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"Mayagüez 2010" marks the third (3) time Puerto Rico hosts the Central American and Caribbean Games, the other being San Juan in 1966, and Ponce in 1993.The city of Mayagüez had been selected previously to hold the games in 1982, but economic problems forced the city to quit the organization, and the games were held in La Habana, Cuba.
Puerto Rico has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but did not participate in the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014. Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of twelve medals. Six medals were won in boxing, three in track and field, one in tennis, and two in wrestling.
Carolina, Puerto Rico Shot put: 20.22 m Chris Merced: May 28, 2000 Irvine, United States Discus throw: 56.23 m Gabriel Torres: April 14, 2012 USA Invitational Auburn, United States [15] Hammer throw: 72.84 m Jerome Vega: 8 April 2022 Clasico Wilfredo Moux Toa Baja, Puerto Rico 73.63 m Jerome Vega: 20 May 2023 USATF Throws Fest Tucson, United ...
Puerto Rico participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. The Puerto Rico team consisted of 15 athletes competing in 9 sports: athletics, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, sailing, swimming, table tennis, tennis and triathlon. Puerto Rico left Singapore with its first ever medal won by flyweight (51 kg) boxer and flag bearer ...
Flaherty competed for Puerto Rico at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events, specifically in the giant slalom. [1] Flaherty became the first athlete to compete for Puerto Rico at a Winter Olympics since 1998, and the first Puerto Rican athlete sent to a Winter Olympic Games since 2002, when the only athletes sent – a bobsled team – did not compete, because one of the team's ...
Carlik Jones scored 19 points and South Sudan rallied in the second half to beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in the Paris Olympics opener for both teams on Sunday. “We’re not a secret anymore,” South ...
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded by Julio Enrique Monagas, [2] and was officially recognized in 1948. COPUR operates the Casa ...