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Sep 17, 2013 Sports
Twenty-three (23) athletes and seven (7) officials will leave these shores today en-route to Lima, Peru via Trinidad and Tobago and Panama to represent the Golden Arrowhead at the 1st South American Youth Games (1SAYG) which is being organised by the South American Sport Organization (ODESUR).
Chef de Mission of the Guyana team, GOA Executive Member Dr. Karen Pilgrim has already left for Peru where fourteen (14) countries will be battling for supremacy featuring junior athletes.
At these inaugural games there will be some 213 events (Men’s 109; Women’s 91; Mixed 13) with fourteen (14) countries participating, the others are Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and hosts, Peru.
The respective Coaches have all expressed confidence that their athletes will give a good account of themselves against their peers.
This is the largest group of mixed athletes that will leave these shores to represent this nation at an International event and this has been made possible by the Organising Committee of the Games which donated sixteen (16) air tickets and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) which is investing six million dollars.
GOA President, K. A Juman Yassin at a press conference the body hosted last week had stated that they are hoping that this will be a start of the careers of many of nation’s young athletes.
“This may the road to Rio for some of them if not, this should be the road to Tokyo for most of them,” Yassin noted.
The opening ceremony for the 1SAYG will be held on September 20, Boxing is slated for the 21st to 25th, Cycling 21 – 26, Badminton 24th, Swimming 21 – 26, Athletics and Weightlifting 27 – 29 and Table Tennis 27 – 28.
The creation of the South American Youth Games is part of ODESUR’s strategic planning for sports development in the region. The South American Youth Games follow the model of the Youth Olympic Games, adopting the same sports program, age-group and the principle of strengthening sport as a tool to foster culture, ethical behavior and the education of youths.
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