After the incredible Pan American Games opening ceremony at the National Stadium, spectators can buy their tickets for the closing ceremony of the most important sports event in the Americas. Do not wait until the last minute. 

This ceremony will be produced by the Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows, an international leader in the live entertainment industry. Some of its team members are responsible for the Torino 2006, Sochi 2014, and Rio 2016 Olympic ceremonies. 

It should be noted that the Pan American Games opening ceremony represented 4000 years of ancient history. The musical performance allowed the audience to relive the best moments of Creole, rock and cumbia music. 

The parade of the 41 participating delegations was accompanied by Peruvian music. Juan Diego Flórez, Luis Fonsi and other local artists also participated in this ceremony. 

The person in charge of the musical arrangements enjoyed by the 50 000 spectators was the musical director Lucho Quequezana. 

Tickets and Points of Sale 

Tickets for the Pan American Games closing ceremony and competitions are available and prices start at PEN 20. There will be 50% off for people with an impairment and their companion, senior citizens and anyone under the age of 18. 

Fans can buy their tickets at lima2019.pe/tickets. The Lima 2019 Organizing Committee has recently installed a point of sale at Jockey Plaza Shopping Center, in Santiago de Surco. 

This new point of sale joins the other ten already located in Metro and Wong supermarkets, in the districts of Chorrillos, Independencia, La Molina, Lima, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Juan de Miraflores, San Miguel and Surco. 

It should be noted that 21 competitions in the Pan American Games are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while 13 Para sports will be qualifiers for the Paralympic Games. 

They both discovered sports during their childhood when they were just thinking about playing. Now, 20 years later, they are both our top taekwondo poomsae athletes. It all started as a game and now they devote themselves to a discipline that made its debut at the Pan American Games. 

The Callao Sports Center audience cheered on our athletes on this historic day. The athletes felt the energy coming down from the grandstands and obtained silver medals that will remain in the history of our sport. This date will always remain in their memories. 

Del Castillo started practicing this sport when he was 10. It has been hard to reach the podium in the most important multi-sports event in the Americas: “This silver medal still feels like gold. It's incredible to know that all these years of experience are reflected in this medal. This is a gift for my country at the Pan American Games,” said the athlete. 

“It’s a historic day for Peruvian sport, not only because of the medals, but also to promote this sport among young people and have top-level athletes. We must take advantage of this opportunity to host the best Pan American Games," concluded Del Castillo. 

CYCLE COMPLETE  

Marcela Castillo is two-time gold medalist at the Trujillo 2013 and Santa Marta 2017 Bolivarian Games; however, she is thrilled to have won this medal in Lima. Since she was 8, she competed and dreamed of representing Peru and reaching the Pan American podium. However, her goals are not over yet. 

“When I was 5 and started practicing this sport, I could never imagine what it feels like to represent your country, even more in such an important event that takes place in your own country. I never imagined being here, but it comforts me because I had to work hard to get where I am now,” she said. 

KEEP SUPPORTING THEM 

Tomorrow, Del Castillo and Marcela Castillo will participate in the freestyle event, in which five poomsae athletes will show acrobatic routines. They will show jumps, kicks in the air, twists and acrobatics that will be scored by judges. 

Cheer on our athletes and buy your tickets at lima2019.pe/tickets. The Lima 2019 Organizing Committee has recently installed a point of sale at Jockey Plaza Shopping Center, in Santiago de Surco. This new point of sale joins the other ten already located in Metro and Wong supermarkets, in the districts of Chorrillos, Independencia, La Molina, Lima, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Juan de Miraflores, San Miguel and Surco.  

Tickets prices start at PEN 20. There will be 50% off for anyone under the age of 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment. 

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will gather 6680 athletes from 41 countries and delegations of the Americas. There will be 19 days of competitions and ceremonies between July 24 and August 11, 2019, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao. Some venues are the VIDENA, Villa María Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas, among others. 

LIMA 2019 opened the CULTURAYMI, the Pan American and Parapan American games cultural program, at the Parque de la Exposición. More than 10 000 people visited the event in the first day.

The Mayor of Lima, Jorge Muñoz Wells, the Minister of Environment, Lucía Ruiz, the Vice Minister of SMEs and Industry, Oscar Graham and the Lima 2019 Director of Communication, Commercialization and Marketing, Juan Antonio Silva attended the opening. This cultural celebration is a great opportunity to show the world the best of our traditions and provide with an entertainment alternative for all Peruvians and international visitors.

The Lima 2019 Director of Communication, Commercialization and Marketing, Juan Antonio Silva explained that the Culturaymi goes until August 11 and it will further develop concepts of the Pan American Games Opening Ceremony, such as cultural and natural diversity.

“With this program we want to show that Lima 2019 is more than the greatest multi-sport competition in the Americas and the second most important after the Olympic Games. This is an opportunity to show the culture of Peru to the world”, he mentioned.

