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Gold for Cuban 18 Year Old in Taekwondo
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BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Jul 23 (ACN) Cuban Taekwondo athlete, Arlettys Acosta in the 67 kilogram division got Gold on Monday at the Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Colombia.
Acosta won 5 to 3 in a hard battle against her Costa Rican counterpart Katherine Alvarado.
The 18 year old from Villa Clara maintained a high level of competition defeating Puerto Rican Rosa Hower 10 to 3 and Dominican Deysy Montes de Oca 16 to 7.
Erlandi Mustelier (80 kilograms) got Bronze with a victory of 13 to 5 in the quarterfinals against Honduran Miguel Ferrera, but later fell 12 to 18 in the semi-finals against Dominican Moises Hernandez.
Yamitsi Carbonell (over 73 kilos) finished without medals, losing 8 to 12 in the quarterfinals against Colombian Gloria Mosquera.
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