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PRESS RELEASE 27/09/2009


Mexicans capture gold medals in both genders at Baja California

TIJUANA, Baja California, September 27, 2009 – Mexicans Bibiana Candelas and Mayra Garcia in the women’s division and Juan Virgen and Aldo Miramontes in the men’s bracket won the gold medals at the Baja California Beach Volleyball Tournament, the fifth leg of the 2009 NORCECA Circuit.

Candelas and Garcia defeated Cubans Ion Canet and Milagros Valle 21-18, 21-16 in the final match after winning their semi final contest over Costa Ricans Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro by score of 21-11, 21-10. Canet and Valle won their semi final match over Mexicans Martha Revueltas and Diana Estrada 21-11, 21-19.

Revueltas and Estrada then won the bronze medal with a 21-16, 21-18 victory against Morales-Alfaro.

In the men’s gold medal match, Virgen and Miramontes defeated Puerto Ricans Orlando Irizarry and Roberto Rodriguez 27-25, 21-15. In the semifinals, the Mexicans prevailed over Canadians Daniel Dearing and Chaim Schalk 21-17, 18-21, 15-12 while Irizarry-Rodriguez beat Cubans Yoendry Kindelán and Yunieski Ramirez 21-17, 19-21, 20-18.

In the match for the bronze medal, Kindelan-Ramirez edged Dearing-Schalk in three sets by score of 17-21, 21-17, 15-11.
 

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