PANAM SPORTS READY TO CELEBRATE THE 1000 DAY COUNTDOWN TO SANTIAGO 2023

Despite the pandemic, Chileans are working tirelessly to deliver the first Pan American Games organized in their country.

This Saturday marks the 1,000 Days to Go Milestone, with a special event scheduled for Monday to commemorate the countdown in the community that will be home to the Pan American Village.

The beautiful country of Chile is waiting for the greatest athletes of the Americas with open arms, including its President Sebastian Piñera.

Learn more about the preparations for these Games and watch the welcoming message from Chile's President below.

apan and the IOC stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year.

The Japan Government denied a report in The Times of a possible cancellation.

"We will clearly deny the report," said Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai in a news conference.

"We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the July 23 in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo," said IOC President, Thomas Bach.

The IOC in a statement said that "Some News reports circulating today are claiming that the government of Japan privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because of the Coronavirus, is categorically untrue."

READ THE IOC STATEMENT.

Panam Sports President Neven Ilic was unanimously re-elected to lead Americas' Olympic Movement at the General Assembly held virtually in December. During the two-day meeting, the new Members of the Panam Sports Executive Committee were also elected to lead sport in the Americas for the next four years.

Click here to read more about the new leaders of Panam Sports.

Panam Sports is proud to have partnered with Atos by utilizing its innovative voting platform, "Atos Vote", during the first virtual General Assembly ever held by the Organization. The intuitive and secure program guided all of the elections held during the assembly, including the selections of the new Executive Committee Members.

Read more about this valuable partnership.

The President of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic, and the entire Pan American Family congratulate Carlos Santiago (PUR) for his recent appointment as a representative of the International Olympic Committee on the Executive Committee of the World Olympians Association (WOA).

He is very deserving of this recognition for all the work, passion and dedication he has given not only to sport in the Americas, but also to the entire Olympic Movement as a Member of the Panam Sports Athlete Commission.

Read more here.

2 / Annette Knott, Secretary General, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee

4 / Branwen Smith-King, Secretary General, Bermuda Olympic Association

11 / Michael Fennell, Technical Commission President, Panam Sports

13 / Carlos Javier Mejia, Secretary General, Bolivian Olympic Committee

15 / Chet Greene, President, Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association

15 / Michael Muller, Broadcast Director, Panam Sports

18 / Romell Knowles, President, Bahamas Olympic Committee

19 / Alexandra Orlando, Marketing Director, Panam Sports

24 / Gilberto Garcia, Secretary General, Dominican Republic Olympic Committee

30 / Emmet Lang, President, Nicaraguan Olympic Committee'

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