Las Palmas Shooting Range in Surco, one of the new venues delivered for Lima 2019 shooting and Para shooting events, will be the stage for the 6th Ibero-American Shotgun Championship in the skeet and trap categories, with the participation of around 40 shooters from Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil, as well as national representatives.

Official trainings started today, Thursday 19, while the official competition will take place between Friday 20 and Sunday 22 at the modern infrastructure that Lima 2019 left as legacy. The competition is organized by the Peruvian Shooting Federation (FDNTP).

In this Ibero-American event, the Peruvian team will have Lima 2019 medalist Nicolás Pacheco, as well as Alesandro de Souza, Asier Cilloniz, Marco Matellini and Flavio Artoni, among the most important national shooters.

Nicolás Pacheco, who has already qualified for Tokyo 2020, knows that this event will help him to achieve his goal of making it to the Olympic Games in the best possible way. “This is a top-level championship. For example, Juan Ramón Schaeffer from Guatemala, who finished second at Lima 2019, will participate. I'd also like to invite everyone who couldn't see me at the Pan American Games to come and cheer me on.” 

The Guatemalan Valeska Soto, who finished fourth and set the record for Tokyo 2020 at Lima 2019, will also participate in this tournament and praised the facilities of the Las Palmas Shooting Range. “Preparation includes gaining experience, and this will be a great opportunity to do so thanks to its top-level courts, which will be key for our preparation for Tokyo 2020. We just have to make the most of them.”

Octavio Ramos comes from Mexico and seeks to improve his marks. “The location is amazing; the best in Latin America. For example, the contrast given by the background allows for a complete vision throughout the trajectory, which enables better results.”

At age 15, the Chilean Beatriz Montory will make her first international appearance and is enthusiastic about this experience. “This is my first experience in skeet shooting and will helped me achieve my biggest dream of making it to the 2024 Olympics. It’s also a court with perfect vision, so we’ll never lose sight of the skeet,” remarked the young athlete who said that when she enters the court “it’s just the shotgun, the skeet and me; it is a very exquisite feeling.”

This is a free event. On Friday will be the qualifying stage and Saturday the finals.

Lima 2019 allowed the construction and remodeling of a modern sports infrastructure, which has remained as a legacy for future national and international competitions, as well as for the preparation of athletes.

Starting tomorrow, Las Palmas Shooting Range in Surco, one of the new venues delivered for Lima 2019 for shooting and Para shooting events, will host the 6th Ibero-American Shotgun Championships in skeet and trap modalities, which will count on the participation of 40 shooters from Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil, as well as national representatives.

Giorgio Mautino, Lima 2019 spokesperson, said that this event demonstrates that these venues are fully operational and in the best conditions, as they were during the Pan American and Parapan American Games.

“The days after the Games are as important as the Games themselves. The infrastructure will be required by many countries and that will allow a continuity of events. We are regularizing everything related to the delivery of the venues and we hope that the use will be spectacular.” “The Pan American and Parapan American Games have left a legacy in terms of sports culture, because many people have seen opportunities in many sport disciplines,” said Mautino.

Francisco Boza, Olympic medalist in Los Angeles 1984, also addressed the importance of using the sports infrastructure. “Let it be the beginning of great international events, so that people can take advantage of this Shooting Range, which is one of the best in the world.” He also added that “this venue is complete, as all three weapons can be used. Peru needed this sports infrastructure, we are now reaching international standards.”

For his part, Nicolás Pacheco—Pan American medalist and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics—who will be participating in this international event, mentioned that “for me, this Shooting Range is one of the best in the world and a dream come true. We will be able to hold first-class championships. Also, a venue like this will allow me to improve my record and achieve my dream of claiming an Olympic medal for my country.” 

SCHOOL SPORTS GAMES AT VIDENA

Simultaneously, VIDENA will be stage of the 27th National School Sports Games until September 27, with the participation of 2600 students from 24 regions. One of the first venues to be used was the modern Aquatic Center, one of the best in the continent, where 13-year-old Alexia Sotomayor—who was part of the Peruvian Pan American delegation—showcased her skills after winning three gold medals in the 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and relay events.

At VIDENA, students from all over the country also compete in the new Athletics Stadium, under the same conditions offered to the top athletes and Para athletes who participated at the Pan American and Parapan American Games.

VILLA MARÍA DEL TRIUNFO

Meanwhile, the National Hockey Championship will be inaugurated this Sunday in the two hockey pitches built at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center, which will reopen its doors for this competition. Admission will be free.

