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The Peruvian women’s rugby team finished its preparation to travel to Asunción, Paraguay, tonight, where the Rugby Sevens South American Championship will be held. Besides defining the continental order, this championship will serve as training for the pre-Olympic tournament and the Pan American Games, that will be held in Lima in June and July, respectively.
High intensity physical works and tactical exercises with and without the ball took place at the rugby stadium, built by the Pan American Games Organizing Committee, which has become one of the greatest legacies left by Lima 2019 for national sport.
“This tournament is very useful. Final positions will determine the South American placing before the pre-Olympic tournament. We know we still have a lot to improve, that our limit is very high, but with fields like the one in Villa María del Triunfo, the road to reach the other teams’ level will be easier,” said the team captain, Rosemary Quesada.
The team’s coach, Pablo Vila Galarza, called up Samantha Chuquivala, Natalia Correa, Michelle Flores, Lucy Granda, Andrea Masías, Betriz Orcotoma, Paula Pacheco, Lieneke Ratto, Melissa Vargas and Karoline Vergara.
The first test of the stadium will be in early June, with the Women’s Pre-Olympic tournament for Tokyo 2020, with the participation of 10 South American teams. The champion will secure a place for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Argentina, Brazil and Peru have already qualified for Lima 2019 Games. The next best placed country will secure the last quota for the Pan American Games.
LIMA 2019 COMPETITION SYSTEM
Lima 2019 Rugby Sevens tournament will be held between July 26 and 28. So far, our women’s team participation has been confirmed. Among their rivals will be Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United States, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Men’s team, called “Los Tumis”, will try to qualify through a South American tournament to be held between May and June. ‘Sevens’ teams that are already confirmed for Lima 2019 are Canada (two-time Pan American champion), Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, United States, Jamaica, and Guyana.
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.
