6th Deaf Pan American Games

Havana, Nov 14 (JIT) - Hector Daniel Perez won two medals in athletics and Dagney Lopez a subtitle in Blitz chess, to increase the medal harvest of the Cuban delegation in the continuation of the 6th Deaf Pan American Games of Canoas 2024, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

No one could go further than Hector Daniel - silver medalist in the shot put - in the javelin throwing event. The villaclareño's throw threw the implement up to 47.43 meters, to be six meters ahead of the silver medal winner.

Shortly before, he had dominated the discus throw with a record of 44.03 meters, which reaffirmed him as the Island's exponent in the field and track events in the multisport event.

His teammate Yosvany Pulido also celebrated with a shot of 31.77 meters, which gave him the third place in the javelin, and shortly after, he climbed to the silver podium in the long jump thanks to a leap of 6.01 meters.

In chess, the actions of the fastest games concluded with new ascents of Cubans to the podium. This time it was Dagney Lopez's turn to celebrate with the silver medal, after scoring four points out of a possible five.

The representative of the island gave in his first match and then linked four successes to escort the Colombian Andres David Mendez, leader with 4.5 units. Costa Rica's Emilio Murillo completed the triad of winners, also with four points.

Santiago's Isamel Odio, silver in the fast duels and bronze in the classics, was this time in sixth place with three units. Mario Pallerols (place 10/3 points) and Yoani Chavez (13/2) completed the group of Antilleans.

“The best of what we have experienced in these days has been the union of all of us as a team and knowing that we have the level to face international competitions”, assured to JIT the national methodologist Wilfredo Toledo, present at the competition.

Four medals, divided equally into silver and bronze, rounded off the final balance of the Cubans' performance in the Science Games.