The Pan American Sports Organization made Lima and Asunción official for the Pan American Games. They met the requirements, after the withdrawal of Barranquilla.
Lime and Assumption met all the requirements and communicated their interest in hosting the Pan American Games 2027reported the Pan American Sports Organization that made official the candidacies of the capitals of Peru and of Paraguay for the continent’s largest multi-sports event.
The announcement of Panama Sports confirmed the decision taken unanimously in January to strip the Colombian city of Barranquilla from the venue of the games for failure to make payments stipulated in a contract. “The capitals of Paraguay and Peru officially applied and among them will be the host city that will host the XX Pan American Games in history,” said an official statement.
Gustavo Petro suffered a setback
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrohad requested the Executive Committee of the Pan American Sports Organization reconsider the decision, while the Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into the Minister of Sports, Astrid Rodríguez, for the delays in payments that caused the loss of the headquarters for Barranquilla.
“We are very happy with the nomination of these two great cities of our continent,” the president of Panama Sports, Neven Ilic. “Both complied with the requested requirements within the stipulated period.” To decide the next headquarters, the Executive Committee of Panama Sports called an Extraordinary General Assembly for next March 12 virtually.
During the Assembly, the candidate cities must make a 40-minute presentation, and then proceed to the voting of the member countries and choose the next venue for the most important sporting event on the continent in 2027. The Colombian city of Cali hosted the VI Pan American Games in 1971 where more than 3,000 athletes from 32 countries competed.
The most recent edition of the Panamerican Games It was held in Santiago de Chile, in 2023, in which almost 7,000 athletes participated, representing 41 countries.
Source: Ambito
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