the high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas won the gold medal at the IV North America, Central America and Caribbean Championships which hosts the Bahamian city of Freeport and becomes the first holder of the Greater Antilles. day the 4×400 meter mixed relay won the bronze medal.

Oregon World Finalist He now reaches 2.25 to share the lead in the event with the Canadian Django Lovett, both with identical performances in a test where they came out as the main favorites.

Zayas started his task cleanly on 2.16 and 2.19, before going over 2.22 on his third attempt, which became complex for both champions. Later he showed signs of recovery and easily beat the bar on 2.25, a record that the northerner also reached to even go up to 2.28.

However, in this case neither landed a valid jump and ultimately shared the top step of the podium. In third place was local veteran Donald Thomas, also with 2.25 but successful on his third attempt.

The other medal of the day for Cuba was in the 4×400 meters mixed relay. There, Reinel Pintado, Roxana Gómez, Lázaro Rodríguez and Lisneidy Veitía lined up for reach the finish line in third place with a record time of 3:20.35. The relays from the United States (3:12.05) and Jamaica (3:14.08) were better than ours.

Meanwhile, in the 400 meters Roxana Gómez was very close to the podium, finishing fourth with a best of 51.31. Virtually to end a low-key campaign for her, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic finalist failed to set an acceptable time and saw how the local super favorite triumphed Shaunae Miller-Uibo (49.40), followed by Barbadian Sada Williams (49.86) and Jamaican Stephanie-Ann McPherson (50.36).

Pole vaulter Aslín Quiala also finished in fourth place, with a poor record of 4.00, far from the 4.30 of her campaign. American Alina McDonald led the event with 4.50, followed by teammate Emily Grove (4.40) and Canadian Rachel Hyink (4.20).

In today’s other results for Cuba, Daily Cooper clocked 2:04.81 in the 800 meters and finished in fifth place. Americans Ajee Wilson (1:58.47) and Allie Wilson (1:58.48) battled it out for gold, leaving Jamaica’s Adelle Tracey in bronze (1:59.54).

Meanwhile, at the hammer throw Yasmani Fernández also finished in fifth place with a best expedition of 72.92, a score close to its usual levels for the year although far from its maximum of 75.30. Now the West Indian had other send-offs above 71 meters, but could not approach a podium occupied by the Americans Rudy Winkler (78.29) and Daniel Haugh (76.38) and by the Canadian Rowan Hamilton (74.36).

On the other hand, in the ten thousand flat meters Yumisleydis Mestre entered fifth and last with a time of 39:48.55.

Also, in the 100 hurdles Greisy Robles finished seventh with a modest time of 13.63. Alysha Johnson (USA-12.62), Megan Tapper (JAM-12.68) and Devynne Charlton (12.71) shared the medals.

Reinel Pintado also finished seventh, after clocking 49.09 in the 400-metre sprint. This event also had a very close podium with Jamaicans Christopher Taylor (44.63) and Nathon Allen (45.04) in the first two positions. Third place was occupied by American Bryce Deadmon (45.06).

Finally, in the 100 meters Yunisleidy García finished seventh with 11.30, after setting a personal best 11.22 in the semis. Jamaican Shericka Jackson largely dominated with her time of 10.83.

Between men, Shainer Reginfo finished sixth with 10.30, in a test conducted by Ackeem Blake (JAM-9.98), Kyree King (USA-10.08) and Brandon Carnes (USA-10.12).

In this tournament, Cuba also had two representatives in the walking events, with Yuniabel Contreras placed fifth in the 10 km with a time of 1:57:27.51, away in more than ten minutes from its mark of the year. In the men’s 20 km, Ronaldo Hernández failed to complete the circuit.

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