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 News from Around the Americas | September 2007 
Golden Boy Wilson Glitters on Badminton Court
 Paul Burrowes - Jamaica Observer
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Jamaica - Ten-year-old Sean Wilson of El Instituto de Mandevilla delivered the goods at the 16th Pan American Junior Badminton Championships which ended Sunday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Wilson racked up gold in the Under-11 Boys Singles, Boys Doubles and Mixed Doubles, with Gareth Henry winning Jamaica's other and fourth gold in the Under-17 Boys Singles.
Jamaica closed out the championships securing four gold and four bronze medals. At the championships, semi-finalists were guaranteed medals.
Wilson took 20 minutes to dispatch American Timothy Lam 21-16, 21-17 for the Under-11 Singles title, and teamed up with his younger brother Shane Wilson to capture the Under-11 Doubles 21-9, 21-7 over the Guatemalan pair Elmer Roberv Escobedo Tello and Jorge Ivan Guzman Saucedo.
Sean joined Peruvian Daniela Macias Brandes to clinch the Under-11 Mixed Doubles title, beating Americans Micaela Lum and Timothy Lam 21-8, 22-20 in a match that lasted 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in-form Henry of DeCarteret College battled for gold in the Under-17 Singles, overpowering number one seed Bruno Monteverde Guillen of Peru 21-18, 21-16 in 24 minutes.
Henry and Mikaylia Haldane, number one seed in the Under-17 Mixed Doubles, were beaten in the semi-finals by Peruvians Michaela Salazar De Souza Peixoto and Mario Cuba Rodriguez 21-18, 22-20 to earn a bronze.
Haldane, who attends Manchester High and was ousted in the second round of the Under-15 Girls Singles, partnered with Shana-Kay Bailey of St Hugh's High in the Girls Doubles to reach the semi-finals and take home a bronze.
They were defeated by eventual champions and number one seed Daneysha Santana and Irytsha Gonzalez of Puerto Rico 21-16, 21-16.
Shevon Salmon clinched Jamaica's other two medals: in the Under-11 Boys Singles and Boys Doubles.
Salmon was defeated by compatriot and Pan American Junior champion Sean Wilson in the semi-finals, losing 21-9, 21-10. He teamed up in the Doubles with Rene Lopez of El Salvador, where they lost to the Wilson brothers, Sean and Shane, 21-7, 21-13.
Gold for Cuba in Panam Junior Badminton Championships
Mathaba
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Havana, - A gold medal went to Cuban Osleni Guerrero in the single (boys) category at the 14th Pan American Badminton Championship that closed Sunday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Guerrero (under-19 category) won consecutive matches against Jamaican Dayvon Reid (21-17, 21-12), Brazilian Daniel Paiola (21-16, 21-12), Ernesto Molina from El Salvador (21-12, 21-11), and world class Mexican Marco Garrido (21-7 , 21 13).
The bronze medals went to Canadian Logan Campbell and Mexican Garrido.
Guerrero’s last win against US player Howard Shu 2-0 (21-13 and 21-10) made him the unbeaten gold winner of the tournament and won him the only ticket granted by the Pan American Badminton Confederation to the World Championship to be held in New Zealand on October 2007. |
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