The Cuban runner of 800 flat meters, Rose Mary Almanzawon this Wednesday the gold medal in the 800-meter dash at the XXIV edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games, held in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Is about the third consecutive gold medal of the athlete from Camagüey in Central American games.
On this occasion, Almanza -owner of three titles in the regional event of Barranquilla 2018- won the gold medal with a time of 2:01.75 at the Jorge “El Mágico” González National Stadium.
The silver medal went to the also Cuban Sahily Diagowith a time of 2:02.81.
Shaliqua Maloney (2:04.98 min), from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, won the bronze.
Almanza’s triple crown in the 800 m is added to that achieved by the Surinamese Letitia Vriesde in San Salvador 2002.
After the gold of Rose Mary Almanza Cuban athletics adds three gold medals in Salvadoran landswhere this Tuesday the long hurdler Zurian Hechavarría and the long jumper Alejandro Parada obtained the first titles on the island in that sport.
