Leonel Suárez wins decathlon title in Barranquilla-2018
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Once again, the holguinero Leonel Suárez showed that he is an elite athlete and this Monday he took first place in the decathlon of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, where Holguín won two more titles. Leonel arrived at the last race, the 1500m, 33 points behind Colombian José Gregorio Lemos and needed to do a good race and that's how he did it, a step that his rival couldn't keep.
Finally Leonel Suárez won the title with 8026 points and relegated Lemos to second and third place with 7913 points and also Cuban Briander Rivero (7858).
On Monday the holguineros competitors added two other titles, through Danay Utria, in the set of three balls and two ropes of the rhythmic gymnastics, and the shooter Leuris Pupo, in the team by teams of the gun to 25 meters.
Pupo also took second place in his own team by being overtaken by his team-mate Jorge Felix Alvarez by a single effective goal 27-26. In this way the holguinero reached nine first places, four second and two third in Caribbean center appointments.
Another who finished second was the badminton player Taymara Oropeza, in the mixed team. In bronzes were the judoca Roberto Almenares, of the 60 kilograms and the florist Humberto Aguilera.
With these results the northeastern athletes add up to four golden metals, nine silver and five bronzed and should be expanded in the coming days with the incursion of wrestler Yudennis Alpajon, the beach volley with Sergio Gonzalez along with Nivaldo Diaz and softballer Luis Raul Dominguez. /Radio Angulo
