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Rinaldo Moore added to Trinidad and Tobago’s medal haul at this year’s 2026 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games when he earned silver in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, yesterday.
The silver medal by Moore, 23, improved T&T’s overall medal haul to 17 medals at the CAC Games, five gold, four silver, and eight bronze medals.
Lining up in lane eight, Moore bundled over the first of ten hurdles but recovered to cover the distance and remaining nine hurdles in 13.56 seconds to finish behind Guadeloupe’s Ulric Portier, who won in 13.46, with Colombian John Paredes taking the bronze medal ahead of Guadeloupe’s Jeanice Laviolette after both men were clocked at 13.57, and Jamaican Sharvis Simmonds finished fifth in 13.61.
In the semifinals on Tuesday, Moore qualified for the men’s 110m hurdles final as one of the two fastest losers following a fourth-place finish in semifinal one in 14.03 seconds, with the trio of Simmonds (13.56), Laviolette (13.70), and the Dominican Republic’s Isaias Pie (13.83) securing the automatic spots.
In the second semifinal, T&T’s Justin Guy was disqualified while Cuba’s Yander Herrera (13.70), Portier (13.74), and Paredes (13.75) secured the automatic spots and the hometown entrant, Cristian Rodriguez, the fastest loser, in 13.91.
In the women’s 400m final contested in a heavy downpour, T&T’s Taejha Badal was sixth in 52.69.
Hometown favorite Marileidy Paulino won gold in 48.94, with Cuban Roxana Gomez taking silver in 49.99 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Shafiqua Maloney, bronze in 51.77.
On Tuesday night in the semifinals, Badal was fifth in the first of two heats in 52.80 seconds and qualified to the final as one of the fastest losers.
Earlier, Badal was also a semifinal entrant in the third women’s 200m semifinal but placed fifth in 23.40 to miss out on a place in the final.
Today, Aaron Charles will go after gold in the men’s 200 m final from 5.10 pm after he won his semifinal heat, two of three, in 20.51 seconds and was joined by the Dominican Republic’s Jose Gonzalez, who was second in 20.61 to earn the second automatic spot, with Barbadian Aragorn Straker third in 21.22.
Puerto Rican Jose Figueroa qualified from heat one as the winner in 19.76, with Colombian Ronal Longa second in 20.41 and Jamaican Kadrian Goldson, one of two fastest losers, in 20.50.
In heat three, Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando won in 20.31, with Jamaican Tyquendo Tracey in 20.51 and Grenada’s Nazzio John third in 20.64, to be a qualifier to the final as a fastest loser.
Goalshooter Maikea Bramble scored a personal-high 69 goals to lead T&T’s “Calypso Girls” to an emphatic 86-6 triumph over host Dominican Republic for a third straight win in the six-team round-robin Group A competition at the Juan Bosch Sports Complex.
With England-based star shooter Samantha Wallace-Joseph rested after leading the team to wins over St. Lucia (52-25) and Barbados (61-39), Bramble kept up the scoring onslaught for the Calypso Girls and scored on 69 of her 73 attempts for a 95 percent shooting average as they stormed into a 19-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, which they expanded to 39-5 at the halftime whistle.
The third quarter was all one-way traffic as T&T tallied 23 goals while keeping the host off the scoresheet to push the lead to 62-5.
In the final 15-minute quarter, T&T again punished their opponents 24-1 for a final score of 86-6, their second biggest win in an international encounter, behind their 112-12 defeat of Argentina at the American Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Championship on August 31, 2018, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Goal-attack Kalifa McCollin chipped in with 11 goals from 12 attempts, and England-born Kira Rothwell, six from seven attempts for T&T, with Josairy Cuevas converting five of eight attempts and Nicoll Gonzalez, one from six for the host, in their third defeat from as many matches.
In day’s opening match, St. Lucia defeated Bermuda 44-29, while Jamaica came up against Barbados in the late match.
Today, T&T faces winless Bermuda from 2pm, followed by Barbados against the Dominican Republic at 4pm and St. Lucia against Jamaica in the 6pm encounter.
<Asgarali stopped in the men's table tennis last 32.
