They started at full pace Araucanía Games, which in its 2024 edition has the delegations of Neuquen y Black River with a lot of prominence and almost 400 athletes representing the region. Chapter 31 in the history of the traditional binational event that brings together the provinces of southern Argentina and Chile It is carried out in Aysén and Magallanes, recognized regions of the neighboring country.
In addition to Neuquén and Rio Negro, who total almost the same number of athletes each, others join from Chubut, Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz, La Pampa on the Argentine side and from Aysén, Magallanes, Los Lagos, Los Ríos, La Araucanía , Bío Bío and Ñuble for the Chilean. In total there are about 2,500 people who are part of Araucanía.
From Neuquén, the soccer and cycling teams traveled to Punta Arenas (Magallanes Region), and the basketball, volleyball, judo, swimming and athletics athletes traveled to the headquarters of Coyhaique and Puerto Aysén (Aysén Region).
For its part, the Río Negro delegation gathered in Bariloche before crossing the Cordillera to reach the headquarters corresponding to each sport.
In this type of events, individual and collective achievements according to the discipline add up to the general table by provinces. Río Negro, who has just finished on the podium at the Evita Games that ended last Saturday in Mar del Plata, defends the title in Araucanía. It obtained the last five titles: Magallanes 2018, La Pampa 2019, Los Lagos 2022 and Río Negro 2023. It is the district that has won the general of Araucanía the most times with 14 consecrations.
Details about the Araucanía headquarters
In Coyhaique, most disciplines are carried out, such as athletics; judo; men’s and women’s volleyball.
Puerto Aysén, which is 65 kilometers from the aforementioned regional capital (Coyhaique), is another of the sub-venues of this edition. Men’s and women’s basketball and swimming are being played there.
The southernmost city of this edition is Punta Arenas, which is the headquarters of cycling with a unique setting such as the Pacific Ocean coastline. Also, in the southern cold, soccer is being played, in both branches.
