sports
Omar Gutierrez
Thursday 25, November 2021 • 2:18 pm
The iconic Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium, headquarters of América de Cali, will host tomorrow, starting at 7:00 pm (6:00 pm in El Salvador), the inauguration of the I Cali-Valle Junior Pan American Games 2021.
During the kickoff event, the Salvadoran delegation will be led by flag bearers Paola Corado, for archery, and Uriel Canjura, for badminton. In total they are 66 Cuscatleco athletes (41 women and 25 men) those who will compete in 20 sports disciplines.
Little is known about the opening event, since the organizing committee of the competition suspiciously guards the details of what, they assure, will be a show never seen before. What they did advance is that one of the invited artists will be the singer Fanny Lu, originally from Cali, and there will be cultural events from Cali and Cauca.
“We have had difficulties, but we are certain that we will meet the youth of the continent. Thanks to the artist who will cheer us on tomorrow ”, expressed Baltazar Medina, president of the organizing committee of the games.
In the first edition of the youth Pan-American fair they will participate 3,688 athletes from 41 countries who will compete in 30 sports disciplines.
The Pascual Guerrero Stadium has previously hosted important sporting events such as the VI Pan American Games in 1971, the National Games in 1954 and 2008, the 2001 Copa América and seven Copa Libertadores de América finals.
THESE ARE THE SALVADORAN ATHLETES WHO WILL COMPETE IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES CALI 2021
Athletics: Carlos Santos, Esteban Ibáñez and Isabela González.
Venue to compete: Pedro Grajales Athletics Stadium
Date: November 30 to December 4
Badminton: Uriel Canjura, Javier Alas, Fátima Centeno and Daniel Hernández.
Place to compete: Valle del Pacífico Event Center in Yumbo – Valle.
Date: November 26 to 29
3X3 Basketball: Women: Kenia Mena, Paola Campos, Silvia Vega, Yashari Hernández.
Masculine: Pablo Moisés Figueroa, Kevin Alexis Martínez, William Merino, Benajamín Colocho.
Ivan Yassilev Todorov World Cup Coliseum
Date: December 2 to 5
Boxing: Steven Rodríguez (54 kg)
Venue to compete: Luis Ignacio Álvarez Ospina Coliseum
Date: November 26 to December 1
Bowling: José Armando Hernández, Kevin Núñez, Jeamy Abigail Escobar and Sandra Quintanilla
Venue to compete: El Coliseo de Bolo, Track
Date: November 28-30
Cycling: Josué Arana and Madelline Mendoza
Place to compete: Pista Raúl Pizarro (MTB modality)
Urban Circuit in Buga (road cycling)
Date: November 25 to December 3
Fencing: Ariana Fuentes, Dayanna Ramírez, Odalis Maldonado, David Naranjo, Mauricio Reyes and Saúl Villacorta.
Venue to compete: Valle del Pacífico Event Center, Yumbo municipality.
Date: December 3-5
Gymnastics: Isabela Chávez, Gabriela Carpio, Valeria Reyes and Mauricio Gallardo.
Venue to compete: El Pueblo Coliseum in the municipality of Cali – Valle.
Date: November 26 to December 5
Karate: Andrea Ruíz.
Venue to compete: Yuri Avelar Combat Coliseum
Date: December 3-5
Struggle: Karen Sánchez- wrestling modality- category 53 kilograms
Jacqueline Hernández- Olympic wrestling modality- 57 kilograms
Venue to compete: Miguel Calero Hockey Coliseum, in Cali
Date: December 1 to 4
Swimming: José Manuel Campo, Néctor Elías Segovia, Elisa Funes, Isabella Alas and Fátima Portillo. Artistic: Cesia Elizabeth Castaneda and Grecia Gabriela Mendoza, and María José Mancía in diving.
Venue to compete: Hernando Botero O’byrne Pools, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Date: November 26 to December 4
Skating: Marvin Rodríguez, Ivonne Nóchez and Haydeé Barrios
Venue to compete: The World Cup Skateboarding, in Cali.
Date: November 30 to December 4
Remo: Paola Aguila and Ariana Townsend
Place to compete: Lake Calima, in Valle del Cauca.
Date: December 1 to 4
Squash: Erika Parker, Katya Aceituno and Marcela Méndez
Venue to compete: Club Campestre de Cali
Date: November 26 to December 1
Tennis: Valentina cruz
Venue to compete: Multifunctional White Coliseum 1
Date: November 29 to December 4
Table tennis: Gabriela Suárez, Cristina Machado, Enzo Leiva and Diego Orantes
Venue to compete: Multifunctional White Coliseum 1
Date: November 30 to December 5
Sport’s shot: Milena Morales, Daniela Calderón and Andrés Vidal
Venue to compete: CVC Bernardo Tobar Club
Date: November 26 to 29
Archery: Paola Corado, Gerardo Rivas, Marcela Cortéz, Kevin Mercado
Venue to compete: Francisco Rivera Escobar Stadium
Date: November 26 to 29
Triathlon: Anderson Posada and Helen Portillo
Venue to compete: Calima Lake and Urban Circuit
Date: November 26 and 29
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