The Dominican Republic added a bronze medal with the victory of Jiaji Wu who advanced to the men’s single semifinal. Wu had already won a bronze in doubles with Emil Santos. He is competing today for gold.
In athletics, Juander Santos Aquino brother of Dominican London Olympics silver medalist Luguelin Santos, won his heat to reach the final of the 400m hurdles. His coach is Felix Sánchez , winner of gold medals in the event in the Athens and London Olympic Games. He will compete for a medal on Thursday at 6:15pm.
The Dominican women’s volleyball team will compete in this final week of the Pan Am Games. The team seeks to use the event to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020.
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Diario Libre
El Caribe
7 August 2019