Taekwondo: Ava Lee and Aliyah Shipman Win Two Medals for Haiti at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago

Haiti is making a historic mark at the Santiago Games. On Sunday, October 22, and Monday, October 23, Ava Soon Lee (-67 kg) and Aliyah Shipman (+67 kg), while not claiming gold, secured a silver and a bronze medal for Haiti at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. This marks a significant milestone for Haiti in the history of the Pan American Games, as the country had never before won two medals in the continent's most competitive games.

The spell has been broken. Since Sunday, October 22, Haiti has won its very first medal at the Pan American Games since the bronze earned in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Joël Brutus (+100 kg) in judo. To achieve this feat, the talented Haitian taekwondoist Ava Soon Lee, in the -67 kg category in Santiago, Chile, reached the final, which she lost (2-0), with scores of 2-4 and 2-11 against the Mexican Leslie Xcaret Soltero Garcia.

To solidify this achievement, Ava Soon Lee, who has already won five medals in 2023 (2 gold,

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