The judokas Thalía Nariño (+78 kg) and Omar Cruz (+100), and the canoeist Katherine Nuevo won the gold medals for the Greater Antilles on Saturday of the I Junior Pan American Games Cali-2021, date on which weightlifting and diving also contributed metals to Cuba.
Nariño spoke on the tatami to win the title against the Dominican Yeilin Morillo, while Cruz defeated the Argentine Joaquín Burgos. The tatami also came out the silver ones by Idelannis Gómez (70 kg) and Sergueis Rodríguez (90 kg). Meanwhile, the world runner-up Katherine Nuevo had no rivals against the forces of her shovels.
In weightlifting, the talented Edisnel Corrales conquered the second seat, after lifting a total of 305 kg in the 73 kg division, only surpassed by the Colombian Juan Camilo Martínez, who surpassed him by one kilogram. In the dive, the multi-medalist of the Games, Anisley García, continued to add medals, with her bronze on the ten-meter platform.
Cuban boxing continues to provide awards. According to the site of the games, welterweight Jorge Forcades beat Brazilian Alyssonn Peixoto 4-1 to guarantee the fifth bronze for the Cuban army. Before that, at 52 kg, Ewart Andrés Marín, who won 5-0 against Steven Rodríguez from El Salvador.
In the rest of the sports that were in competition (badminton, taekwondo, swimming, sports shooting, archery and cycling), Cuba did not manage to obtain new medals or advance to the finals. However, in swimming, Andrea Becali achieved a personal best of 2: 18.23 minutes in the 200 meters backstroke. With that time she qualified for the final of the event, where she was fifth with 02: 20.11.
The 4×100 mixed relay, made up of the same Becali together with Maykol Rabí, Lorena González and Adrián Navarro, was fifth in the dispute of the awards. (Sports Writing)
