Gold and silver for Cuba in the women's triple jump at the Pan American Games

Two Cuban jumpers won a gold and a silver medal this Friday at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. Pinewood of the river

The Pinar del Río Leyanis Pérez and Liadagmis Povea They took the first two places in the triple jump competition for women in athletics.

Perez, who won bronze at the World Athletics Championships held in August in Budapest, was now the leader throughout the test, and finally won with a jump of 14.75 meters on the third attempt.

In statements to the Cuban press, the young woman was happy for her comfortable victory in these, her second Pan American Games - she was in the 2021 Colombia Junior Games -, although she admitted that the strong cold in Chile affected her, and revealed that For the Paris Olympics his goal is to exceed 15 meters.

Povea, who won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, he now raised his record by winning the silver metal with a jump of 14.41 meters.

The field and track disciplines brought some joy to the Cuban medal table this day.

The Cuban women's 4x100 relay (Laura Moreira, Enis M. Perez, Yarima L. Garcia and Yunisleidy Garcia) He won the title with a time of 43.72 seconds.

In the same distance, the men's quartet made up of Rogelio Amores, Yaniel Carrero, Reynaldo Espinosa and Shainer Reginfo took silver by running 39.68 seconds.

In the 200 meter dash, Yunisleidy de la Caridad García from Villa Clara won silver with a time of 23.33 seconds. It is the second medal for the 24-year-old athlete, who the day before Pan American champion was crowned in the 100 meter dash.

For her part, Aslin Quiala won bronze in the pole vault after overcoming the bar placed at a height of 4.40 meters.

The men's 4x100 relay made up of Reynaldo Espinosa, Edel R. Amores, Yaniel Carrero and Shainer Reginfo qualified second with their best historical time of 38.92 seconds, which guaranteed them to be in the medal discussion.

The shot putter Layselis Jiménez came in fourth position, sending her implement to 16.85 meters.

At this moment, Cuba is in fifth place by country, with a total of 45 medals: 19 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze.