Puerto Rico concluded its participation in the first Caribbean Games Guadeloupe 2022 with a loot of 35 medals, 12 of them gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze.
In the multi-sport event, which opened on Wednesday and concluded this Sunday, 29 of the 31 national athletes who competed in official events won -at least- one medal, according to data from sports historian and journalist Carlos Uriarte.
The athletes with the best results were the swimmers Marissa Lugo (two gold, two silver and three bronze) and Víctor Rosado with three gold medals.
In the exhibition sport, eSports, the group of six athletes won five medals (two gold, two silver and one bronze). The champions were Christian Matos (Headshot in Super Smash Brothers) and Wilson Torres (Quelzo in Tekken 7). The silver medals went to Alejandro Carrasquillo (Devil Dragunov in Tekken 7) and Ricardo Román (Mono in Street Fighter V Champion Edition). Roman came in third position in King of Fighters XV.
The national delegation was made up of 37 athletes in the sports of swimming, athletics, 3×3 basketball, judo and cycling. Likewise, they participated in eSports, which constituted an exhibition event. There was no representation in the futsal and netball competitions.
Historical gold in road cycling
The sports day closed today with a historic gold medal in the road cycling event obtained by Christopher Morales, which represents the first medal of that metal won by an athlete in an international cycling event. Morales had taken to the podium on Friday to be honored for his third place finish in the time trial event.
Early in the morning the swimmer Emma Guglielmello added the 22nd medal for the sport of swimming in the open water discipline. In combat, judo gave his fourth bronze medal in the mixed team event with Derik Rodríguez, Ettelimay Ramos, Juan Cintrón and Saicha Serrano.
“We have closed in an extraordinary way with the gold medal of the road cycling event with Christopher (Morales). This reaffirms that there is a future. Our boys and girls are well engaged and in good hands. It is simply to continue working with them day by day”said the president of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (Copur), Sara Rosario Vélez in written statements.
