The “blanquirroja” will do their best in handball. The Peruvian men’s handball team will take the field to face their Mexican counterpart at the National Sports Village (VIDENA), in this discipline's third day of competition at Lima 2019. 

The match will start at 15:30, after the match between United States and Chile (13:00). Then, Argentina will face Cuba at 18:00. The last match of the day (Friday, August 2) will be between Brazil and Puerto Rico (20:30). 

On August 2, many competitions will enter decisive or medal-definition stages. This is the case of diving where athletes will compete at the VIDENA as of 10:00 to earn Pan American medals in men’s and women’s categories. 

Surfing will also have their women’s and men’s finals at the Punta Rocas Sports Center. Athletes will compete in stand up paddle (SUP) starting at 09:00. Tomorrow, Peruvian athlete Melanie Giunta will compete in the fourth repechage heat in women’s open. 

Meanwhile, at 11:30, shooting will have its men’s finals in air rifle and women’s finals in skeet at the Las Palmas Air Base Shooting Range. 

BOXING NIGHT 

On the other hand, the ring of Miguel Grau Coliseum at Regional Sports Village in Callao will be the stage of a night full of jabs and uppercuts in boxing. As of 19:00, gold medal finals will be held in the men’s flyweight (46-49 kg), bantamweight (56 kg), welterweight (64 kg), and middleweight (75 kg) categories. In addition, the heavyweight match between Cuban Erislandy Savón Cotilla and Ecuadorian Julio César Castillo Gómez will also take place. 

In the women’s category, athletes will compete for the gold in flyweight (48-51 kg), lightweight (57-60 kg), and middleweight (69-75 kg). 

Meanwhile, the men’s basketball 5x5 matches of group B will start at 10:30 at the Eduardo Dibós Coliseum in San Borja, with a match between Uruguay and Dominican Republic. At 13:30, Mexico and Argentina will face each other. And at 18:30, Virgin Islands will compete against Venezuela for group A, and then Puerto Rico against United States for group B, which is the last match of the tournament’s preliminary rounds.  

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From 10:05, the baseball stadium of the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center will be the stage of intense matches, which will determine the countries that will have a chance to pick up medals.  Moreover, the Río Cañete in Lunahuaná will debut as the venue of men’s and women’s canoe slalom. 

Track cycling competitions will take place at the velodrome of the VIDENA as of 11:05. The Army Equestrian School, in La Molina, will host the individual and team equestrian events. Rhythmic gymnastics will have the individual qualification competitions in hoop and ball at the Villa El Salvador Sports Center.  

As for tennis, starting at 11:00, the quarterfinals of men’s and women's singles will take place at the Lawn Tennis Club, as well as the semifinals for men’s and women’s doubles. 

Finally, the men’s preliminary rounds of volleyball will begin at 12:30 at the Callao Sports Center, with the participation of the Peruvian national team.

Lima 2019 opened a new stage that was remodeled to be up to the best cyclists in the Americas. The velodrome of the VIDENA opened its doors to welcome more than 2000 people in its grandstands, who enjoyed the competition among the best teams in the Americas. 

Entire families and foreign visitors were placed in strategic positions to see the competition of the Peruvian Alonso Gamero. He thrilled everyone when he took the lead in the Omnium event, leaving behind the Chilean Felipe Peñaloza, the Mexican Ignacio Prado, and the American Daniel “Hollywood” Holloway, who took the title in 2017. 

The conditions of the remodeled stage also allowed the Peruvian Estephany Valdivia to set a new national record in 250 m with a time of 22.308. The fans burst into cheers right after the announcement of this record and recognized the effort of the Peruvian cyclists, who now have the best conditions to train and compete internationally. 

The velodrome has a track of 250 meters. The track is made of African wood and, thanks to the remodeling, it now has a ceiling that turns it into an indoor stage. 

It has a capacity of 2300 spectators, with comfortable seats. The width of the track is seven meters. It has cambers (elevation in the curves), with a 42-degree angle. The velodrome has changing rooms and showers, a common area for athletes, a judges' area, as well as first aid stations for athletes and spectators. 

The largest sports event in the Americas opened August with a wide range of competitions, which will offer attendees an unforgettable multi-sports show. The top delegations in the continent will try to reach a spot on the podium and claim the gold in the most number of disciplines.

In this context, the men’s softball final will take place at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center from 10:00 to 17:50. In this first final, gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded. The finalists are Argentina, Mexico and United States.

In the evening, at the National University of San Marcos, the Peruvian football team will play against Honduras and will try to bounce back from its previous loss. The football competitions will kick off with a match between Panama and Ecuador at 10:00.

As a prelude to the end of the boxing competitions, the Miguel Grau Coliseum will house today the fights between the boxing finalists in different categories starting at 19:00. The best boxers will be awarded in the medal ceremony, including the delegations from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Brazil and United States.

Additionally, in shooting, one of the most acclaimed precision sports, athletes will compete for the gold at the Las Palmas Air Base Shooting Range from 09:00 to 14:30.

Also, the diving competitions will be held from 10:00 to 22:00 at the VIDENA Aquatic Center and are divided into two sessions.

Cycling track will feature the best cyclists in the Americas, who will give their all to win the gold. The competitions will be divided into two sessions and will be held from 11:05 to 20:11 at the Velodrome of the National Sports Village (VIDENA).

Moreover, the qualification rounds in indoor volleyball, tennis, surfing, hockey, equestrian sports, baseball, handball, basketball and badminton will continue in order to define the finalists.

To get more information about the competition schedule and results, you can visit the website: https://www.lima2019.pe/resultados.