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Costa Rican Boys qualify to Argentina Youth Olympics

PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica, March 12, 2018 – Alexandre Lezcano and Criforth Fallas of Costa Rica claimed a ticket to the Youth Olympic Games after winning the Boys’ U19 AFECAVOL Beach Volleyball Tournament with an undefeated 6-0 win-loss mark.

Lezcano/Fallas overcame the teams of Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama on Sunday to complete a great tournament where they won all their matches.

The Costa Ricans first defeated Edgard Maldonado and David Ismalej of Guatemala 2-0 (21-14, 21-8) and then edged Nicaragua’s Jefferson Cascante and Christopher Cascante in three sets 2-1 (21-18, 9-21, 15-3) with the support of the fans who came to Puntarenas to root for the home team.

Lezcano and Fallas completed their successful tournament with a 2-0 (21-3. 21-10) lopsided win over Panama.

Nicaragua finished in second place (5-1) after winning 2-0 (21-15, 21-12) over Belize’s Francis Hauze and Michael Jenkins and 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) against Guatemala.

El Salvador’s twins Yoel and Christopher Guardado finished in third place following a surprising victory over Guatemala.

Four years ago, Guatemala was the Central American representative to the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games with Nicaragua in second place.