This will be an unprecedented event, as this is the first time a tournament of this discipline will be held in the country; a clear example of the Lima 2019 legacy. A total of nine teams will participate: four in women’s and five in men’s. The teams in women’s will be: San Silvestre Sport, Colegio Mater Admirábilis, OMA and Lima Cricket. The teams in men’s will be: OMA, Lions, Libardoni, Lima Cricket and Santa María Sport.

Competitions will start this Sunday 22 at 09:00 in the Villa Maria’s main pitch, with the matches between San Silvestre Sport vs. Mater Admirábilis (women’s); OMA vs. Lima Cricket (men’s) and Lima Cricket vs. OMA (women’s). Pitch 2 will host the match between Santa María Sport vs. Lions (men’s) starting at 12:00.

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The Lima 2019 Games became the starting point for modernized sports venues, which have made Peru an eligible destination for national and international sports competitions.  

The venues are fully operational and in optimal conditions, as they were at the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games. The fact that five national and international competitions are held this week proves this. 

The 27th Peruvian School Sports Games start today and will run until September 27, with more than 2600 students from 24 regions in competition. Competitions have already started at the modern Aquatic Center in VIDENA, one of the best in the Americas. This is where Alexia Sotomayor, the youngest athlete in the Peruvian delegation at the Pan American Games, showed all her skill to win the gold medals in 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and relay. 

The students will also compete at the new VIDENA Athletics Stadium in the same competition conditions of those athletes participating in the Pan American and Parapan American Games. 

LAS PALMAS SHOOTING RANGE 

Las Palmas Shooting Range is another Lima 2019 venue holding an international event, built for shooting and Para shooting events. This is where Marko Carrillo and Nicolás Pacheco stepped onto the podium at the Pan American Games, with Jorge Arcela doing so at the Parapan American Games. The 6th Ibero-American Shotgun Championships will take place this week at this venue, in skeet and trap events.  

Official training sessions begin tomorrow and Thursday, and the competitions will be held from Friday 20 to Sunday 22. The event is organized by the FDNTP (Peruvian Shooting Federation). 

The Peruvian team will consist of Alessandro de Souza, Nicolás Pacheco, Asier Cillóniz, Marco Matellini and Flavio Artoni, among the main representatives. Around 40 shooters from Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala and Brazil will participate, as well as the Peruvian team. 

VILLA MARÍA DEL TRIUNFO 

The National Field Hockey Championship will take place this Sunday on the two fields built at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center, which will reopen its door for this competition. Admission will be free of charge for all those who want to attend this competition in Southern Lima. 

It will be an unprecedented event, as it is the first edition of this hockey competition, where nine teams (four women’s and five men’s) will compete. San Silvestre Sport, Colegio Mater Admirábilis, OMA and Lima Cricket teams will participate in the women’s events. OMA, Lions, Libardoni, Lima Cricket and Santa María Sport teams will take part in the men’s events. 

Matches between San Silvestre Sport and Mater Admirábilis (women’s); OMA and Lima Cricket (men’s), and Lima Cricket and OMA (women’s) will be played this Sunday 22, starting at 09:00 at the main field of the Villa Maria del Triunfo Sports Center. Santa María Sport will face off Lions (men’s) at field 2, starting at 12:00. 

As a prelude to the Lima 2019 Pan American Games closing ceremony, Peru will experience an unforgettable multi-sport day, seeking to climb in the medal table and claiming a place as a country developing its sport, to end its remarkable participation in these Games.   

In this context, spectators at the Villa El Salvador Sports Center will witness the fierce fight for the gold of the Peruvian karate delegation versus the best teams of the Americas, starting at 09:00. 

In Athletics, the Peruvian team will also be determined to win gold in the women’s and men’s 50 km race walk competition, which will take place in Miraflores starting at 07:00. 

On the other hand, gold, silver and bronze medals will be defined in the women’s volleyball competition, with intense matches between  Brazil, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Colombia. The matches will start at 09:00 at the Callao Sports Center. 

Likewise, the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center will be the stage of various competitions that will test the accuracy and effectiveness of the most outstanding archers of the Americas, starting at 09:00. 

On the other hand, from 11:40 am at Costa Verde, cyclists from various delegations will compete against in a dazzling acrobatics event for the gold medal in BMX freestyle.  

Starting at 11:00 am, at the VIDENA Sport Center 1, the judo preliminary round and final will be held with different events and the participation of Peruvian representatives.  

Finally, golf champions will be defined in the individual and mixed categories at the Lima Golf Club.  

He had all the pressure on him. He needed to hit four targets to win a medal, but nothing stopped Nicolás Pacheco. The Peruvian shooter was encouraged by thousands at Las Palmas Air Base, as he passed the shoot-out stage and climbed to the third step of the podium in the skeet event. 

