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 today 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.
Guerrero García took third place in the Speed Canoeing competitions, in the Kayak modality (K1 200 meters), by stopping the clock in 41.98 seconds. The contest, which takes place in the sea of La Punta, at the Naval School of Peru as part of the XX Bolivarian Games Ayacucho-Lima, Peru.
The gold was won by Venezuelan Daniel Román Rodríguez, who covered the distance in 39.64, and the silver went to Sebastián Alveal Suazo, from Chile, who stopped the clock in 39.64 seconds.
On their side, 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. We know our rivals and we are eager for that gold,” highlighted Nairobi and Clarissa at the end of the match.
