LIMA, Peru.
Badminton and canoeing were recorded yesterday in the medal table of the XX Ayacucho-Lima Bolivarian Sports Games.
Nairobi Jiménez and Clarissa Confident advanced to the women’s doubles final of the badminton tournament, and earned the right to fight in the final for gold this Thursday against the duo from Guatemala.
The Quisqueyans defeated the Colombian representatives 2 sets to 1, in an exciting match held at the Videna 02 Sports Center.
Meanwhile, Cristian Guerrero García, in canoeing, K1 200 meters modality, arrived in third position to win the bronze medal in the specialty.
The women’s softball team defeated Bolivia and will compete for the bronze medal against this same team. The delegation remains in seventh place with one gold, five silver medals and six bronze medals, for a total of 12 metals.
Nairobi Jiménez and Clarissa Confident advanced to the women’s doubles final by defeating the couple, made up of Juliana Giraldó Andrade and Karen Patiño Marin, from Colombia, 2 sets to 1, in the semifinal of the badminton tournament of the XX Bolivarian Games held in this city.
With the victory, Jiménez and Confident secured the silver medal and will face this Thursday the Guatemalan duet, made up of Nikte Sotomayor and Diana Corletto, who defeated the Peruvians Inés Castillo and Namie Miyahira 2-0 (21-14, 21-17).
“It was a very difficult game, we were committed to changing the color of the medal and we did it,” Nairobi and Clarissa highlighted at the end of the match.
In the quarterfinals, Jiménez and Confident defeated Salvadorans Daniel Hernández and Fátima Centeno 2 sets to 0 (21-18, 21-16). In men’s doubles, the Dominican duo Taveras and Linarez lost 2-0 (21-12, 21-16) to the Wu-Barios couple.
