The conclusion of the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Colombia confused The Racquetball Blog staff, as some of the teams in Men’s and Women’s Doubles that were in the final were teams that we thought had lost earlier in the medal round, so we weren’t sure why that was. But we’ve been told that two of the Colombian players - Mario Mercado and Adriana Riveros - were ruled ineligible late in the tournament, because they had not met the eligibility requirements. Both Mercado and Riveros were born in Bolivia, and only got their Colombian passports recently. Bolivarian Games rules are that players need to have a passport for the country they are representing for at least three years, which is much longer than Mercado and Riveros have had theirs, so they were disqualified.
Thus, contrary to what we reported a few days ago, Colombia wasn’t in either Men’s or Women’s Doubles final.
Bolivia took advantage of this, and swept the doubles events. On the Men’s side, Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso beat Luis Perez and Ramon De Leon of the Dominican Republic, 15-1, 15-3, while their team-mates Jenny Daza and Stefanny Barrios won a close match against Guatemalans Gabriela Martinez and Maria Renee Rodriguez, 15-14, 4-15, 11-9.
In the singles competitions, Colombians swept the finals. Cristina Amaya won the Women’s Singles by defeating Bolivian Jenny Daza, 15-12, 15-11, and Sebastian Franco beat Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia, 15-10, 15-13, to win the Men’s Final.
Overall, Bolivia topped the medal standings with eight total medals: four gold, two silver and two bronze. Colombia was second with four overall: two gold and two bronze. Guatemala won two silver medals, Ecuador one silver and four bronze, and Dominican Republican won one silver and one bronze. Four years ago it was Ecuador who topped the medal standings. The locale for the 2021 Bolivarian Games has not been chosen.
2017 Bolivarian Games - Santa Marta, Colombia
November 20-25, 2017
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Final - Gold medal match
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Jenny Daza (Bolivia), 15-12, 15-11
Medal Standings
GOLD Cristina Amaya (Colombia)
SILVER Jenny Daza (Bolivia)
BRONZE Carla Muñoz (Chile) & Brenda Laime (Bolivia)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Final - Gold medal match
Jenny Daza & Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia) d. Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 15-14, 4-15, 11-9
Medal Standings
GOLD Jenny Daza & Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia)
SILVER Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala)
BRONZE Lucia Sarmiento & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador)
WOMEN’S TEAM
Medal Standings
GOLD Bolivia
SILVER Guatemala
BRONZE Colombia & Ecuador
MEN’S SINGLES
Final - Gold medal match
Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia), 15-10, 15-13
Medal Standings
GOLD Sebastian Franco (Colombia)
SILVER Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia)
BRONZE Carlos Keller (Bolivia) & Fernando Rios (Ecuador)
MEN’S DOUBLES
Final - Gold medal match
Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-1, 15-3
Medal Standings
GOLD Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia)
SILVER Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez (Dominican Republic)
BRONZE Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) and Johan Adasme & Francisco Troncoso (Chile)
MEN’S TEAM
Medal Standings
GOLD Bolivia
SILVER Ecuador
BRONZE Colombia & Dominican Republic
Follow the bouncing ball….
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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