Cuban wins Central American and Caribbean Games' Marathon

Cuban Richer Perez on Sunday won the Central American and Caribbean Games' Marathon competition in men's category, while Mexican Margarita Hernandez won women's category.

Perez, 28 and winner of 2014 Havana's Half Marathon, won the race with a time of 2 hours, 19 minutes and 13 seconds.

Guatemalan Jose Garcia (2:19:45), champion in 2010 Mayaguez Central American and Caribbean Games, and Mexican Daniel de Jesus Vargas (2:20:27) arrived in second and third places respectively.

On the other hand, Mexican Hernandez arrived first in women's category with a time of 2:41:16, followed by Cuban Dailin Belmonte (2:42:01) and Venezuelan Zuleima Amaya (2:42:27).

With this result, Cuba confirms its dominance in Central American Games reaching 121 gold medals.