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The Pan American and Parapan American Torch Relay is one of the most exciting and important events at the Lima 2019 Games, and the call process for the people who will carry both torches starts today.
Anyone can be a Pan American and Parapan American torchbearer. You can nominate people who have excelled in sport or in their life’s trajectory, becoming a role model to be followed; for example, someone who has positively impacted other people’s lives or their community.
In this sense, those people who are examples of the main values of the Olympic and Paralympic movement may be nominated. Among the values are friendship, respect, excellence, determination, inspiration, courage and equality.
The nomination of bearers will be made through the website antorcha.lima2019.pe, where applicants must complete a form indicating who they want to nominate and why they consider that person a “Peruvian who inspires.” The torchbearers will have that designation.
Through this process, 900 torchbearers will be selected for the Pan American Torch Route and 300 for the Parapan American route, totaling 1200 people, whose names will be announced by the end of May.
The lighting of the Pan American Torch will take place on July 2 at the Temple of the Sun in Teotihuacán, Mexico, where it will begin its way to Macchu Picchu, in Peru, on a journey through two ancient civilizations in the Americas.
The Pan American Torch Route will start in Macchu Picchu, Cuzco, on July 4. This route will last 22 days traveling through the Peruvian Highlands, Jungle and Coast, in order to inspire and motivate millions of people “door to door”, until the Opening Ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games that will be held on July 26, 2019, at the National Stadium.
Along the route, events and ceremonies are being organized in several cities in the departments of Amazonas, Ancash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Huancavelica, Huancayo, Huánuco, Ica, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martín, Tacna, and Tumbes. These events will involve citizens and will make them participate in this celebration, typical of the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games.
The lighting of the Parapan American Torch will be on August 20 at the Temple of Pachacamac, in Peru. The torch will travel through 12 emblematic huacas until the Opening Ceremony of the Parapan American Games to take place on August 23, at the National Stadium.
Along the way, the Pan American and Parapan American torchbearers will carry a message of fellowship and integration across Peru. They will be responsible for “inspiring” the Games host country.
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, 2019, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao at different venues such as the 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.
