Yilihannys Jiménez won three gold medals on the second day of the Pan-American Youth Weightlifting Championship

Published at: 06/10/2026 11:15 AM

Yilihannys Jiménez won three gold medals out of the seven that the Venezuelan delegation won on the second day of the Pan-American youth weightlifting and continental qualifier for the Lima 2027 Games, which is being held in the city of Tepic, located in the famous Rivera Nayarit in Mexico.

The woman from Apurea ratified her continental dominance in the youth category (57 kg), in which she lifted 86 at the start and 109 in the pack for a total of 195 kg that awarded her the three gold medals, with her closest rival being the Costa Rican Natalia Morera with marks of 80 and 98 (178).

The great battle that was in sight in the 70 kg between the Criollos Luis García and Dionangel Vargas leaned in favor of the former after giving way at the start. In this move, Vargas took the gold with 136 kg, followed by the American Bryson Brown (132) and Garcia ranked third (127).

The under-17 world youth champion recovered by 10 kg of difference after completing a third attempt of 168 by 158 by the compatriot to take gold in this category and also in total with 295, one more than Vargas (294) and nine ahead of Brown (286).

The seventh golden conquest was provided by the juvenile Ivanis Silva (53 kg), finishing with 85 kg in the starting position, thus surpassing the Mexican Kenia May (82) and the American Jade Morales (77).

Venezuela leads the overall medal table of the competition with 17 golds, 9 silvers and 3 bronzes (29), followed by Colombia with 8 gold 4 silver and 1 bronze (13) and Mexico with 7 in first place 5 in second and the same amount in third (17).

Mazo News Team