{"id":479470,"date":"2025-08-20T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/yorkis-carvajal-wins-bronze-in-wrestling-liranyi-alonzo-advances-to-the-athletics-final-at-the-panam-junior-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:18:10","slug":"yorkis-carvajal-wins-bronze-in-wrestling-liranyi-alonzo-advances-to-the-athletics-final-at-panam-junior-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/yorkis-carvajal-wins-bronze-in-wrestling-liranyi-alonzo-advances-to-the-athletics-final-at-panam-junior-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Yorkis Carvajal wins bronze in wrestling; Liranyi Alonzo advances to the athletics final at Panam Junior 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n<strong>ASUNCI\u00d3N, Paraguay.<\/strong> The Dominican Republic added its fifth medal in the II Junior Pan American Games this Wednesday, thanks to wrestler <strong>Yorkis Carvajal Lerbours<\/strong>, who won the bronze in the 60-kilo Greco-Roman style division, while sprinter <strong>Liranyi Alonzo<\/strong> advanced to the 200-meter final, reaffirming her status as a promising athlete from Quisqueya.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/liranyi-alonzo-conquista-la-plata-en-atletismo-de-los-panamericanos-junior\/\">:Liranyi Alonzo wins silver in athletics at the Junior Pan American Games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nCarvajal defeated Peruvian Abel S\u00e1nchez 9-5 in the bronze medal match, achieving third place with an overall score of 3-1.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The key to this victory was not giving up after taking the lead, although I was exhausted at the end, I tried not to show it and resisted until the end,&#8221; said the Dominican medalist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe athlete had fallen in his first match 1-3 against the Mexican \u00c1ngel Segura. With this result, Dominican wrestling achieved a medal among the five representatives who took to the mat that day.\n\nIn other results, <strong>Starlin Laguerre Laurens<\/strong> was defeated 1-5 by Cuban Joenni G\u00f3mez in the 77 kg Greco-Roman; <strong>Jos\u00e9 N\u00fa\u00f1ez Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/strong> lost the bronze medal match in the 130 kg category against Brazilian Wesley Barros; while <strong>Luis Figuereo Suero<\/strong> (87 kg) and <strong>Elvis Balbuena Bueno<\/strong> (97 kg) were eliminated.\n\nWith Carvajal&#8217;s award, the country accumulates <strong>two silver and three bronze medals<\/strong> in the youth continental event.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Athletics: Liranyi Alonzo shines in qualifiers<\/h2>\n\n\nDominican sprinter <strong>Liranyi Alonzo<\/strong> achieved the best time in the 200-meter dash qualifiers, stopping the clock at <strong>23.33 seconds<\/strong>, securing her spot in the final, which will be run this Thursday at 6:10 p.m. (5:10 p.m. Dominican Republic time).\n\nAlonzo had already climbed the podium with the silver in the 100-meter dash and will now seek another medal for the Dominican delegation.\n\nIn the same test, Laura Mart\u00ednez (Colombia, 23.61), Lanica Locker (Antigua and Barbuda, 23.64), and Alliah Baker (Jamaica, 24.23) also qualified.\n\nIn the women&#8217;s 400-meter hurdles, <strong>Micheiry Brito Espinal<\/strong> finished sixth with a time of 1:00.79. In the men&#8217;s division, <strong>Yeral N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong> finished fourth (50.13).\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other sports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Water Skiing:<\/strong> Andrea Pigozzi finished sixth in the slalom final and fifth in jumping, while in figures, Andrea (200 pts.) and Paolo Pigozzi (3,310 pts.) were out of the final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weightlifting:<\/strong> Jhancelis Santana was sixth in the 53 kg (151 kg total). Enmanuel Pascual finished eighth in the 71 kg (197 kg).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canoeing:<\/strong> Cristal D\u00edaz took seventh place in K1 200 m (1:05.98).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Triathlon:<\/strong> V\u00edctor F\u00e9lix finished in 25th position with a time of 1:02.00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\nThe Dominican delegation will continue in action this Thursday with medal options in <strong>athletics and wrestling<\/strong>, keeping alive the hope of expanding the medal table in the final stretch of the Games.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASUNCI\u00d3N, Paraguay. The Dominican Republic added its fifth medal in the II Junior Pan American Games this Wednesday, thanks to wrestler Yorkis Carvajal Lerbours, who won the bronze in the 60-kilo Greco-Roman style division, while sprinter Liranyi Alonzo advanced to the 200-meter final, reaffirming her status as a promising athlete from Quisqueya. 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