This Friday, June 23, the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023 officially began with the traditional opening ceremony. However, before it, the first medals of the great event were also awarded.
Cuba and Puerto Rico were the two delegations that added the first two gold medals that the organization awarded this Friday, this in the finals of the men’s and women’s teams by teams of the discipline of table tennis.
The Cuban women’s team managed to prevail in the match for the gold medal against its counterpart from Puerto Rico to thus achieve the first gold medal in San Salvador, where the men’s team hung the silver medal after losing in the final against the Puerto Ricans .
In addition, the four semifinalists also achieved their first medal, this because the organization decided to award the bronze medal to all those who fell in that instance, instead of holding a match for third place. In this way, Guatemala, who participates as Centro Caribe Sports; Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela took bronze.
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What’s coming up for Day 2?
There will be five disciplines that will award medals this Saturday, including the first tests of swimming, weight lifting, judo, gymnastics and artistic swimming. El Salvador will seek in these sports to add its first medal of the event.
Baseball activity also kicks off with interesting matches like Cuba vs. Mexico or Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico, which is always a great rivalry in the ‘king of sports’. The hosts will debut against Curaçao.
Here you can see the entire schedule of the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador.
2023-06-24 21:47:48
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