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During representation week, congress representative Paloma Noceda visited two flagship venues of Lima 2019. During her visit, she supervised the final works being done at the Army Equestrian School, before its official delivery. During the afternoon, she visited the Pan American and Parapan American Village, venue that will accommodate around 10,000 people during the Games.
Noceda was amazed by the level of the facilities and the speed of the infrastructure progress made at the venue of equestrian sports. “We see they are doing the final touches”. There is a lot of professionalism; the stalls are first class and the veterinary area is very well made. All training and exhibition tracks are made with high quality materials and it is important to have them in excellent condition for the Games”, she said.
As for the competition, she mentioned that thanks to Lima2019, the population will have access to the equestrian world. “It is a beautiful sport, we always see it on television, live from international channels and now we can see it live in our country. The venue is wonderful,” she said
Located in La Molina district, the equestrian venue shows an 80% progress. It includes the Cross-Country Circuit with a 4,600 m course of new grass sown to stay tough enough for this sport. It also has a new technical irrigation system to maintain an optimal surface to practice this sport.
Besides, the main stage for jumping and dressage: three 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.
THE PAN AMERICAN AND PARAPAN AMERICAN VILLAGE
In the afternoon, Noceda was able to see the Pan American and Parapan American Village. The construction is 100% completed since February.
The Village will accommodate 10,000 people and will be the biggest accessible complex in the country. It holds 1096 apartments, 548 of them of 70 m2, 212 of 73 m2 and 336 of 75 m2. The latter have been modified to be accessible for people with impairments. Each building has four elevators with a capacity for up to 18 people and wheelchair access.
She said she was positively impressed with the Village. "We have taken care of works since the very beginning and seeing that we have met all our infrastructure deadlines in advance is something that makes us really proud", he said.
The Village has tactile tiles in pedestrian areas and bike lanes to ease the transit of athletes with visual impairment to their accommodations.
“I think it is an important contribution, as we were lacking this sort of infrastructure in our city. There is no inclusive infrastructure such as this one in our country and this Village is going to show that all building and urban renewal projects can be made inclusive in Peru," said the Congress representative.
About the legacy of a sport event such as Lima 2019, she added: “I believe the legacy for our country is really important. We need all families to come and see that sports can be practiced professionally in Peru. We hope future great talents to emerge to represent us in all sport disciplines. This is going to be a first-class sporting celebration. We have to make good use it,” she 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 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 the 41 National Olympic Committees members of the organization 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. This committee’s 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.
