Queens of the Caribbean parade around Santo Domingo

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, August 17, 2019 – The Queens of the Caribbean, as the people in the Dominican Republic have designated their women’s volleyball team, led the parade of victory organized by the Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports.

All the athletes that won a medal at the recently finished Lima 2019 Pan American Games paraded throughout the streets of Santo Domingo being cheered by the fans who came out of their houses to salute the local idols.

The leading wagon of the caravan was occupied by the members of the volleyball team accompanied by Luis Mejia Oviedo, president of the DR Olympic Committee and Danilo Díaz, minister of Sports and Recreation who were joined by Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, president of the female volleyball program of the Dominican Federation.

The parade started at the Olympic Center in the center of the Dominican capital and finished at the seaside George Washington Avenue where several orchestras and bands played local tunes at Plaza Eugenio María de Hostos.

The Dominican Republic won 40 medals at the Pan American Games, including ten golds. The volleyball team won its five matches in the tournament including the decisive contest for the title against Colombia.

It was the second gold medal for the Dominican Republic Women’s team with the previous one attained in 2003 when the Pan Am Games were held in Santo Domingo.