Silver in Basque pelota closes the Pan American medal table for Cuba

TheVasca ball added for Cuba themedal 69 in gamesSantiago de Chile 2023, after the silver medal obtained this Sunday, on the last date of the Pan-American event.

Daniela Darriba andWendy Duran, Cuban representatives in women's frontenis, one of the 15 specialties of Basque pelota, could not beat their Mexican rivals Ximena Plácito and Ariana Cepeda, at the Spanish Stadium in the Chilean capital.

The match dominated by the Mexicans with a score of 2-0, had partial scores of 15-6 and 15-8.

In the qualifying phase, the Mexican duo had also been victimizers of the Cubans.

With this result, the Cuban delegation, which also participated in the skating race this Sunday, says goodbye to Santiago 2023 in thefifth position frommedal table with30 gold metals, 22 silver and 17 bronze.

Andfifth place disputed with Colombia until the last date, but cannot deny the potential of other delegations in this event, such as Colombia itself and the host Chile, who achieved more medals, in their totals, than Cuba.