“Sport helps us build identity every day. In this flag are their families, friends and girlfriends, there are their loves, their cities and their provinces that saw them grow. And on this flag are also the millions of Argentines who are going to be encouraging and encouraging them, hoping they enjoy this experience. I want to thank each and every one very much because these games have an extra challenge due to their postponement; If they hadn’t put their hearts into it, they wouldn’t have been able to get here. This is an enormous achievement for all of you ”, remarked the Secretary of Sports of the Nation.
Inés Arrondo was accompanied by the Undersecretary of Integral Development of Sports Activity of the Nation, Daniel Díaz; the deputy director of the National Agency for Disability (ANDIS), Dr. Greta Marisa Pena; and the Japanese ambassador to Argentina, Takahiro Nakamae.
The athlete Yanina Martínez, a gold medalist in Rio 2016, and the judoka Fabián Ramírez, a double medalist who will depute his sixth Games, will be the Argentine flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 16th edition of the Paralympic Games. Argentina will participate in athletics, cycling, bocce, soccer for the blind, judo, swimming, para-canoeing, rowing, tennis, table tennis, and taekwondo.
The largest adapted sport event on the planet returns to Tokyo after the 1964 edition and will host more than 500 events in 22 sports. The Argentine delegation with Santa Fe judoka Fabián Ramírez, a double medalist who will depute his sixth Games.
