Seventh issue of the magazine Parapan American Games will officially start this Friday from ceremony inauguration. In 2000, athletes from 31 countries will take part in 17 sports, with 11 days of competition closing the competition. Santiago, Chile, as host of continental fairs.
He National Stadium Chile’s capital will reopen its doors for an opening celebration, during which delegations will parade and the cauldron will be lit again Parapan-American Firea flame that also symbolizes the warmth with which the Chileans welcomed the competition.
These games represent the most important event in the region for athletes with disabilities physical, visual or intellectual. The competition ends on November 26th with most athletes aiming to qualify. 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
The opening show promises to be a musical party and will feature outstanding Chilean artists from different musical genres, among which the singer stands out. Beto Cuevasknown throughout the world as the leader and vocalist of the group Chilean group Lawwhich began in the late 1980s.
However, the competition will begin this Thursday with the first rounds of the competition. table tennis in individual male and female modalities, in eleven types of activities that unite para-athletes.
Starting Saturday, athletes who have already won world titles will meet; Cuban Omara Duran, a multiple Paralympic gold medalist, will compete in his sixth Games. On the other hand, a blind Brazilian football player Ricardinhowho was a world champion, has already won 4 Paralympic titles.
For Mexicoweightlifter Amalia Perezwill be seeking his sixth Parapan American gold.
Amalia Perez.
17 disciplines which will take place in Santiago 2023 are mainly adapted Olympic disciplines.
These are adapted sports: athletics, badminton, swimming, powerlifting, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, sport shooting, cycling, rugby, tennis and basketball, all in wheelchairs, judo and football, which have a modality for the blind. and another for people with cerebral palsy.
There are two exceptions: goalball – created in 1946 – and bowlswhich debuted at the New York Paralympic Games in 1984 and are the representative disciplines of these games.
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Adriana Carrillo, a goalball player, is one of the Mexican athletes who will represent the country at the Parapan American Games. #Santiago2023 pic.twitter.com/uePV5UtWNX
— Everything except football ® (@todomenosfut) November 14, 2023
A great example of a medal table at these fairs is BrazilWhat Ha won four out of seven issues. Should Mexico What won the first twobut in the very last they had to be content with third or fourth place.
Brazil and MexicoHowever, these are the only countries that exceed a thousand medals in total received in this event.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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