Tan, from the United States, with a score of 21-11, 21-9. The other silver was for the same Lía Lockward, in the mixed double. seven.

Other medalist athletes raise their arms after being awarded / External Source.

Likewise, the seven bronze semifinals were obtained by Mario Méndez together with the Costa Rican Arianna Rodríguez, when they were defeated by Chacón and Lockward, in regulations of 21-9, 21-7; then the same Lockward when falling before Daniela Acosta (DOM) by 21-11, 21-19; Ángel Luis Rosario with Costa Rican Marco Castillo, 21-12, 21-14; Gabriela Lebrón and Faunelys Reyes (DOM) who lost to Martinez Vega and Villareal Zapata, from Costa Rica, 21-7, 21-13.

Kael Sosa (DOM) who lost in a three-set battle against the American Rylan Tan, 20-22, 21-8, 21-14; Rey Espino (DOM) with Crystal Villareal (CRC) who were dominated by Zorrilla and Acosta (DOM) by 21-11, 21-11; And Sahir lora And Kael Sosa (DOM) to be surpassed by the Tan brothers (Andrew and Rylan), who took the gold and silver of the men’s singles, respectively.

Award ceremony

The award ceremony was attended by the members of the Executive Committee of the Dominican Badminton Federation, Generoso Castillo (general secretary), José Luis Espino (1st vice president), Fernando Tiburcio (2nd vice president), Gregorio Figuereo (Treasurer), Miguel Feliz (co-treasurer), Edwin González (co-secretary), Rafael Santín (member), Keisy Feliz (member), Paola Moreno (member) and William Cabrera (administrative director).

For the international guests, Adrian Gómez, president of the Costa Rican Badminton Federation; Cora and Rudy Tanuwidjaja, representatives of the Federation of the United States of America.

The traditional October championships “Badminton for a Tube” continue today at 10:00 in the morning, with the start of the second tournament “III Dominican Open” where the youth repeats joining superior category players from Aruba, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Ecuador, India, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic as host.

This second event, whose official referee is Trinidadian PJ Williams, while Dominican Keisy Feliz will now serve as assistant.