Sports Unions will support the journey of the Pan American Flame

The two sports organizations held a meeting in the offices of the Pan American Olympic Committee (COPAN). Its president, doctor Jose Joaquin Puello; and its secretary, licenciado Luisin Mejia, represented the Olympic Committee. 

The two sports organizations held a meeting in the offices of the Pan American Olympic Committee (COPAN). Its president, doctor Jose Joaquin Puello; and its secretary, licenciado Luisin Mejia, represented the Olympic Committee. 

Licenciado Andres Osiris Tejeda Cesse, president of the recently founded FEDUDE, also president of the Monseñor Nouel Sports Union, highlighted that the journey of the Pan American Flame through each province of the country, as well as the work to be performed with the provincial authorities were arranged during the meeting. 

Tejeda Cesse affirmed that the sports unions´ movement in the country has always been a great ally to the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD); and that its directors are prepared to offer their total support to the Santo Domingo 2003 Games, to be held in this country from August 1 to 17 of the present year. 

Ten out of the twenty-five members of the COPAN attended the meeting held with the Dominican Federation of Sport Unions. 

Among the plans to be executed by the FEDUDE are promoting the Santo Domingo 2003 Games in each of the provinces and to integrate the press media of the different communities to PAN AM-2003. 

Also part of the support given to the event is the invitation for May 29 that has been extended to journalists from all over the country, to visit the sports venues built in the Centro Olimpico Juan Pable Duarte and the Parque del Este. 

The president of the Federation of Sports Unions stated that the Santo Domingo 2003 Games has many positive aspects and that the objective of his organization is to cooperate with the advertising of the event in the 32 provinces of the country. 

The Sports Unions are the provincial organizations that group the associations of each sport. 

It is expected that more than five thousand athletes will compete in 35 sports, during the XIV Pan American Games. Presently, 41 out of the 42 countries members of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) have already pre-registered. Only Guyana´s pre-registration is pending, and it is still possible

The countries that have already pre-registered in the different competitions are the United States, Cuba, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Puerto Rico.

Other countries that have pre-registered are: Jamaica, Haiti, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Barbados, Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, Santa Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Netherlands Antilles (Curazao, Boanire, San Martin, Saint Eustatius and Saba), Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Antigua, Surinam, Granada and the Dominican Republic, which as the host country has a mandatory participation in the competitions of the 35 sports.

The sports to be contended are: water sports (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo), archery, athletics (track and field, marathon), badminton, basketball, baseball, bowling, boxing, canoe, cycling, equestrian, fencing, water ski, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, field hockey, judo, karate, wrestling, roller skating, jai alai, modern pentathlon, racquetball, rowing, softball, squash, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, triathlon, sailing, volleyball (beach and indoor).

Source: http://santodomingo2003.com

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