COLOMBIA.-Ariela Sánchez won a gold medal, Antonio Tornal won silver and Aleida Guerrero a bronze on the first date of the judo tournament of the First Junior Pan American Games.
Sánchez, who trains in Valencia, Spain, defeated Edith Ortiz Carrión, from Ecuador, by ippon in the final of the women’s minus 63 kilos category.
On her way to gold, Ariela beat Nahiara Feliciano Williams of Puerto Rico 1-0, while in the semifinal she defeated Mexican Katia Castillo Bustos.
Tornal, a bronze medalist at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, took the silver when he fell in the final against Brazilian Gabriel Falcao Lira at less than 73 kilos.
In the quarterfinals, Tornal dispatched Sebastián Otiniano Ramírez, from Peru, and in the semifinal he defeated Mexican Jorge Pérez Rafful.
Aleida Liliana Guerrero gave the country the second medal in the Panam Junior de Cali by obtaining bronze in the women’s minus 48 kilos category of the judo tournament.
In the dispute for the bronze, Aleida beat Mikaela Rojas García, from Argentina, 1-0.
In her first match, the youthful judoka fell 0-1 to Brazilian Alexia Vilhalba Souza, and then defeated Costa Rican Amaya Pérez Solano, as well as Noemi Bonilla Rodríguez, from Peru in the next two repechage matches.
In other judo results, Antfernee Pepín fell to Arnold Prado Ramos, from Peru, in the dispute for the bronze in less than 60 kilos, while Ana Bonilla was eliminated after losing her first fight 0-1 to Sheila López del Cid, from Argentina, and Clara Barinas Benítez was defeated by Tasha Cancela, from the United States.
Gymnastics
Jabiel Polanco advanced to the men’s overall individual final by positioning himself in the qualifying round held at the El Pueblo Coliseum in Cali.
Polanco obtained second place in rings, with a score of 12.6, while in parallel bars he was fourth with 11.95 and in jumping he finished eighth with 13,425.
On the ground, the Quisqueyano was in 16th place with 11.35 points, and on pommel horse he finished in 23rd place with 7.65 points.
In general individual, Polanco was located in the fourth place, valid to dispute medals.
BASEBALL POSTPONED BY RAIN
The game that the baseball team would play against Colombia was postponed because of the rain on Friday.
The meeting was scheduled to take place at the Edgar Renteria Stadium, in Barranquilla, and will be reassigned on a date to be defined.
BOXING
José Luis Sánchez, a Dominican boxer who fights at 52 kilograms, was installed in the quarterfinals of boxing at the First Pan American Games in Cali – Valle 2021.
The Creole’s pass was carried out by beating the Venezuelan boxer, Luis Ángel Álvarez, in a 3-2 split decision result.
The fight was held at the Luis Ignacio Álvarez Coliseum, located south of Buga, the venue for the youth Pan-American tournament.
The Quisqueyano will face the American Isaías Navarro next Saturday (time to be confirmed), in a fight that will define the pass to the boxing semifinals.
Ynoa falls in the first fight
The boxer Fernando de Jesús Piter fell 1-4 on the first day of this boxing evening at the Junior Pan American Games, against the Brazilian Pablo Alexandre Souza.
With the defeat, the Dominican boxing delegation receives its first loss from the Pan American tournament.
Upcoming fights
In addition to the José Luis Santos fight, Novoanny Núñez Francisco will also see action next Saturday when he faces the Venezuelan Génesis Carolina Lozada.
This fight opens the participation of the female branch of the Dominican representation in boxing in the Pan-American tournament.
BADMINTON ADVANCES
CALI, Colombia.- Dominican Nairoby Jiménez advanced to the round of 16 of women’s badminton in Cali – Valle 2021, after beating Panamanian Kelly Yau 2-0.
Jiménez won the match without complexities, winning the first set 21-15 and the second 21-13.
For the next round, the Salvadoran Fatima Centeno will be measured, who beat (2-0) the Chilean Ashley Montre Rubilar.
Alissa Acosta will face Fabiana Tolavi Castillo, from Bolivia, this Friday afternoon, in a match scheduled for 5:30 in the afternoon (Dominican time).
In the men’s, Daniel Antonio Acosta Hilario fell (0-2) against Brazilian Jonathan Santos De Souza Matias.
Acosta could not decipher the game of De Souza, who from the beginning of the match showed superiority to prevail in both sets (21-7 and 21-10).
This Friday, Ernick Zorrilla Nova will also be on the court, who will face Mackie Dong Lu, from Aruba, at 6:30 in the afternoon (Dominican time).
Male volleyball loses
The Dominican men’s sextet fell 0-3 by sweep against the representation of Brazil at the start of the volleyball tournament held this Friday.
The sets ended 25-21, 25-19 and 25-16 in favor of the Brazilians, who put their record at 1-0 in Group I. The Quisqueyans are 0-1. This Thursday they will play their second match at the Evangelista Mora Coliseum, Cancha, in Cali.
WOMEN’S HANDBALL LOSES
The handball team from the Dominican Republic lost 14 goals to 40 against the Brazilian squad at the close of the preliminary round of the tournament in this discipline.
The Quisqueyanas finished with a 0-3 record, while they remained with Brazil with 2-1. Both squads were left out of the medal table and will continue to play this Saturday in the qualifying matches. Paraguay and Cuba advanced to the semifinal and will face the two winners of Group A.
TRIATHLON
The Dominicans Johenny Feliz Santana and Jorgina Medina Feliz fell short in the triathlon event held in Calima El Darién Valle, Calima Club Náutico Lake.
ARC SHOT
In the round of 32, the first day of archery, Rubén Jiménez Mustafá ranked eighth in the men’s individual compound bow, while Anny Stefany Jerez achieved eighth place in that specialty.
In the women’s individual compound arc, Ysmarlin Ramos Paulino ranked fourth, while in men’s Heriberto Jiménez Valdez finished in 14th place.
The competitions in both specialties of archery continue this Saturday in the round of 16, in which the archers from Santiago will take part.
