{"id":6474,"date":"2026-08-09T06:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2026-08-09T06:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:42:50","slug":"dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/","title":{"rendered":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV <a data-efl-existing-link=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/president-abinader-emotionally-closes-the-25th-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/\">Central American and Caribbean Games<\/a> on Friday, collecting 27 medals, including 15 gold, to temporarily climb into fourth place in the overall standings ahead of the final day of competition.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powered by a remarkable seven gold medals in boxing and three more in athletics, the Dominican delegation moved ahead of Puerto Rico and strengthened what had already become its best performance since making its debut in the regional Games 80 years ago.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominican athletes also captured seven silver and six bronze medals during the day, bringing the country\u2019s overall total to 145. The performance surpassed the previous national record of 133 medals established at the 2010 Games in Mayag\u00fcez, Puerto Rico, an edition in which Cuba did not participate.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Queens of the Caribbean added another memorable chapter to Dominican sports history by defeating Colombia 3-0 and retaining the women\u2019s volleyball championship. The victory extended the Dominican Republic\u2019s extraordinary streak to seven consecutive Central American and Caribbean Games titles.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weightlifting, karate, sailing and eSports also contributed gold medals. Sa\u00fal Mena delivered a historic victory in Street Fighter 6 as eSports made its debut in the regional competition.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominican Boxing Dominates the Ring<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boxing provided the biggest surge of the day at the Taekwondo Pavilion of the Olympic Center, where Dominican fighters captured seven gold medals.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estefani Alm\u00e1nzar opened the celebration in the 54-kilogram division with a 3-2 victory over Venezuela\u2019s Diana Maestre. Junior Alc\u00e1ntara followed by defeating Cuba\u2019s Alejandro Claro 4-0 in the 55-kilogram final.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disney Medina defeated Venezuela\u2019s Wilson Solorzano in the 60-kilogram division, while Miguel \u00c1ngel Encarnaci\u00f3n overcame Mexico\u2019s Hugo Bar\u00f3n at 65 kilograms.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noel Pacheco defeated Venezuela\u2019s Diego Pereyra 3-1 in the 80-kilogram division, and Ricardo Cuello prevailed over Cuba\u2019s Yusnier Sorsano in the 70-kilogram final.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cristian Pinales provided one of the biggest victories of the night when he defeated two-time Cuban Olympic champion Julio La Cruz 4-1 in the 90-kilogram final, adding another gold medal to the Dominican boxing haul.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominican Athletes Shine on the Track<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican Republic also enjoyed an exceptional night in athletics.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferdy Agramonte captured gold in the men\u2019s 800 meters with a time of 1:46.07, narrowly defeating Venezuela\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Ma\u00edta, who finished in 1:46.10. Mexico\u2019s Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez took bronze in 1:46.86.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marysabel Seny\u00fa successfully defended her Central American and Caribbean Games high jump championship after clearing 1.93 meters. The victory improved on the 1.86-meter performance that earned her gold at San Salvador 2023. Cuba\u2019s Dacsy Brison took silver at 1.91 meters, while Bermuda\u2019s Sakari Famous earned bronze at 1.89.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Braison Guillermo added a bronze medal in the triple jump with a mark of 16.28 meters. Cuba\u2019s L\u00e1zaro Mart\u00ednez won gold with 16.76 meters, followed by compatriot Andy Hechavarr\u00eda with 16.69.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican men\u2019s 4&#215;400-meter relay team earned silver in a race that also marked the return of Olympic medalist Luguelin Santos to competition. Santos joined Gabriel Moronta, Lidio Feliz and Yeral N\u00fa\u00f1ez to finish in 3:00.94, narrowly behind Puerto Rico\u2019s winning time of 3:00.75. Venezuela finished third in 3:01.64.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican women then delivered a golden finish to the evening.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bianka Acosta, Anabel Medina, Milagros Dur\u00e1n and Estrella De Aza captured the women\u2019s 4&#215;400-meter relay championship with a time of 3:28.48, adding another gold medal to the country\u2019s historic day.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polanco Takes Karate Gold<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pen\u00e9lope Polanco added another championship for the Dominican Republic by winning the women\u2019s 61-kilogram karate competition.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 24-year-old opened with a 9-3 victory over Puerto Rico\u2019s Yaleika Mojica before defeating El Salvador\u2019s Stephanie Ju\u00e1rez 8-4. Polanco then prevailed in a dramatic final against Venezuela\u2019s Claudymar Garc\u00e9s, winning 8-7 to claim the gold medal.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlos Herrera earned silver for the Dominican Republic in the men\u2019s 75-kilogram division after losing 6-4 to Guatemala\u2019s Allan Maldonado in the championship match.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Herrera had defeated Cuba\u2019s Ernesto Cobas 9-6 in his opening contest, Venezuela\u2019s Jhosed Ortu\u00f1o 11-4 in the following round and Costa Rica\u2019s Gabriel Vargas in the semifinal.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weightlifting Adds to Historic Medal Haul<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominican weightlifters also contributed to the country\u2019s impressive medal count.