O'connor looking gold
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The Caribbean triple crown holder, O'Connor was hammered by Jamaican Maria Leyow in their first semi-final game 4-11, but bounced back furiously to win the next two games 12-10, 11-8.
O'Connor, a 24-year-old medical student in Jamaica, will meet Terry Leyow for the gold. The Jamaican cleaned up Mexican Maria De La Paz Luna 11-5, 11-5 to earn her golden berth. Of the final, O'Connor told CANA: "I think its going to be very close and could probably go either way. I plan to fight all the way." O'Connor and Virginia Chariandy are in the final of the women's doubles against Jamaicans Maria and Terry Leyow. The Trinidadians defeated Mexicans La Paz Luna and Ana De La Torre 15-4, 15-19, while the Leyow put out Mexicans Gabriela Melgoza and Margarita Bravo 18-14, 15-8.
Monday's finals will also see an all-Caribbean clash for the men's doubles title between David Lee Kim and Ronald Clarke of Trinidad and Tobago and Paul Leyow and George Hugh of Jamaica.
Kim and Clarke thrashed Mexicans Fernando and Ernesto De La Torre 15-6, 15-3. The Jamaicans were startled in the first game, losing 11-15, but bounced back to combine well and demolish their opponents at seven and ten.
The third final O'Connor hopes to qualify for is the mixed doubles, where she was teamed up with Ronald Calrke in a semifinal match this afternoon against Maria Leyow and Robert Richards of Jamaica.
Richards went the farthest of Caribbean players in the men's singles, but lost at the semi-finals in straight games to Mexican Fernando De La Torre 13-15, 6-15.
In men's football, Trinidad and Tobago were trounced by Mexico 5-1 and lost their chance to meet Cuba in the final. The Trinidadians needed to win Saturday by two clear goals.
Antigua and Barbuda, playing in the consolation series, drew 0-0 with the Dutch Antilles. Mexico defeated Jamaica in water polo 7-0, 8-1, 5-0, and 7-2 for a final score of 27-3.
