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PARA ATHLETES SATISFIED WITH FACILITIES OF SPORTS VENUES
Sports venues have accessible facilities for people with some kind of impairment.
In order to guarantee access to Para athletes and people with an impairment, all sports venues where the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games take place are fully accessible, as they have large corridors, elevators for wheelchairs, including Braille system, tactile walking surfaces, among other advantages.
Edgard Perdomo, Mexican wheelchair basketball Para athlete, said he was very impressed by all the infrastructure built for the Lima 2019 Games and the accessibility that allows a person with some type of impairment to move safely.
He pointed out that this type of sports events allows to showcase the abilities of a person with an impairment and to prove that they are like any person capable of carrying out different activities successfully. VIDENA with full accessibility for people with impairments.
Alberto Bailón, Mexican wheelchair basketball Para athlete, emphasized that during his travels he has confirmed the great accessibility at the various sports venues, especially with inclined ramps, bathrooms, dressing rooms, gymnasiums, as well as adapted dining rooms and attentive staff, who are always ready to help.
He also said that he has participated in international competitions in other Latin American countries and had never seen such a complete Parapan American Village with so many accessible facilities. He even considered that Peru’s basketball court is not so different from courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.”
“Far from being an expense, it’s an investment that unites us and improves the level of a country,” said the Mexican Para athlete very satisfied.
ACCESSIBLE SPORTS VENUES
Pedro Indacochea, accessibility specialist for Lima 2019, said that the National Sports Village (VIDENA) has fully equipped spaces for people with impairments in accordance with international standards of best practices.
He also said that this refurbishment work is part of the legacy that Lima 2019 provides, based on three fundamental pillars: accessibility, Para sports promotion and awareness to familiarize the community in general about impairment.
Indacochea stated that the cost invested for implementation is not so high if you think of the overall benefit for all people in general, not only with impairments, but also senior citizens, children, pregnant women, etc.
“It is not just about doors, ramps, bathrooms, tactile walking surfaces or dressing rooms, but the treatment of people with impairments,” stressed the specialist, concluding that everything implemented is accessible, both for people with impairments and for the community.