The young Yaynelis Sanz increased this Saturday the golden harvest of Cuba in the Pan American Championship of fightswhich takes place in the Mexican city of Acapulco.
Sanz prevailed in the division of the 57 and thus achieved the only title of the female squad of the Island in the contest. Before, three male representatives of the classic style had climbed to the top of the podium.
The winner, who already held the crown of the I Junior Pan American Games in Cali last year, had a perfect performance on the mattresses, thanks to her victories over the Dominican María Marilin Gonzales (10×0), the Brazilian Giullia Rodrigues (12 ×10) and the American Cameron Jaylynn Guerin (12×7) to access the final.
Already in that instance she faced the experienced Mexican Alma Jane Valencia Escoto, Olympic in Tokyo 2020, whom she defeated 5×1, to win the gold medal, refers the website Hit.
Yaynelis SANZ ?? goes for more golds ?
The current champion of the Junior Pan American Games Cali-Valle 2021 was crowned champion of the 57 kg #WrestleAcapulco after beating Jane VALENCIA ?? in the final.#Cuba #champion #champ pic.twitter.com/dMP5MxVnTP— UWW Americas (@uwwamericas) May 8, 2022
For her part, the also Cuban Hangelen Llanes reached the silver medal in the 68 kg, after falling in the final against the Venezuelan Soleymi Antonieta Caraballo, due to technical superiority. Before, she had defeated the Peruvian Yanet Úrsula Sovero (5 × 3), the Colombian Paula Andrea Montoya (9 × 1) and the Dominican Yessica Coraima Oviedo (6 × 4).
The rest of the fighters of the Island could not access the podium. Yoannia Pérez (50 kg) and Yolanda Cordero (62 kg) finished in fifth place, while Amanda Hernández (53 kg) and Milaymis Marín (76 kg) fell in the qualifying phase.
The latter, with several top-level results, such as world and Olympic champion among the juniors, yielded to the Colombian Tatiana Rentería, who in turn fell in the semifinals and could not drag her to the playoffs for the bronze medals, he specifies. Hit.
The sports publication indicates that after these results, the Cuban women’s wrestling increased its tickets for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023 to four, which it now has in the 53, 57, 68 and 76 kg divisions.
The Pan-American Wrestling Championship in Acapulco will close its actions this Sunday, when the island’s six booksellers will climb onto the mat. Until now, Cuba has four titles, since to Yaynelis Sanz are added those won by Yosvanys Peña (77 kg), Daniel Grégorich (87 kg) and Oscar Pino (130 kg) in Greco-Roman wrestling, a style in which Juan Luis Conde Ibáñez (97 kg) won the silver medal.
As a discordant note for the Island, the abandonment of the delegation by three of its fighters appears: the star Ismael BorreroLeonardo Herrera and Amanda Hernández, as confirmed Hit.
