Dominican handball and beach volleyball athletes won their first matches in the Lima, Peru Pan Am Games scheduled to be inaugurated on Friday, 26 July 2019. In the pre-inauguration games, the Dominican women handball team defeated Peru 46-16 (22-7/24-9). The event is a qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics.
In men’s beach volleyball, the duo of Alejandro Medina and William Sánchez defeated Peruvians Gabriel Vásquez and Bruno Seminario 2-0 (21-11/21-14).
The Dominican delegation to the Pan Am Games is 214 athletes, 128 men and 86 women. These will compete in 36 sports. The flag bearer this year is weight lifter Crismery Santana.
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Diario Libre
25 July 2019