{"id":493716,"date":"2025-12-06T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/maggi-and-fernandez-leave-junior-racquetball-world-championship-open\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:46:07","slug":"maggi-and-fernandez-leave-junior-racquetball-world-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/maggi-and-fernandez-leave-junior-racquetball-world-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggi and Fern\u00e1ndez leave Junior Racquetball World Open"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo.<\/strong> - The presidents of the World Racquetball Federation, Osvaldo Maggi of Uruguay, and the Dominican Federation, Rafael Fern\u00e1ndez, opened this Friday the XXXI Junior World Tournament of the discipline with nearly 300 players from 15 nations from two continents, who will compete until Saturday the 13th.\n\nMaggi and Fern\u00e1ndez welcomed the presence of the athletes, defining them as the future of this sport and the champions of the future. They thanked the support of the family members who accompany them.\n\nThe Uruguayan highlighted his relationship of about 25 or 30 years with Fern\u00e1ndez and that returning to this country is like feeling at home.\n\n\n

You can also read<\/strong>: 20-year prison sentence for the murder of the artistic promoter \u201cDJ Kanela\u201d in Santiago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nRafael Fern\u00e1ndez welcomed the racquetball reunion in Santo Domingo, ten years after the world version was held here and which had not been possible again due to the pandemic.\n\nThey were accompanied by the head of the Dominican Olympic Committee, Garibaldy Bautista; the Vice Minister of Sports, Franklin de la Mota and Tom\u00e1s Polanco, secretary general of the CO of the Central American and Caribbean Games of 2026.\n\nWelcome from De la Mota\n\nThe Vice Minister of Sports delivered the welcoming remarks on behalf of the Government of President Luis Abinader and the Minister of Sports Kelvin Cruz.\n\nHe said that the Government feels honored with the visitors, athletes and their families and asked them to feel at home.\n\nTom\u00e1s Polanco recalled that next year, Racquetball will be part of the JCAC and that the installation will look with the greatest advances, as decided by the Organizing Committee.\n\nThe opening protocol took place in front of the renovated facility for this sport, at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in the capital.\n\nThe 15 represented nations paraded in alphabetical order. They are, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Mexico. Dominican Republic as host paraded last. Colombia was delayed in its arrival to the event, as they were finishing arriving at Las Am\u00e9ricas Jos\u00e9 Francisco Pe\u00f1a G\u00f3mez airport.\n\nThe modalities listed are individual, men's and women's doubles, and mixed in categories from U10 to U21.\n\nCompetition starts at 9:00 in the morning until 9:00 at night.\n\nCeremony\n\nThe Corito Chichigua, from the Las Caobas sector, sang the Dominican national anthem and its director, Father Santiago Rodr\u00edguez Palancas, gave the religious invocation.\n\nAt the end, a group from the EDA Fancer Academy put on a dance exhibition.\n\n14 athletes from the Dominican Republic\n\nThe Dominican Republic is represented by 14 athletes from different categories, who begin competing this Saturday. They are accompanied by 12 coaches.\n\nAmong the Creole racquetball players are Deikel de Le\u00f3n, Emerson Mora, Mehibel Garc\u00eda, Nashla Est\u00e9vez, Alexander Branagan, Luz Moreta, Esleiker G\u00f3mez, Alejandro G\u00f3mez, Gabriel Cuello, Reynell de Le\u00f3n, Brit\u00e1nico Ram\u00edrez, L\u00eda de Le\u00f3n and Jadelin de Le\u00f3n.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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