The DR climbed to fifth place in the Central American and Caribbean Games, after winning five gold medals yesterday. The DR has 25 medals in total, including 5 silver and 15 bronze. Yesterday, 24-year old weightlifter Yudelkis Contreras won 3 gold medals in the 53-kilogram category. She becomes the first Central American and Caribbean woman to lift more than 200 kilos, with her 213-kilo lift. She also set a Pan-American record, with 117 kilos. The previous record was 96 kilos. <\/p>\n
The victory was extra sweet for Contreras. In the Beijing Olympics she had been accused of doping. Initially, she had tested positive but was cleared after her B sample came back negative.<\/p>\n
The DR also won gold in skeet, with a win by the team of Henry Tejeda, Sergio Pinero and Elvin Rodgers. The DR won medals in fencing, judo, weightlifting and skeet, and Rossy Felix won gold in fencing. <\/p>\n
See www.mayaguez2010.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The DR climbed to fifth place in the Central American and Caribbean Games, after winning five gold medals yesterday. The DR has 25 medals in total, including 5 silver and 15 bronze. Yesterday, 24-year old weightlifter Yudelkis Contreras won 3 gold medals in the 53-kilogram category. She becomes the first Central American and Caribbean woman … <\/p>\n