The high competitive level of the 18th Pan American Games Lima 2019 was highlighted this Tuesday by the official spokesperson of the event, Carlos Lazarte. Without a doubt, the fact that a record number of disciplines (22) give seats for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games attracted the presence of the highest level athletes in the area, he said. In this sense, he mentioned as an example the presence of Argentina’s two main teams, the Lions and the Lionesses, in the field hockey tournament. He also specified that in disciplines such as modern pentathlon, 10 tickets were already awarded for the next Olympiad, some of which were won by Guatemalan Charles Fernandez, Cuban Leidy Laura Moya, Chilean Esteban Bustos and Mexican Mariana Arceo. Referring to Peru’s performance, he said that ‘we have been lucky enough to win four gold medals, something without precedent’ and particularly praised the performance of Natalia Cuglievan, who on Monday revalidated her Toronto title in water skiing, a figure modality. After offering the information, the spokesman had to listen to the repeated criticisms of the representatives of the media to the operation of the transport system, whose inefficiency has caused discomfort from the very beginning of the fair.
