The Tricolor reached a gold medal, five silver and six bronze in the general medal table, it was fifth in women and eighth in men.
The last and penultimate date of Pan American Weightlifting Championship, absolute category, held in the volleyball coliseum of the Guayas Sports Federation, ratified the first place for Colombia in men’s competitions already USA as a winner in the ladies; while in the general classification, the coffee growers finished at the top.
Ecuador in the ladies it culminated in the fifth box and in the men it remained in the eighth, a position that it maintained in the sum of the participation of its representatives.
United the men’s and women’s medals, the final positions were as follows: 1. Colombia, 26 of gold, 13 of silver and 7 of bronze; 2. USA, 14-11-11; 3. Dominican Republic, 9-6-1; 4. Mexico, 4-9-12; 5. Venezuela, 3-11-3; 6. Peru, 2-0-2; 7. Brazil, 1-5-11; 8. Ecuador, 1-5-6; 9. Puerto Rico, 0-0-4; 10. Canada, 0-0-2; and 11. Guatemala, 0-0-1.
Among the individual results achieved is the silver medal of the Ecuadorian Ivan Escudero at the start of 81 kilos, with 152 kg. The first place went to the Colombian Brayan Dorallegos, with 160; and third ended Joshua Lucas, from Brazil, with 151.
In the clean and jerk, the Ecuadorian finished fourth with 177 on the first attempt. When he wanted to overcome that record with 182, in his second outing, and 183, in the third, he could not lift the bar and left 177 kg as his best mark. He was surpassed by the Venezuelan Darwin castro, which with 186 kg reached the bronze; while Lucas, with 183, was second and Dorallegos, with 187, first.
The Olympic total left Dorallegos as champion, with 347; Castro, second, with 335; and Lucas, third, with 334.
Other results
In the division of 89 kilos, the Ecuadorian Neycer Graft he finished in ninth place with 305 kilos in the Olympic total. The gold medal went to the Colombian Jhor Moreno, with 362 kilos; the silver he hung Diego Betancourt, from Colombia, which reached 360; and Vau Brow, of USA, was third, adding 335 kilos.
Keydomar Vallenilla, from Venezuela, was the winner of the 96 kilos, with 388 kilograms in the Olympic total; Nathan Damron, from the United States, with 371 finished second; and Wilmer contreras, from Ecuador, was third with 337.
The 96-kilogram division was dominated by Colombia, with Lesman Paredes, who completed 386 kilos; the second and third boxes were occupied by Brazil with Marco Gregorio, which reached 355 to hang the silver medal, and Serafín Veli, who completed 348 to hang the bronze medal.
The final positions in the 109 kilos were as follows: 1. Hernán Viera, from Peru, with 361 in the Olympic total; 2. Josué Medina, from Mexico, with 350; and Richard Davidson, from Canada, with 337. The Ecuadorian Jomar Chiriguayo He was fifth with 293 kg.
In more than 109 kilos the dominion was of the United States, with Emperor White, which in the Olympic total reached 396; the second box was occupied Raúl Manríquez, from Mexico, with 392; and the bronze medal he hung Santiago Cossio, from Colombia, with 385 kilograms.
In ladies
In the last two days of the ladies, Colombia started with victory by winning the 64 kilos with Nablia Llamosa, who reached 228 kilos; the silver medal went to Eva Gurrollafrom Mexico, with 211; while Taylor Wilkins, from the United States, completed 211 and hung the bronze medal.
Meredith Alwine, from the United States, won the division of the 71 kilos, putting 237 kilos in the Olympic total; the silver medal went to Miyareth Mendoza, from Colombia, with 235; and the bronze medal was hung Mariah Park, from the United States, upon reaching 232. Ecuadorian women Grace Candelario and Yadira Moreno participated in group B, whose records are below the winners, who participated in group A.
The american Katherine Nye won the 76 kg division with 240 kg in the Olympic total; Martha Rogers, also from the United States, it reached the silver medal with 237 kg; and the third box was occupied Laura Birth, from Brazil, with 236.
The 81-kilogram division left Valeria Rivas, from Colombia, as the champion with 242 kilos; escorted her Yudelina Mejía, from the Dominican Republic, by completing 241; while Amanda Schott, from Brazil, achieved 226 kilos; the ecuadorian Carla Angulo He finished eighth with 204 kilograms.
Crismery Santana, from the Dominican Republic, with 247 kilos finished first in the 87 kilogram division; while the American Mary Theisen he won the division over 87 kilograms, with 270 kilos on the bar. (D)
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