The Dominican team has won the gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon Pan-American championship in Argentina, Diario Libre reports. Their trainer Marina Nikiforova classified their performance as “unprecedented” as they have only been training for four years and have already reached Pan-American level. The team is composed of Alex Hernandez, Julio Benjamin and Jose Aquino. Rear Admiral Hector Lizardo Jorge, who traveled with the delegation, stated that the team did a formidable job and deserves the congratulations of all Dominicans as they have “devoted themselves to the Pentathlon in body and soul”.