The Mayor of Lima, Jorge Muñoz, said that having public spaces for culture unite people. He also invited families to visit the Culturaymi at the Parque de la Exposición.

The authorities enjoyed a performance by the Basic Alternative Education Children’s Choir – MINEDU, took the official photo and then, toured the facilities, the stands and the remodeled amphitheater (Fun Fest Hall).

Concerts at the Fun Fest Hall during the CULTURAYMI start today Saturday 27, before the official national holiday celebration with performances from the Band of Pedro Suárez Vértiz, Los Mirlos, Josimar y su Yambú and Deyvis Orozco. At the Morisco Stage we will have Big Band UNMSM, Liberato Kani, Las Respondonas, Wendy Sulca, Uchpa and Sabor y Control.

On July 28, Fun Fest will have a great program: Homage to Sr. De los Milagros-Danza, Hermanos Chávez, Los Cholos, Lucho Quequezana and Fabiola de la Cuba. Los mensajeros de la Selva, Ezequiel y Teresa Fuller Granda, Manuelcha Prado, Tunantada Adex (Dance) and Bartola will perform at the Morisco Stage.

There is a ticket sales stand at the Parque de la Exposición for the different Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American competitions.

ABOUT THE CULTURAYMI

In the precinct there are nine zones with various activities visitors can enjoy. There are two stages, an expositions and workshop area, a culinary festival, a big screen and a ticket point of sale for the competitions (Teleticket) offering a fantastic experience for the visitor.

The artistic program is quite diverse, and it includes musicians from all genres and trends for the public to enjoy. It is a large list with diverse options. Dina Páucar, Tony Succar, Damaris, Miki González, Los Shapis, Bareto, Pelo Madueño, Mar de Copas, Amén, La Mente and Dilber Aguilar, to name a few of the performers and groups. With them, many more have spectacular shows full of light, sound and color.

There will also be workshops and exhibitions, artisans from different parts of the country will show their best creations. There will also be dances and theatre for children and adults among many other things.

This great culture celebration will go from July 27 to August 10 and from July 24 to 31. The 46 winners of the Cultural Projects Contests of the CULTURAYMI by LIMA 2019, will put their talent in the categories: Art Workshops for Social Transformation, Clothing Design, Visual Arts, Music and Performing Arts. These won the well-received contest organized by Lima 2019.

Many districts are also part of the Lima 2019 Cultural Circuit: Ate, Barranco, Callao, Pachacamac, Pueblo Libre, Lima, Magdalena, Miraflores, San Miguel, San Borja, San Isidro and San Luis. They will simultaneously have attractive offers for visitors and neighbors.

Each of the activities in the CULTURAYMI are part of a large set of options, so nobody is left aside during this great cultural gathering called LIMA 2019.

CULTURAYMI celebrates creativity in Peru. It commemorates culture with a diverse and attractive agenda. It is the Cultural Program of the Lima 2019 Games.

ABOUT LIMA 2019

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will gather 6680 athletes from 41 countries and delegations of the Americas. There will be 19 days of competitions and ceremonies between July 24 and August 11, which will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao. Some venues are the VIDENA, Villa María Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas, among others

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games will include 39 sports and 62 disciplines, in which athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. A total of 21 disciplines are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The Parapan American Games will gather 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries, who will participate in 17 Para sports and 18 disciplines.

Competitions will take place from August 23 to September 1, 2019. Additionally, 13 sports will be qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

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The fans at the Mariscal Cáceres Coliseum applauded the young Peruvian weightlifter Luis Bardalez, who added a new medal for his country at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

Bardalez won the bronze medal in the 67 kg category after lifting 167 kg in snatch and 164 kg in clean and jerk, for a total of 291 kg.

The Mexican Jonathan Muñoz won the gold with a score of 306 kg, while Edgar Pineda from Guatemala took the silver home with a total of 297 kg.

In this way, Peru reclaims its rightful position as the host country by adding another medal to the national historic medal table, in one of the toughest competitions of the Games, where 126 athletes of 21 delegations are participating.

The weightlifting tournament continues tomorrow on the same stage at Chorrillos.

More than 5000 people arrived at Parque Kennedy in Miraflores, start and end point for the marathon, and their long wait was well rewarded: they saw long-distance runners Gladys Tejeda and Christian Pacheco cross the finish line and win the gold medal in this 42K competition, the first ones for Peru. Both runners set new Pan American records in this discipline. 

The sports celebration began at 06:30 in the streets of Miraflores, San Isidro, Lince and Cercado de Lima. Entire families approached the marathon route and encouraged each of the competitors running along Lima's main avenues. 

