Gary Hernandez, president of the Dominican Table Tennis Federation, awarded the United States team, which won the tournament held in Parque del Este, Dominican Republic. External source
SANTO DOMINGO, DR.- USA He was crowned absolute champion of the U-11 and U-13 Pan American Table Tennis Championships that concluded on Sunday, August 26, at the Table Tennis Pavilion in Parque del Este.
Second place in the standings went to Brazil, which won two gold medals, three silver medals and six bronze medals, while Guatemala took third place, after winning two silver medals and two bronze medals.
Juan Vila, president of ITTF Americas, (left), with Brazil, the United States and Guatemala, the first three in the Pan American Table Tennis tournament held in the Dominican Republic. External Source
Fourth place went to Canada, with three bronze medals, while Ecuador, Argentina, Cuba and Colombia each won one bronze.
The Pan American Championship had the support of the Ministry of Sports, Claro, and the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD), Vive por un Sueño, GPH Consultores, Creso, RH MejÃa, Raise, ITTF, the OMSA and the Súper Mercado Central.
The results
In the U-11 girls’ singles, Emma Yang of the United States won gold by beating compatriot Shreya Venkateraman. Bronze went to Mariana Sanchez of Colombia and Luiza Fontanive of Brazil.
In the men’s event, the medals went to Americans Chirag Pradhan, gold; Jacob Kordus, silver; and the bronze medals to Evan Dong and Ethan Zhou.
In U-13 women, the Americans Anagha Kasichainula, Irene Yeoh, Abigail Yu and Isabella Luo won, and in men, the Brazilians Flavio De Sousa, Vitor Thiofilo, and the bronzes went to Liren Zhang and Jaden Jia, from the United States.
In doubles the doubles
Anya Shanbhag and Emma Yang of the United States won gold by beating Camila Linares and Genesis Ruiz of Guatemala in the U-11 girls’ doubles final. Bronze went to Sarah Weizman and Luiza Fontanive of Brazil and Shreya Venkateraman and Amanda Liu of the United States.
In the men’s event, Americans Jacob Kordus and Ethan Zhou were the champions, followed by their compatriots Evan Dong and Chirag Pradhan, while the Argentine pair Valentino Villegas Luca Marcial, and Brazilians Pedro Takayama and Theo Yamada shared the bronze.
In the U-13 girls’ doubles, the winners were the duo of Irene Yeoh and Abigail Yu, who beat the American duo of Anagha Kasiichainula and Isabella Luo. Bronze went to Canada, with the duos of Amber Lin-Cndy Zhu and Sophia Bai-Alexus Lee.
In the men’s event, Brazilians Vitor Thiofilo and Leandro Ferreira beat their compatriots Argemiro Mory and Flavio De Sousa. Bronze went to the pair Andy Maqueira-Yadiel Hernández, as well as to Americans Jan Jia and Jayden Cai.
In the U-11 mixed doubles, the United States won the all-around with Chirag Pradhan and Anya Shanbhag taking gold, Ethan Zhou-Shreya Venkateraman taking silver, and Evan Dong-Emma Yang and Jacob Kordus-Amanda Liu taking bronze.
In the U-13 category, the American duo claimed the crown with athletes Jaden Jia and Abigail Yu, who beat Brazilians Vitor Thiofilo and Beatriz Choi. Bronze went to Americans Jayden Cai-Anagha Kasichainula, and Liren Zhang-Isabella Luo.
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