After the elimination stage, Pacheco gave a good performance that allowed him to get into the top three of the competition. Although he achieved 42 shoots like the Guatemalan Juan Shaeffer (silver medal), Pacheco was penalized by the judges in the tiebreaker since he had finished sixth in the overall qualification ranking. Christian Elliott from USA landed the gold medal. 

Even though Pacheco did not finish among the first two to obtain the direct qualification to Tokyo 2020, he reached the quota place because the United States already had one in advance. Nicolás joins his teammate, Marko Carrillo, who already qualified for the Olympic Games next year; the marathon runner Christian Pacheco; the race walkers Mary Luz Andia and Kimberly García; the shooter Alessandro de Souza; the cyclist Royner Navarro; and the sailor Stefano Peschiera.  

  With this, Peru has obtained 15 medals so far at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

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The morning was cold, but the sun shone in the afternoon, just as the incredible performance of the three-time Pan American skeet champion Kimberly Rhode, who showed her talent again at Las Palmas Shooting Range.

“I’ve already been to Peru for other competitions, but this scenario is impressive. The Games are wonderful, the Village, the food, the facilities. Peru should be very proud,” Kim stated. Rhode became the youngest gold medalist in shooting at Atlanta 96 Olympic Games.

The three Toronto 2015 medalists had reached the final after the qualifying stage of today’s event. Besides gold-medal winner Kim Rhode, the Argentinian Melissa Gil and the Chilean Francisca Crovetto won silver and bronze medals, respectively.  

Kim has participated in many Olympic and world events. She had the privilege of breaking the Pan American record at Lima 2019. Her achievements in this type of competition are really impressive. Rhode competed in seven Pan American Games, winning five gold medals at Winnipeg 1999, Santo Domingo 2003, Guadalajara 2011, Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019, as well as a silver medal at Rio 2007.

“I feel old every time I hear that. These are my seventh Pan American Games, so I have a lot of history. I feel very honored and I love that,” Kim said.

She comes from California so the shining sun in the afternoon in Surco district was not an obstacle for her. “A sunny day’s always good. Weather is always a challenge in shooting because we have to adjust everything to improve our aim and that makes it more difficult. But after all, it’s been a great competition from start to finish,” the Atlanta 96, Athens 2004 and London 2008 Olympic champion added.

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Early on, despite the weather, a large number of fans attended the competitions in the district of Santiago de Surco. 

There are several disciplines to see, such as men's and women's skeet, women's pistol, and men's rifle.  

Furthermore, in the women's category, Olympic champion Kimb Rohde and world champion Dania Vizzi, both of them Americans, competed at the skeet event.  

For the men's category, Nicolas Pacheco from Peru, Federico Gil from Argentina, and Juan Miguel Rodriguez from Cuba, bronze medalist at Toronto 2015, also attended the competition.  

The Pan American Games was an opportunity to show the impressive, world-class Las Palmas Air Base Shooting Range to the world. 

“It's amazing. It's one of the best fields  I've been, and it's evident that the organization did a great job,” said world champion Dania Vizzi. 

Despite the weather, her performance was superb, and she qualified to the final round. “I'm from Florida, and I'm used to hot weather, I like it better. I've participated in venues with different temperatures, even in snow, but the only thing that matters to me is having a good aim and being among the bests,”said Dania. She also praised the development of the Pan American Games and mentioned that she would like to come back to Peru.  

Vizzi will compete at the women's skeet final against Peruvian Daniela Borda, who finished the last stage with a perfect round of 25-plates. 

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games includes 12 single events, equally divided between men and women, as well as three mixed double events in the precision disciplines (pistol and rifle), and shotgun events (skeet and trap).  Events are finished tomorrow, on August 3.

Marko Carrillo’s hard work was worth it. This afternoon, he reached the podium at Lima 2019 with a bronze medal, which was celebrated by the audience at Las Palmas Shooting Range. He finished fourth in 10 m air pistol. And two days later, he took revenge by placing third in 25 m rapid fire pistol.

Carrillo also successfully qualified for Tokyo 2020, despite not reaching either the first or second place that would have granted him direct qualification. Cuba claimed the gold and silver medal thanks to Jorge Álvarez and Leuris Pupo, respectively. However, the island representatives had already secured a quota place each.

This way, Marko Carrillo is the sixth Peruvian athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games next year, after the marathon runner Christian Pacheco, the race walkers Mary Luz Andia and Kimberly García, the shooter Alessandro de Souza, the cyclist Royner Navarro, and the sailor Stefano Peschiera. With Carrillo’s victory, Peru has the same number of medals it obtained at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games.