The cheers could be heard throughout the marathon, which started at 08:30 in the women's event. It was all neatly organized: road closures from July 27 at 00:00 to organize the competition route, private and public transportation diversions in the nearby streets, hundreds of Peruvian Armed Forces and National Police members supervising the route, and the unconditional support of the local residents. They simply enjoyed this first-ever sports celebration, without even noticing the street closures. 

“La Blanquirroja”, the Official Peruvian Team Supporters, arrived in the streets of Miraflores a few minutes before the competition started to cheer on the Peruvian athletes. Jaír Villanueva, leader of the fanbase, stated that the Lima 2019 Pan American Games are not just a source of price, but also an opportunity to show that Peruvian fans are really good hosts. “La Blanquirroja isn’t just a football fanbase, it’s for all sports,” he said. 

He added that, to support the Pan American Games, they will be in most of the competitions. “We have agreed that “La Blanquirroja” will be multiplied and we will go to all the venues to root for our athletes, make feel them locals and tell them they are champions, they’re our champions,” he emphasized. 

A few meters away, 77-year-old Marcelina Pucuharanga—Gladys Tejeda’s mother—arrived in Lima in the early morning of July 27 to encourage her youngest daughter (and to see her win). She was together with the Pan American champion's brother and Mayor of the Province of Junín Jorge Tejeda. He recalled how, as children, they used to through the puna to graze the sheep and the livestock. 

“We used to run together and she would always beat me, she always got to the animals before me. In our hometown, she learned how to run and she understood that her dreams could come true, and that triumphs were not just about talent, but also about discipline and effort. Gladys has enough of both of them,” he reminisced. 

Awarded by the President 

Christian Pacheco crossed the finish line at 11:40 after running the 42K of the marathon competition, in the men's event. The people who attended and followed the entire route of the new Pan American champion would not move off the security fences protecting the marathon route until the medal ceremony ended. 

Half an hour later, Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo, joined by Panam Sports President Neven Ilic and COPAL President Carlos Neuhaus, awarded both winners with their gold medals and a ceramic model of the Lima 2019 official mascot Milco: a clay statuette made by Ayacucho master craftsmen representing the cuchimilco, an Anthropomorphic image from the Chancay culture. 

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With the unconditional support of its fans, the Peruvian football team will make its Lima 2019 Pan American Games debut against Argentina on the first matchday of women's football, Group B.

The match will take place in San Marcos stadium at 20:30. This competition is one of the more than 10 disciplines to take place on the fifth day of the Americas' most important multi-sports event.

The men's modern pentathlon event will be held at the Chorrillos Military School (11:00 – 16:00). Meanwhile, men’s and women’s bowling competitions will be held at the National Sports Village (VIDENA) between 9:00 and 20:00.

MEDAL CEREMONIES

Men’s artistic gymnastics competitions will start at 16:30 in two rounds where the participating teams, among them Peru, will seek qualification for the final. The medal ceremony will start at 23:25.

Men's shooting, in the air pistol event, will start at 9:00 at Las Palmas Air Base Shooting Range, in the district of Surco. The medal ceremony will start at 14:45.

Weightlifting competitions start at noon at Mariscal Cáceres Coliseum in the district of Chorrillos. Two men's and two women's competitions will be held, resulting in the athletes to be awarded in this discipline.

Rugby competitions will be held at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center starting at 9:10, where 16 teams will compete for the medal. The medal ceremony for both women’s and men’s categories will start at 16:45.

MORE COMPETITIONS

Fifteen basketball 3x3 games will take place at Eduardo Dibós Coliseum in San Borja, in both women’s and men’s events. The competitions start at 14:30 with the preliminary match between Brazil and Venezuela, and end at 22:00 with the game between Dominican Republic vs. USA.

Women's and men's water ski events start at 10:00 at Laguna Bujama, in Mala, in the trick and jump disciplines.

Softball will also take place at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center at 10:00, with the following matches: Argentina vs. USA, Cuba vs. Mexico (13:00 – 15:30) and Peru vs. Venezuela (16:00 – 18:30).

Beach volleyball competitions will continue at the Costa Verde San Miguel Sports Center, with 16 women's and men's matches including the quarter-finals, starting at 9:00.

Finally, 10 men's and women's boxing bouts will take place between 14:30 and 21:00 at Miguel Grau Coliseum.

Diego Elías had to wait for four years to take revenge. In 2015, Colombian athlete Miguel Rodríguez denied him the chance to pick up a gold medal at Toronto 2015. Now was the time for Elías to take revenge. 

In front of a crowd that filled the stadium with excitement, the Peruvian athlete won the third gold medal for Peru after defeating Colombian Miguel Rodríguez 3-1 in a highly-contested game, after 11-6, 7-11, 12-10 and 11-9 scores. 

Lima 2019 Ambassador and number 8 in the world ranking, Diego Elías has aroused public interest in a little-known sport in Peru, which has finally gained exposure thanks to the Pan American Games.