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Only 39 days are left until the long-awaited event: the Pan American and Parapan American Games. Peru will experience the biggest multi-sport event in the continent on the night of July 26, while celebrating the national holidays. The Lima 2019 Opening Ceremony will take place at the National Stadium: a celebration full of color and joy thanks to the presence of national and international artists.
The night of July 26 will mark the beginning of the biggest event ever held in Lima and Peru, as far as competitions are concerned. Over 6680 athletes will participate in the Pan American Games. They will parade at the National Stadium carrying the flags of the 41 member countries of Panam Sports in the Americas. Nearly 700 of these athletes will be representing Peru, dreaming of victory in front of the home crowd.
The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will feature 17 days of competitions and ceremonies between July 26 and August 11, to take place in 39 venues such as the National Sports Village (VIDENA) in San Luis, Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas Surfing Sports Center, among others.
START OF THE COMPETITIONS
However, a few days prior to the Opening Ceremony, on July 24, some sports competitions will start at two different venues. The first will take place at the Beach Volleyball Stadium in Costa Verde, in the district of San Miguel. The event will start at 9:00 am in a stage that is being prepared for these Games. This competition will feature 64 male and female athletes.
Afterwards, at 1:00 pm, Sports Center 1 at the VIDENA in the district of San Luis will host the women's handball competitions. A total of 112 athletes from eight countries will participate in these matches.
Teams competing in handball are divided into two groups. Group A, featuring Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and a team qualified by repechage (to be played between Chile, Mexico, Guatemala and Canada). Group B features the United States, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Peru.
QUALIFICATION FOR TOKYO 2020
The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will include 39 sports and 61 disciplines, in which athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be more sports than in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where a total of 32 sports will be featured. Out of all the Lima 2019 competitions, 22 are the qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The competitions offering qualification for Tokyo 2020 are: athletics, badminton, handball, swimming, artistic swimming, diving, equestrian sports (jumping, dressage and eventing), hockey, karate (kata and kumite), pentathlon, weightlifting, surf, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and water polo.
Lima 2019 will be a qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which guarantees the presence of the top athletes in these sport disciplines.
FACILITIES DELIVERED
As the day of the Opening Ceremony approaches, Lima 2019 has delivered 18 competition facilities so Peruvian athletes could train ahead. The Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center has become the first venue to have all its sports facilities ready: baseball, hockey, rugby, softball, the VMT aquatic center and the Basque pelota and fronton courts are operational and at the athletes' disposal.
In the National Sports Village, main competition venue and host of the largest number of sports and disciplines, the Aquatic Center, the Athletics Stadium Warm-up track and the Bowling Center have already been delivered. In addition, the Velodrome has been certified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and the Artistic Roller Skating Rink of Sports Center 3 has been certified by World Skate.
Meanwhile, the Callao Regional Village received the Callao Sports Center, where the Peruvian volleyball team trains; it will also feature taekwondo, as well as Para taekwondo and sitting volleyball in the Parapan Games. On the other hand, boxing, wrestling and goalball events at the Parapan Am Games will take place at Miguel Grau Coliseum. Another facility that is ready is the stadium of the National University of San Marcos, which already hosted the South American U-17 Football Championship.
As for the Villa El Salvador Sports Center, this precinct was built in 12 months and was delivered to the Peruvian Gymnastics Federation. This venue will also host the kata and kumite karate disciplines in the Pan American Games, and boccia and wheelchair rugby in the Parapan American Games. Afterwards, it will remain as a legacy for other sports.
Another facility now ready is the equestrian sports venue, located in the district of La Molina. The Army Equestrian School venue has a complete cross-country circuit, with 4600 m of new grass sowed in advance to be ready to host this sport.
Meanwhile, the 18th facility to be ready is Eduardo Dibós Coliseum, located in the district of San Borja. This venue underwent some improvement works and will also host basketball and 3x3 basketball competitions. The latter is an event never seen before in Peru.
Meanwhile, works continue in the Punta Rocas Sports Center and Las Palmas Shooting Range, which will be delivered ahead of time, well before the Games Opening Ceremony. The same applies to the Costa Verde circuit in San Miguel, which will feature beach volleyball, BMX, speed skating, road cycling, among other competitions.
Apart from the sports infrastructure, the Pan American and Parapan American Village was completed in advance and is currently in the apartment furnishing stage. As for overlay works, the dining hall will serve 700,000 food rations to the almost 10,000 athletes and technical officials staying there.
