The female representation of handball qualified for the semifinals of the tournament of that sport that is held at the main venue, Santa Marta, of the I Central American and Caribbean Games.
The women finished in the fourth best position in the handball standings.
The Dominican Republic women’s team fell in a tight duel against the representation of Venezuela, two sets to one.
The quisqueyanas dominated in the first half 19 goals to 11 against the Venezuelans.
For the second half, the Venezuelan team came back with a thunderous defense that limited the Dominican offense to 10 points (15 – 10).
The match was defined by a third and final set of direct goals that ended 4-3 in favor of the Venezuelans.
The top scorer for the Dominican Republic was the flag bearer Nancy Peña, who scored 12 goals, all scored in the first set.
Florquidia Cuello scored about 10 goals to finish as the second best in offensive matters for the Dominican team.
The Venezuelan Milangela Tovar was the leader in goals for the winning team with 10.
The women’s handball team will begin the semifinal day tomorrow at 9:00 am local time, against Mexico on the central field of that sport at the 500-year-old Multisports Park in Santa Marta.
men’s handball falls
The men’s handball team fell this Tuesday morning against the Mexican team two sets to zero.
With this defeat, the men’s team loses the opportunity to compete for medals in the sport of handball. The representatives of the tricolor flag finished in the fifth position of the tournament.
The top scorer for the Dominicans was Luis Ángel Tejeda with 10, followed by Jorge Luis Manzanillo with 6.
The Mexicans Manuel Chávez and Juan Pablo Martínez led the offensive for the winners. Martínez scored about 12 balls and Chávez totaled 10.
The men’s team will start tomorrow at 9:45 am for the definition of the best fifth place in the tournament against Puerto Rico.
Sailors remain in second place
The Dominicans Deury Corniel and Samuel Pérez continue entrenched in second position after completing the third day of sailing competition at the I Central American and Caribbean Games of the Sea and Santa Marta Beach 2022.
After completing five regattas, the flag bearer for the country has a total of seven accumulated points, only one behind Tiger Peter Tyson, who leads in that modality with six.
While Pérez remains in second place in the men’s iQFoil modality with 10 points and a two-point lead over Venezuelan José Pérez.
These positions may vary due to a penalty indicated by the race committee in which the Dominican Pérez is subjected.
The technical delegation of the Dominican Republic called for review in order to change the decision of the judges.
In the event that the protest prospers, the native will continue in second place, subtracting one day of competition.
The sailor Nathalia Rodríguez dropped to eighth place after four regattas of the contest will be completed.
Rodríguez has a total of 31 points in the circuit that takes place at the Embarcadero de Deportes Acuáticos in Santa Marta.
Surfers lose in preliminary round
Surfers Christian Pichardo and Leandro Castillo fell this Tuesday afternoon in the preliminary rounds of the men’s short board surfing modality.
Castillo finished second in the third heat of the first round with a score of 7.67, followed by compatriot Christian Pichardo Padilla with 5.57.
For the second round, Castillo finished in fourth position with a total of 3.50 points, while Pichardo Padilla finished third with 6.20.
The position table is led by the Colombian Giorgio Gomez Brady who has 10.76 points, followed by the Mexican Sasha Donnanno García with 10.73.
This Wednesday morning the Creoles will return to the water to play the round of repechages.