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During the week of parliamentary representation, the first vice president of the Congress of the Republic, Leyla Chihuán, visited one of the venues hosting Lima 2019 Pan American Games competitions: the Army Equitation School.
To date, a progress of 80% has been made at this equestrian venue, located in La Molina district. It has a complete Cross Country Circuit, with 4600 m of new grass sowed in advance to be ready to host this sport. A new technical watering system was installed to secure a surface in optimal conditions to practice equestrian sports.
Besides, this venue has the main stage for jumping and dressage: 3 tracks for competition, warm-up and training, made of silica sand, with a total of 19,500 m2, built according to the standards and requirements of the International Equestrian Federation.
During her visit, Chihuán shared her enthusiasm for the tangible progress made at the equestrian sports venue. “This is one of the last few infrastructure works we still had to visit. I am very pleased because I have seen that work is been carried with top level standards. Equestrianism is a sport that draws a lot of attention. I am sure that we will be up to the international competition level,” she said.
“We have good representatives in this sport, competing abroad. It is a very elegant sport. The amazing connection between the rider and the horse draws a lot of attention from the public. We will be hosting the Pan American Games this time and that will help us promote equestrian sports,” she said.
Visit to Las Palmas
In the meantime, Congress representative Roberto Vieira visited the shooting and Para shooting competition venue for the second time. This venue is being built to receive the best competitors of the Americas during the Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Improvements and enlargements of the Capitán FAP José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales shooting range sports services are being made. The process to execute infrastructure works at this venue was carried out under the Government-to-Government Agreement with the United Kingdom.
This is the same process followed for Lima 2019 large infrastructure projects, such as the Pan American and Parapan American Village, VIDENA, Villa María del Triunfo, Callao and Villa El Salvador Sports Center. The speed of this transparent awarding processes was possible thanks to the Government-to-Government Agreement with the United Kingdom.
Vieira highlighted the important progress made in the last month at this sport venue. “This is my second visit in the last three months. The progress is positive because works are being carried out in various shifts. I am impressed by the progress made and I am pleased to know that we will meet optimal conditions for an event of great exposure for Peru. The Pan American Games will leave an important legacy that will allow us to promote sports for the people,” he said.
ABOUT LIMA 2019
The Pan American Games will gather 6680 athletes from 41 countries and delegations from the Americas. There will be 17 days of competitions and ceremonies between July 26 and August 11, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao at various venues like VIDENA, Villa María Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas, among others.
The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will include 39 sports and 62 disciplines, in which athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. A total of 23 disciplines are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 the Olympic Games.
The Parapan American Games will gather 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries, participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines. The competitions will take place between August 23 and September 1, 2019. Fourteen sports will be qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
ABOUT PANAM SPORTS
Panam Sports (formerly known as Pan American Sports Organization - PASO) is the governing body of the Pan American Games and its structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter. Panam Sports is the leader of sports and the Olympic Movement in the Americas and encourages the sports development and supports the work of its 41 members, in order to inspire more world-class performances and the next generation of athletes across our region.
IPC AND APC
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic Movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.
The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was established in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held in the same city as the Pan American Games.
