Christopher Martínez will compete this Tuesday, July 28, in two finals for the gold medal in the badminton tournament of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026.
The Guatemalan will compete in men’s doubles together with Jonathan Solís and in mixed doubles with Diana Corleto, in both cases against representatives of Mexico.
The first of the finals will be the men’s doubles, in which Martínez and Solís will face the Mexicans Armando Gaitán and Job Castillo.
The match will be played on Court 1 of the Table Tennis Pavilion, after the finals of the women’s singles, men’s singles and women’s doubles.
After the break planned by the organization, Martínez will return to the court to compete in the mixed doubles final together with Diana Corleto. The Guatemalan couple will face the Mexicans Luis Montoya and Miriam Rodríguez for the gold medal.
The double presence of the Guatemalan badminton player makes Martínez one of the protagonists of the day for the national delegation, which will have the opportunity to win two titles in the doubles modalities.
The finals also represent an opportunity for Guatemala to increase its harvest in the medal table of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026.
The delegation occupies seventh place with 15 medals: two gold, four silver and nine bronze. Guatemalan medals have come in shooting (1 gold and 2 silver), taekwondo (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze), badminton (1 silver and 3 bronze), archery (1 bronze), judo (1 bronze) and rowing (2 bronze).
The day will also include the final of the men’s singles, in which Kevin Cordón will seek his fifth consecutive gold medal in the modality.