[NYTr] Cuba Maintains Second Spot in Medal Standings of Pan Am Games

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Cuba Maintains Second Spot in Medal Standings of Pan American Games

Havana, July 23 (acn) The Cuban delegation that is participating in the 
15th edition of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, won 
three more titles on Sunday and thus remained in the second spot of the 
general medal standings.

The crowns on Sunday were for Mariela González who opened the athletics 
contest with a historic gold medal in the women's marathon event. 
Mariela, silver medalist four years ago in Santo Domingo, clocked 
2:43.11 hours and became the first Cuban champion in Pan American 
marathon events. The silver and bronze medals were for Brazilians 
Marcia Narloch and Sirlene Pinho, respectively.

Meanwhile, the two other titles were for judokas Yanet Bermoy (women's 
48 kg) and Sheila Espinosa (women's 52 kg) who helped Cuba finished 
atop the medal standings in the judo tournament with five crowns, three 
silver and five bronze medals. Brazil (4-6-3) and the United States 
(3-1-2) placed second and third, respectively.

Cuba also won a silver on Sunday with judoka Yasmani Pikey (men's 60 
kg) and three bronze medals. One was for judoka Yordanis Arencibia 
(men's 66 kg), the other was for the men's handball team who beat 
Uruguay in the third-place match and the other was for Francisco 
Alvarez and Leonel Munder who walked away with the bronze in the men's 
beach volleyball tournament downing Canada in the bronze medal match.

After these results, the United States leads the general medal 
standings with 58 titles, 56 silver and 27 bronze while Cuba (29-12-19) 
and Brazil (26-23-36) place second and third, respectively.