There is no doubt that the Olympics are big news in the Dominican Republic. The DR U23 football (soccer) team (ranked 150th by FIFA), in its third match in the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, 30 July 2024, tied 1-1 with Uzbekistan (ranked 61st). The tie was not enough for the team to pass to the second round. The DR team had tied 0-0 with Egypt (ranked 36st), and lost 3-1 with Spain (ranked 2nd).
The possible scenarios regarding the game on Tuesday had been (a) if DOM were to beat Uzbekistan and Spain defeated Egypt, the Dominican team would qualify for the next round, a truly astounding feat for a first-time team. However, neither of these things happened as the team from Quisqueya took a 1-0 lead early in the second half but was later tied. And then Spain inexplicably lost 0-2 to Egypt.
In boxing, the premier Dominican fighter, Cristian Javier Pinales, won his second match. On Wednesday, 31 July, he defeated Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan of China 5-0 in his final bout of the round of 16.
Boxer Yunior Alcántara defeated Azerbaijan’s Nijat Huseynov by a unanimous decision (5-0). He now moves to the quarterfinals of the boxing tournament. He will compete for the medal on the quarterfinal on Friday, 2 August 2024 against Spain’s Rafael Lozano Serrano.
In trap, Dominican elite shooter Eduardo Lorenzo failed to make the final round.
In judo, Roberto Florentino lost to his Greek adversary Theodoros Tselidis and did not move on.
Yvonne Losos, in her third Olympic Games, failed to advance in her equestrian event.
In women’s volleyball, competing in Pool C, the Dominican Republic (ranked 11th by the FIVB) lost 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-15) to Turkey (ranked 4th).
The Dominican flag-holder and strongest contender for a gold medal, Marileidy Paulino is scheduled to compete once the track preliminary rounds start on Monday, 5 August. She is competing in the 400m and hopes to win the race and set a new record. Track and field events start on Thursday, 1 August with the preliminary rounds for the women’s 400m set for 5 August, and the final on 6 August.
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Olympics Boxing
1 August 2024