LIMA 2019: PAN AMERICAN GAMES ARE THE START OF PERUVIAN SPORT

“Today, is not the end of the Pan American Games but the start of Peruvian sport. We hope we have inspired millions of young athletes of the Americas because this is a new start for all of athletes of our continent,” said Alberto Valenzuela, Lima 2019 general manager.

He thanked the almost 7000 athletes that arrive to our country, for being part of our history, in an unprecedented event that united Peruvians and millions of people of the Americas.

Valenzuela said that we have to look forward now, taking care of the legacy left by the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, and taking care of the sport infrastructure that turned our country into the new sport capital of the continent.

He also said that the second legacy we should protect is the social legacy, our athletes, the current and the ones to come in the next years, because they are a new inspiration for sport and the new heroes for our children and grandchildren.

The Lima 2019 General Manager also thanked all the people that came to the Games, because they have inspired a country, a whole new generation of young people and Peruvians that will build the most important legacy and the sport reserve in the years to come.

“I want to deeply thank all media and press on behalf of the Organizing Committee, for being part of this story, for having made history here.” he said.