There is frustration in his voice. There is certainly less enthusiasm. Ciro Solano, president of the Colombian Olympic Committee (COC), is realistic and admits that Barranquilla is on the verge of definitively giving up its bid to recapture the 2027 Pan American Games, which were withdrawn by Panam Sports after repeated failures of the national government. when paying for the fees to organize them.
However, the visible head of the COC, currently the only interlocutor in Colombia with Panam Sports, says he will fight to the end and believes that “a minimal glimmer of hope remains to save them”, although he accepts that this is the case . is difficult.
The hope is that the Executive Committee, president of Panam Sports, led by the Chilean Neven Ilic Álvarez (who only passes the phone to Solano), will accept an extraordinary meeting between Tuesday and Wednesday in which the COC will try to to convince the 41 members of the fairs’ governing body that Barranquilla should be the location.
The Panam Sports Executive Committee will no longer reverse its original decision. It remains to be seen whether the extraordinary meeting will be allowed and the countries that chose the capital of the Atlantic by acclamation will return the headquarters.
EL HERALDO spoke about this with Ciro Solano.
Source: El heraldo

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