Metropolitan Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga has sent a letter to Panam Sports, the Pan American Sports Organization that unites 41 countries, to support the initiative of the Peruvian Olympic Committee (COP) to host the 2027 Pan American Games. reported this Thursday.local.
In the letter to the president of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic, López Aliaga assures that if the venue for the XX edition of the event is assigned to Lima, the authorities undertake to respect the Olympic statute, the regulations of the games and any signed agreement to respect. with the organizing committee “including, but not limited to, the contract with the city of Lima.”
“In the same way, we will provide all facilities to athletes, leaders, officials, judges, media representatives and other participants during the Pan American Games,” said the letter signed by the mayor of Lima, a city that has already hosted the XVIII Games organized. American Games.
For this reason, the Peruvian capital has the sports infrastructure necessary for the competition, which is managed by the organization Proyecto Especial Legado, which is responsible for managing, maintaining and articulating its sustainability.
El Comercio newspaper added on Thursday that for Lima’s candidacy to meet all the requirements, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte must send Panam Sports a letter similar to López Aliaga’s.
The Municipality of Lima noted on social network
During that meeting, “the topic of the next 2027 Pan American Games, which could take place in the city of Lima,” was discussed, the release said.
The president of the COP, Renzo Manyari, stated this week that the sports authorities, the federations and the entire national sports system “support and see with great enthusiasm that Lima will host the next Pan American and Parapan American Games 2027.”
“Lima 2027 has a huge opportunity to take place, we are sure that the wishes of our athletes will be a perfect match and synchronization with the political will of our country,” he told local network América Televisión.
In addition to the Peruvian capital, the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo and the Paraguayan city of Asunción are also reportedly interested in hosting the XX Pan American Games.
On January 3, Panam Sports said in a statement that it had “the unwavering determination to withdraw the right to organize that tournament” from the Colombian city of Barranquilla due to “the countless violations of the current contract.”
Despite this, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, assured this Tuesday that his country has eight million dollars ready for Barranquilla to restore the organization of the competition and that he will meet Ilic personally during a visit he plans to make this month. Chili.
Source: El heraldo
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