The Sports and Culture delegations of La Matanza will participate one more year in the final of the 2024 Buenos Aires Games. Like every year, the district is proudly represented by athletes and artists who work every day, together with the municipal teams, to represent La Matanza with great pride.
The large delegation of athletes from La Matanza is made up of young people, seniors and people with disabilities who will compete over six days in different disciplines such as athletics, basketball, badminton, swimming, soccer, among others. Seniors will participate in the Final of checkers, chess, tricks, bocce, pentathlon, tennis, paddle tennis, shuffleboard and newcom, among others.
On the other hand, the Culture delegation represents the district in disciplines such as Plastic Arts, Circus Art, Buenos Aires Cooks, Cumbia, Folk Dance, Tango Dance, PCD Dance Theater (Persons with Disabilities), Photography, Freestyle Rap, Literature, Malambo, Oral Narration PCD, Rock, Vocal Soloist, Stand Up, Theater and Videominute.
It should be noted that over the years, La Matanza has obtained first place eleven times and in all its editions it has been the Municipality that has obtained the most medals, and in which the most athletes participated during the different stages of competition (local, regional , interregional and provincial final). In addition, many of the people who participate and represent the colors of La Matanza arise from activities of the Secretariats of Sports and Recreation and Culture that are completely free. All this reinforces and revalidates the district as the National Capital of Social Sports.
This 2024, for the first time the district won the place of the interregional stage, which took place in sports centers and clubs in La Matanza, receiving hundreds of girls and boys from nine municipalities, in a stage that allowed classification to the finals in Mar del Plata. In this edition of the Games, 22 thousand people from Matanzas and Matanzas registered and participated, among the different categories mentioned and once again it takes the lead as the largest delegation, with more than 800 participants, and potential winner with the largest number of medals. one of the most important sporting events in the country and South America.
