Panama with three golds at the Games of Central America and the Caribbean

Panama added two gold medals in surfing and another in boxing to a total of three gold medals this Wednesday, at Games of Central America and the Caribbean 2023 that take place in Savior

Panamanians Veronica Correa and Edwin Nuñez this Wednesday morning they were on top of the podium at the test held in Surf City.

surf for gold
In the women’s bodyboard, a test in which competitors skate belly-up on the board, Correa had a cumulative score of 13.50, the product of the first test, in which she added 7.33 points, and the second, in which she received a 6.17.

“I am very happy to have won the gold and represent my country. It was not so easy, but when you realize you can do it, you can do it. It was a month and a half of training,” said the winner in statements collected by the organizers.

Silver in this trial went to Puerto Rican Anais Mendoza, who got a score of 9.84, a Venezuelan Rosmarky Álvarez (8.77) won bronze.

The Costa Rican Dulce Agüero also took part in the competition, who did not have her best day and added barely 3.97 points.
Núñez, on the other hand, will take home the gold medal after collecting 14.93 points, the product of a score of 7.93 in the first series and 7.00 in the second.

Thus, the Panamanian defeated the Venezuelan Jesús Arocha (13.23), who won the silver; Mexican Alfonso Aguilar (11.80), who climbed to third place on the podium, and Dominican Pascual Silverio (10.27), who will return to his country empty-handed.

Bylon with gold in boxing

For her part, in the -75 kilogram category, a female boxer Athena Bylon had no problem with sending Citlalli Ortiz from Mexico by unanimous decision of the judges (5-0) in the final of his category and won the gold medal at the regional competition.

Bylon he used his height, boxed, kept his distance and landed the best punches to win the crown.

With this triumph, the Panamanian national team adds its fourth gold medal in J2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.