Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Brazil are strong in the competition that takes place at the Fedeguayas volleyball coliseum.
At the end of the second day of the Pan American Weightlifting Championship, which takes place in the volleyball coliseum of the Guayas Sports Federation, highlighted the silver medal and the bronze medal that Ecuador obtained in the Olympic total of 67 kilos for men and 55 kilos for women.
In the men’s test, Colombia made 1-2 in the 67 kilogram division with Francisco Mosquera, as first, and Luis Mosquera, second. At the start, the winner was Luis with 145 kilos, while Francisco reached 140. The Ecuadorian Jair Reyes, At 133 kilos, he finished third.
For his part, the clean and jerk test was dominated by Francisco, with 180 kg; and Luis, barely reached 172; a Peruvian man Luis Bardalez He first lifted 168, the same weight as the Ecuadorian Reyes, who finished fourth.
In the Olympic total, Francisco Mosquera reached 320 kilos to win the gold medal; while Luis completed 317 and the silver was hung; the Ecuadorian Reyes had 301 to win the bronze.
Julio Cedeño, from the Dominican Republic, with 141 kilos, he finished first in the 73 kilogram snatch; escorted him Jacob Horst, from the United States, with 137; while the Ecuadorian Isaías Portilla He finished third with 130 kilos.
The clean and jerk was dominated by Cedeño, with 174 kilos; the Mexican Josué Aguilar, at 173 kilos he broke the board to get second and left third place to Horst, who in two attempts registered 163 kilos as his best mark.
The Olympic total left Cedeño as the winner with 315 kilos, Aguilar finished second, with 301 kilos; and the bronze medal was hung by Horst, with 300 kilograms. The Ecuadorian Portilla reached 288 kilos and ranked fourth.
In ladies
In the ladies competition, 55 kilogram division, Natalia Novas, from the Dominican Republic, won the start with 87 kilograms; while the second box was occupied by the Venezuelan Genesis Rodriguez, with 86; and the colombian Green Head, with 85, finished third. Jennifer Hernández, from Ecuador, ranked fifth, also weighing 85 kilos, but by not lifting that weight first, she ended up in that position and was even surpassed by Leticia Laurindo, from Brazil, who also raised 85, but did so after Galvis and before the Ecuadorian.
In the clean and jerk the Ecuadorian representative recovered and with 107 kilograms she was placed in the first box; while Novas, with 106, was second; and the Brazilian Laurindo, with 104, finished in third place.
The Olympic total was favorable for Novas, with 193 kilograms, who placed first; the Ecuadorian Hernández completed 192 to seize the silver medal; and Rodríguez, with 190, took the bronze medal.
In the 59 kilograms, Colombia dominated by hanging gold and silver in the boot with Yenni Alvarez, as first with 100 kilos; and Rosive Silgado, second, with 95 kilos; while Gilyeliz Guzman, from Puerto Rico, put 88 kg and finished third. Ecuador did not have a representative in this division.
The clean and jerk test was dominated by Álvarez, who lifted 130; Silgado put 120; and Guzmán, 115. In the Olympic total, the final positions were: 1. Yenni alvarez, from Colombia, 230 kilos; 2. Rosive Salgado, from Colombia, 215 kg; 3. Gilyeliz Guzman, from Puerto Rico, 203 kg. (D)
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