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Peru's Prime Minister meets with Lima 2019, Panam Sports heads

14:52 | Lima, Apr. 11.

Peruvian Prime Minister Salvador del Solar met with Panam Sports President Neven Ilic and Lima 2019 Executive Director Carlos Neuhaus.

The gathering was part of Panam Sports President's official visit to Lima, which includes other working meetings with different functional areas of the Pan American and Parapan American Games.

With the opening ceremony at Lima's National Stadium just 106 days away, the audience was a chance for the new Cabinet chief to ratify Peru's commitment to the Games.

Panam Sports —led by its president— also visited the National Sports Village (VIDENA) to supervise new and upgraded facilities such as athletics tracks, swimming pools, the velodrome, the Bowling Center, and Sports Center 3.

Panam Sports Vice President Keith Joseph and Secretary General Ivar Sisniega —among other representatives— accompanied Ilic during the visit.

About Lima 2019

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will gather 6,680 athletes from 41 countries and delegations of the Americas.

There will be 17 days of competitions and ceremonies, between July 26 and August 11, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao at various venues like VIDENA, Villa Maria 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.

On the other hand, the Parapan American Games will gather 1,890 Para athletes from 33 countries, participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines, 13 of them are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Editor's note: Based on information provided by Lima 2019.

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Publicado: 11/4/2019