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TIJUANA, Baja California, September 27, 2009 –
Mexicans Bibiana Candelas and Mayra Garcia in
the women’s division and Juan Virgen and Aldo
Miramontes in the men’s bracket won the gold
medals at the Baja California Beach Volleyball
Tournament, the fifth leg of the 2009 NORCECA
Circuit.
Candelas and Garcia defeated Cubans Ion Canet
and Milagros Valle 21-18, 21-16 in the final
match after winning their semi final contest
over Costa Ricans Ingrid Morales and Natalia
Alfaro by score of 21-11, 21-10. Canet and Valle
won their semi final match over Mexicans Martha
Revueltas and Diana Estrada 21-11, 21-19.
Revueltas and Estrada then won the bronze medal
with a 21-16, 21-18 victory against
Morales-Alfaro.
In the men’s gold medal match, Virgen and
Miramontes defeated Puerto Ricans Orlando
Irizarry and Roberto Rodriguez 27-25, 21-15. In
the semifinals, the Mexicans prevailed over
Canadians Daniel Dearing and Chaim Schalk 21-17,
18-21, 15-12 while Irizarry-Rodriguez beat
Cubans Yoendry Kindelán and Yunieski Ramirez
21-17, 19-21, 20-18.
In the match for the bronze medal, Kindelan-Ramirez
edged Dearing-Schalk in three sets by score of
17-21, 21-17, 15-11.
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