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The Imperial City of Cusco is already celebrating the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games, to be held in Lima for the first time ever. The historic Archaeological Capital of America was chosen as the starting place for the celebrations of the Pan American Torch arrival.
The Pan American Flame will arrive in this city tomorrow, July 3, to light the Torch. The flame is traveling from Mexico, where the New Fire Ceremony was held. Then, the flame will go to the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary, where the Pan American Torch will be lit this Thursday, starting then its journey through 26 Peruvian cities.
People from Cusco are thus excited about this celebration, which will kick off the Pan American Games in Peru. The Cusco Main Square has been decorated with various torch symbols, much to the enthusiasm of the locals and the hundreds of foreign visitors currently there.
Milco, the Lima 2019 official mascot, has become a sensation in Cusco. He came to witness the historic moment of the torch lighting and relay. The mascot spent time with the students from Colegio Nacional de Ciencias, the most important school in Cusco. The students had an enjoyable time with Milco, who promotes the Olympic and Paralympic values in Peru.
Meanwhile, the Pan American Torch relay will start on Thursday 4 at noon, starting from one of the main tourist attractions of the city, the Templo de Sacsayhuamán. It will then tour the main streets of Cusco, to end with a ceremony at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Stadium, where a symbolic cauldron lighting ceremony will be held, before the torch journey continues toward Juliaca and Puno.
The Pan American Torch will travel through 26 cities in the Andes, the Jungle and the Coast of Peru for 23 days, visiting landmarks such as the Rainbow Mountain in Cuzco, the Colca Valley in Arequipa, the Nazca Lines in Ica, Titicaca Lake in Puno, the Ruins of Chan Chan in La Libertad, among others. The journey will end on July 26 at the National Stadium, where the Opening Ceremony for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games will take place.
ABOUT LIMA 2019
The opening ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games will be held at the National Stadium on July 26, 2019. This continental event 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 61 disciplines, in which athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. A total of 22 disciplines are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Parapan American Games will gather 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries, participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines. Competitions will take place from August 23 to September 1, 2019. Thirteen sports will be qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
