The Dominican Yudelina Mejía won three gold medals this Saturday in Santo Domingo and became absolute in the 81-kilo division on the last day of the qualifying weightlifting championship for the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Mejía monopolized the three gold medals that the category distributed.
In the snatch he completed a lift of 109 kilos, while in the clean and jerk he did 135 kilograms, and finished with the highest total, with 244 kilos.
"I came with the mindset that yes it can be done, that I could do it and it happened"said Mejía after concluding the competition.
The Colombian Shirley Montano obtained bronze in snatch, with 100 kilos, and silver medals in clean and jerk (130 kilos), for a total of 230 kilos. The other silver in the clean and jerk went to the Cuban Ayamey Medina.
Ketlene Primot, from Haiti, ranked third. In the clean and jerk she won bronze, with 112 kilos, as well as in the total, with 202 kilos.
In the 87 kilos, the Venezuelan Dayana Chirinos won two gold metals and one silver. In the snatch she achieved second place with 105 kilos, in the clean and jerk first place, with 138 kilograms, and the same result with 243 kilos in total.
The Colombian Yeiny Geles was second by obtaining gold in the snatch (108 kilos) and silver in the clean and jerk, with 134 kilos.
Meanwhile, the Mexican Jorge Hernández was proclaimed absolute champion with two gold medals and one bronze in the category plus 109 kilos.
