Panamanian athletes Donald Lee and William Duen won the bronze medal in the bowling doubles event in the XIII South American Games Santa Fe 2026 by registering an accumulated score of 4,965 pins after completing two days of competition at the Argentine headquarters.
In the development of the tournament, the national duet finished in fifth place during the first date with a mark of 2325 points, while On the second day of shooting he took first place among the eight participating teams with 2,640 units, a combination of results that allowed them to climb positions in the general table to secure third place on the podium.
Besides, The Panamanian representation concluded its performance in the technical modality of Stand Up Paddle held in the same South American venue, a test in which Edonays Caballero finished in fifth place in the men’s branch with a time of 20:33.65 minutes and Stephanie Bodden took fifth position in the women’s branch by stopping the clock at 22:03.25 minutes.
At the close of the Isthmus participation, Oliver Batista completed the sprint triathlon test in box 17 after recording a final time of 57:59 minutes. The national athlete completed the official route of the competition consisting of 750 meters of swimming, 20 kilometers of cycling and five kilometers of running, thus culminating the action of the discipline in this edition of the South American Games.
With this result in bowling, the Panamanian delegation added a new medal to the accumulated medal table of the continental event, adding to the achievements obtained in the previous dates of the sports calendar.
Panama so far has won three medals in the artistic gymnastics discipline: bronze group medal, Hillary Heron’s silver medal in vault and another bronze on the ground by Ana Gabriela Gutiérrez. There is also a bronze medal in boxing from Yuliett Hinestroza.
