It is in a festive atmosphere, fraternal and sporting that the closing ceremony of the 4th Friendship Games Haitian-Dominican took place this Sunday, December 11th at the Centre Multisport of the Lycée de l'Amitié of Ganthier in the presence of official of both countries.

400 young athletes, Haitians and Dominicans have faced in competitions of volleyball, football, athletics, taekwondo, judo and basketball. Note that the handball, table tennis and baseball games were part of the 4th games as form of exhibition.

Beyond the sporting aspect of this event, leaders of the two Olympic Committees have stressed the need to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the population, in particular at the level of the two border towns and in general the two peoples.

Volleyball :

Haiti: 3 wins in 3 matches played

Volleyball U15 F :

Jimani / Ganthier : 0 sets 2 (5/25, 9/25)

Volleyball U17 G :

Match 1 : Ganthier / Jimani : 2 sets 0 (25/17, 25/19)

Match 2 : Ganthier / Jimani : 2 sets 0 (25/14, 25/23)

Taekwondo :

Haiti: 8 wins against 10 losses

6 combats, category 11 – 13 years (44kg) Jimani / Gantier

4 wins to 2 in favor of the Dominicans

13 combats, category 14 – 15 years (55kg) Ganthier / Jimani

7 wins to 6 in favor of the Haitian

Judo :

26 wins against 9 defeats for the Haitian judo team

Category U13 : 11 combats

Ganthier/Jimani : 8/3

8 wins to 3 in favor of the Haitian

Category U15 : 16 combats Ganthier/Jimani : 12/ 4

12 wins to 4 in favor of Haitians

Category U 17 : 8 combats (Ganthier /Jimani : 6/2)

6 wins to 2 in favor of the Haitian

Athletics :

Haiti: 6 Gold, 7 Silver and 6 Bronze - Rep.Dom: 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze

80 m :

Category - U15 Girl :

1-Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze (Haiti)

Category - U15 Boy :

1-Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze (R-D)

800m :

Category - U15 Girl :

1- Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3- Bronze (R-D)

Category - U15 Boy :

1-Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3- Bronze (Haiti)

100m :

Category U17 Girl :

1- Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3 -Bronze (Haiti)

Category U17 Boy :

1- Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze(Haiti)

1500m :

Category U17 Girl :

1- Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3- Bronze (R-D)

Category U17 Boy:

1- Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze (R-D)

3,000m :

Girl :

1- Gold (Haiti)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3- Bronze (Haiti)

Boy :

1- Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (Haiti)

3- Bronze (R-D)

Throw :

Girl :

1- Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze (Haiti)

Boy :

1- Gold (R-D)

2- Silver (R-D)

3- Bronze (Haiti)

Football :

In football, for 5 games played the Haitians have won 2, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

U17 Boy :

Ganthier vs Jimani : 1/2

Jimani vs Ganthier : 2/1

U 17 Girl :

Ganthier vs Jimani : 5 / 0

Jimani vs Ganthier : 0/0

U 15 Girl :

Jimani vs Ganthier : 1/2

BASKETBALL :

In Basketball he two matches were won by two Haitian teams.

Senior category (exhibition) : Jimani vs Ganthier : 17 /38

Juvenile category : Jimani vs Ganthier : 28 /40

The flame of friendship games Haitian-dominicain will shine next year under the sky of Ouanaminthe and Dajabonde for the 5th edition.

HL/ BF/ Yolda Jean mary