DR ended the first week of competitions at the Central American & Caribbean Games in fifth place, behind Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela. The DR has won three gold medals, 7 silver and 12 bronze medals, for a total 22 medals since the games opened on 19 July. The games will continue through 3 August 2018 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
The three gold medals were won by on Friday, 20 July 2018, by Luis García in weightlifting (56 kilos, new record 123 kilos), Bernardo Pie (54 kilos) in taekwondo and on Sunday, by Zacarias Bonnat in 85 kilos in weightlifting.
In other news stories on the sports games, the Dominican women’s volleyball team defeated Cuba 3-1 (25-18, 25-17, 20-25 and 25-17).
Newsworthy was the bronze medal won by Krystal Lara, born and trained in New York, and who studies at Northwestern University in Chicago, who became the first to compete for the Dominican Republic to win a medal in 28 years of participation in the regional games. In 2016, Lara had done the very difficult Olympic Trials time with 1:03.28.
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23 July 2018
