The Dominican Republic team to the 2018 Youth Olympics that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina placed 54th of 208 participating countries. The private foundation that backs elite athletes in the Dominican Republic, Creando Sueños Olímpicos (Creso) is proud of the achievement. The Dominican team won a gold in kitesurfing thanks to Adeuris Corniel and a bronze in judo by Antonio Tornal. Creso announced that starting in January 2019, both athletes will be included in the incentives program by the foundation so they can continue to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In a tweet, Manuel Luna, executive director of Creso pointed out the DR is a country of 10 million inhabitants and its athletes turned in a better performance than Canada. The DR also did better than Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Chile, says Creso.
Creso reported an evaluation of the nation’s top athletes concluded that they will be ready for January, led by Corniel and Tornal and others who turned in outstanding performances in the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.
The next important sports events for the nation’s top athletes are the Pan Am Games to be held in Lima in July-August 2019 and the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020.
Creso fund participants are Central Romana Coporation, Claro, Ferquido, Banco Popular Dominicano, Grupo Rica, Grupo Rizek, Grupo SID, Grupo Universal, Total Dominicana and Inicia.
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Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics
24 October 2018