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fransheska Mat\u00edas captured silver medals in both the snatch and clean and jerk in the 69-kilogram category, finishing behind Colombia\u2019s Julieh Rodr\u00edguez in both disciplines.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daiana Serrano added two bronze medals in the 77-kilogram category.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yudelina Mej\u00eda completed the weightlifting competition with gold and silver in the 86-kilogram division, adding two more medals to a Dominican delegation enjoying its most productive Central American and Caribbean Games in history.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dominican Republic entered the final day with additional medal opportunities, including the men\u2019s softball championship against Venezuela and events in athletics and weightlifting.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the battle for fourth place still unresolved, the host nation headed into the final competitions having already established a new benchmark for Dominican participation in the oldest regional multisport competition in the Americas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on Friday, collecting 27 medals, including 15 gold,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_efa_diaspora":false,"_faro_latino_breaking_news":"","_faro_sc_coverage_id":0,"_faro_inv_investigation_id":0,"_faro_hero_video_url":"","_faro_hero_video_orientation":"","_faro_featured_image_credit":"","_faro_hero_video_credit":"","_faro_latino_photos_module":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-republic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place - El Faro Latino<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"El Faro Latino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Redacci\u00f3n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Redacci\u00f3n\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Redacci\u00f3n\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c4272402f7d4747a658f3ccdacb142\"},\"headline\":\"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":843,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Dominican Republic\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/\",\"name\":\"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place - El Faro Latino\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":712},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"El Faro Latino\",\"description\":\"El Peri\u00f3dico de la Di\u00e1spora\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"El Faro Latino Media Group, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/logo_alta_resolucion_resized.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/logo_alta_resolucion_resized.png\",\"width\":1446,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"El Faro Latino Media Group, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c4272402f7d4747a658f3ccdacb142\",\"name\":\"Redacci\u00f3n\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Redacci\u00f3n\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/elfarolatino.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/redaccion\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place - El Faro Latino","description":"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place","og_description":"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.","og_url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/","og_site_name":"El Faro Latino","article_published_time":"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":712,"url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Redacci\u00f3n","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Redacci\u00f3n","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/"},"author":{"name":"Redacci\u00f3n","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/59c4272402f7d4747a658f3ccdacb142"},"headline":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place","datePublished":"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/"},"wordCount":843,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg","articleSection":["Dominican Republic"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/","url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/","name":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place - El Faro Latino","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-08-09T06:35:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-09T06:42:50+00:00","description":"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic \u2014 The Dominican Republic delivered one of its strongest performances of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games on - Lee la noticia completa en El Faro Latino.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d9WHkGRw.jpeg","width":1024,"height":712},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/dominican-republic-surges-to-fourth-place-after-winning-15-gold-medals-in-penultimate-day-of-central-american-and-caribbean-games\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RD Wins 15 Golds, Surges to Fourth Place"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/","name":"El Faro Latino","description":"El Peri\u00f3dico de la Di\u00e1spora","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#organization","name":"El Faro Latino Media Group, LLC","url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/logo_alta_resolucion_resized.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/logo_alta_resolucion_resized.png","width":1446,"height":350,"caption":"El Faro Latino Media Group, LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/59c4272402f7d4747a658f3ccdacb142","name":"Redacci\u00f3n","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d43b1ea2f58dee9d468bfcb61c9aa2970f28384658488fadd3f372ab9f6f808?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Redacci\u00f3n"},"url":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/author\/redaccion\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6484,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6474\/revisions\/6484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elfarolatino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}