Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Cabo Verdean boxing team has already won three silver medals in the Zone II Africa Championship held in Freetown (Sierra Leone), where the country is represented by seven athletes, technically guided by coach Adilson Varela.
To Inforpress, the helmsman Varela told that Lenick Fernandes (51kg) from the North Santiago Region, more specifically from the municipality of Santa Cruz, Elisandro Silva (57kg) athlete from Tarrafal de Santiago, but who currently represents South Santiago and Márcio Monteiro (60kg) also from the South Santiago Region are in the fight for the title.
It is that on Sunday Lenick Fernandes beat a competitor from Guinea, Elisandro da Silva won over a boxer from Sierra Leone, as well as Márcio Monteiro who also beat a competitor from the host country.
Already this Monday afternoon, from 5PM Cabo Verde local tima begins to be played the second round of combats in which Admilson Carvalho, 63.3kg, athlete from the South Santiago Region fight against a boxer from Guinea, then Hernâni Gomes 67kg, athlete from São Vicente Region measure the forces against the one is referred to as the best athlete in Senegal in the category, in a round in which they both meet each other in a round in the city of Praia that dictated the victory to the Cabo Verdean athlete.
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