Paulina Martínez Wins Silver in Judo at Central American and Caribbean Games

San Salvador, El Salvador.- The judoka representing the state of Guanajuato, Paulina Martínez, won the silver medal in the -52 kilograms division of the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games that take place on Salvadoran soil.

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The battle for the gold medal was frantic, dramatic, so much so that it had to be decided until the gold technique instance, where the Cuban Yurisleydis Hernández ended up getting the best part by surprising Martínez with an Ippon.

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Previously on the tatami of the Coliseum of the University of El Salvador, the winner of the gold metal in the most recent Pan American of the specialty held at the end of last year in Panama, managed to overcome a seasoned canalera Lilian Cordones in the quarterfinal phase , while in the semis, already to ensure her access to the honor roll, the “guanajua” realized the Puerto Rican Francine Echavarría.

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It should be noted that Guanajuato brings three athletes from this discipline to the representative tricolor, the other two are Prisca Awiti, who will compete this Sunday in -63 kilograms, as well as Sergio del Sol, who will go on Monday in the +100 kilograms. Like Paulina Martínez, this pair of judokas will fight the first round thanks to their international ranking that has them in a frank race for an Olympic place.

FIRST FINAL IN SWIMMING

The Guanajuato mermaid Karen Rodríguez managed to swim the final “A” of the 400-meter freestyle, where she placed sixth with an official time of 4:27.59 minutes, only improving what was done by the competitor from the Cayman Islands, Kyra Rabess and the Ethics Daniela Alfaro. It should be noted that Rodríguez improved his time in the qualifying heats by almost three seconds.

The gold went to the Colombian Karen Durango with 4:15.56, the silver was awarded to the Antilles Elisbet Gámez with 4:16.34 and the bronze went to the Venezuelan María Yegres with 4:18.19.

START THE HORSE RIDING

On the first day of three that correspond to the Complete Horse Riding Competition, Guillermo de Campo from San Miguel had a good presentation, placing himself very close to the leaders. Riding “Quelite”, the rider “guanajua” added 32.20 points in the dressage test, remaining right in the middle of the also Mexican Fernando Parroquín and Luis Santiago, with whom, by the way, he took the lead in the classification for equipment. Ahead will still come the cross country and the jumping event.

Central American and Caribbean Games 2023

Guanajuatenses Agenda

June 25th

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2023-06-25 03:58:10
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