The Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) reported that a new breed of Guatemalan athletes is about to participate in the first Junior Pan American Game 2021, which they will celebrate in Cali and Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The fair will feature the participation of 122 national athletes and will compete from November 25 to December 5.
#ComeGuate | This Wednesday the Guatemalan delegation that will compete in the I Junior Cali Valle Pan American Games was sworn in. Erick Gordillo (swimming) and Katya Castellanos (sailing), are the standard bearers. We wish our athletes success! ????????
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– The Best Team (@EUDeportes) November 11, 2021
Last Wednesday, the athletes were flagged before representing the colors blue and white. The swearing in took place in the Teodoro Palacios Flores Gym to a group of athletes between 15 and 23 years old (age range in the tournament) who will be eligible for a direct classification to the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023 as an incentive.
Guatemalan participation
Guatemala will be represented in 26 of the 28 sports available, these being: athletics, badminton, 3 × 3 basketball, bowling, boxing, boating, cycling, fencing, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), judo, karate, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming , speed skating, modern pentathlon, rowing, squash, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, archery, sports shooting, triathlon, sailing and volleyball (beach and indoor).
The group of national athletes that will compete and Colombia it has an average age of 18 and is made up of 69 men and 53 women. The COG communicates that these data reflect “gender equity in the development of the processes in the high performance of the national sport.”
Organization details
The Organizing Committee of the I Junior Pan American Games Cali-Valle 2021 and authorities of Panam Sports They have communicated that as biosecurity measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, all athletes must be vaccinated to participate in the competition.
“The Guatemalan delegation registers 99% of the members with a full dose of vaccination, of which 36 are minors and 152 are over 18 years old,” reported the WATCH in the press release on the jousts.
Facts you need to know about Cali-Valle 2021
In the competition there will be 3 thousand 806 athletes from 41 different countries and they will stay in 30 different hotels. More than 3,000 volunteers will be divided into 6 sub-venues, 6 sports units, 25 sports venues and 30 hotels to carry everything in their respective order. In turn, there will be 1,400 Thursdays spread over the 28 sports.