In the men’s table tennis singles, T&T’s Khaleel Asgarali, 39, went under to Cuban Adrian Perez 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 6-11, and 9-11 in their round-of-32 encounter.
Asgarali then paired with Chloe Fraser for a last-32 mixed doubles win over Jamaicans Azizi Johnson and Gianna Lewis 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, and 11-3, but the T&T duo was then stopped by Cubans Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca 3-11, 3-11, and 2-11 in the round of 16.
Today, France-based Rheann Chung will resume her campaign against Mexican Clio Barcenas for a spot in the quarterfinals.
At Salinas Beach, in the women’s One Person Regional Dinghy Preliminary, T&T’s KellyAnn Arrindell was in second after ten races and one remaining with 19 net points, for a total of 22 points, with Venezuelan Daniela Rivera at the top of the table with 13 net points and a total of 17 points, while Guatemalan Jossepyn Echeverria was third with 22 net points and 33 total points.
In the men’s one-person dinghy, Stefan Stuven was 17th after the tenth race with 144 net points and 163 points overall, while Abigail Affoo was then in the women’s event with 108 net points and 120 points overall.
At the Palmarejo Equestrian Center, former CAC Games medalist Roger Daniel was joint tenth in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol with 275-3x, the same as Guatemalan Albino Jimenez, while compatriot Rhodney Allen was 21st with a score of 258-3x, with the second round carded today.
Fellow T&T shooter Marsha Bullen-Jones was 19th with a score of 185 in the women’s 25m pistol qualification rapid round to add to her 260 from the previous day in the precision round, for a two-day total of 260 and the 18th spot.
In women’s 48kg weightlifting at the Jose Joaquin Puello Weightlifting Pavilion, T&T’s Karin Singh was fifth in the snatch with a best lift of 53kg and sixth in the clean and jerk with a best of 62kg.
In the karate men’s kumite 84 kg elimination round Pool B bout, T&T’s Shiva Sookdeo was outclassed by the Dominican Republic’s Anel Castillo (0-7), Panama’s Cristian Tello (0-3), and Colombia’s Sergio Rodriguez (0-6).
In Pool A, in the women’s kumite 50 kg, T&T’s Chelsea Mohan was outclassed by Joysi Tinoco of Nicaragua 0-10 before she just came up short against Cuban Lianerkis Chacon, 2-4, and then suffered an 0-8 loss against Venezuelan Yorgelis Salazar.
On Tuesday night Kimberley Farah and Faith Gillizeau were beaten in their women’s doubles squash quarterfinals against Colombians Laura Tovar and Paula Tovar, 2-11 and 6-11.
T&T boxer Abdul Taylor will seek a spot in the men’s 60 kg final when he comes up against the Dominican Republic’s Disney Medina in their semifinal this evening.
Earlier in the week, Taylor made certain of a medal when he won his quarterfinal bout against the US Virgin Islands’ Eri Thompson Jr. 4-1, while Medina won his quarterfinal against Haiti’s Geronimo Seide 5-0.
T&T CAC Games medal winners
GOLD
Nikoli Blackman (swimming) – men’s 50m freestyle
Nikoli Blackman (swimming) – men’s 100m freestyle
Liam Carrington, Dylan Carter, Zarek Wilson, Nikoli Blackman (swimming) – men’s 4x100m freestyle relay,
Kwesi Browne (track cycling) – men’s keirin
Dylan Carter (swimming) – men’s 50m butterfly
SILVER
Liam Carrington (swimming) – men’s 50m backstroke
Teniel Campbell (road cycling) – women’s road race
Rinaldo Moore (athletics) – men’s 110m hurdles
T&T men’s hockey team
BRONZE
Kwesi Browne (track cycling) – men’s individual sprint
Teniel Campbell (road cycling) – women’s time trial
Akil Campbell (track cycling) – men’s omnium
Kwesi Browne, Danell James, Ryan D’Abreau – (track cycling) – men’s team sprint
Teniel Campbell, Kyra Williams, Phoebe Sandy – (track cycling) – women’s team sprint
Teniel Campbell, Alexi Costa-Ramirez – (track cycling) – women’s madison
Dylan Carter (swimming) – men’s 100m butterfly
Nikoli Blackman: (swimming) – men’s 200m freestyle
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