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PRESIDENT OF CHILE: “LIMA 2019 SET BAR HIGH FOR THE NEXT PAN AMERICAN GAMES”
President Sebastián Piñera visits the country to learn more about the organization of the most important multi-sports event in the continent.
The President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, stated that, regarding its organization, the Lima 2019 Pan American Games set the bar high for the next Games that will take place in Santiago in 2023. However, he is confident that Chile can surpass it.
“I want to congratulate Peru, because they have organized a great Pan American Games. They have set the bar high, but I want to tell my compatriots that we are going to surpass it,” said the Chilean president during his visit to the VIDENA, where he attended the athletics competitions.
Piñera noted that the challenge for Chile, after the high bar set by Peru, is to collect the experience of the most important sports event in the continent. President of Chile arrived in Peru to be part of the Lima 2019 celebration.
“I was able to see the sports venues, the organization, the mystic and the enthusiasm, and that is something we have to learn from Lima, so that we can organize unforgettable Pan American Games in Santiago for all Chileans,” he expressed.
The President of Chile said that he will soon meet with the President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, and that he has already held meetings with the companies that participated in the organization of the Games to learn and collect the experience.
He pointed out that, in Chile, they have a really good sports infrastructure and that based on that, they will make the necessary investment to organize the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.
Piñera asserted that Peru made a significant investment for the organization of the Pan American Games and also for the legacy. “In Chile, we are going to make most of the investment made for the South American Games (Santiago 2014) and we are only going to add the strictly necessary to organize a great version of the Pan American Games,” he stressed.
The President of Chile made these statements after he personally congratulated his country’s athletes, gold and silver medalists in the hammer throw event, Gabriel Kehr and Humberto Mansilla, respectively.