Lima, Sep 26 (EFE) .- The karate fighter Alexandra Grande and the ‘skater’ Ángelo Caro will be the flag bearers of Peru in the XII South American Games that will be held in Asunción between October 1 and 15, the Institute reported on Monday Peruvian Sport (IPD).
Grande and Caro will carry the Peruvian flag on behalf of the delegation of nearly 400 national athletes who, according to the IPD, “will seek to place Peru at the top of the general medal table.”
The Peruvian delegation was bid farewell in a ceremony held at the National Stadium, where the president of the IPD, Máximo Pérez, the head of the Peruvian sports mission, Leyla Chihuán, and the director of the Legacy program, Carlos Salazar, also participated.
“It is an honor to be the flag bearer. To have this distinction is a source of pride, but here all the athletes are going to carry the flag, we are going to leave everything and the results will come,” Grande said.
Chihuán assured, for his part, that this is “an important event” and wished “the greatest success to each one” of the Peruvian athletes.
“We know that they are going to represent us in the best possible way. They are the present of the national sport and the future is also assured. Good luck and the medals have to be much greater than the previous Games,” he said.
The president of the IPD also said that he is “sure” that national athletes will obtain “the results that Peru needs.”
“We are supporting them, we hope that they shine in all competitions and that their dreams come true. They are an example for children,” he concluded.
The IPD explained that Peru will compete in 46 sports disciplines of the 53 that will be played in the South American Games, including open water, diving, swimming, water polo, chess, athletics, badminton, boxing, boating, cycling, equestrian, fencing, skiing. aquatics, bodybuilding, gymnastics, golf, hockey, judo and karate.
Also, weightlifting, wrestling, skating, rowing, rugby, skateboarding, squash, taekwondo, tennis, shooting, triathlon, sailing, volleyball and soccer.
The sports institute highlighted that Asunción 2022 will grant “as an incentive” the classification for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games in 18 sports.
At the XI South American Games in Cochabamba 2018, Peru ranked seventh in the medal table, reaching a total of 92 medals, 22 of them gold, 29 silver and 41 bronze.
The IPD pointed out that the best Peruvian performance in the South American Games was in Lima 1990, where the national athletes ranked second in the general medal table, behind Argentina, by achieving 185 medals (50 gold, 59 silver and 76 made of bronze).
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