The Pan American Games open Friday in Chile’s capital with more than 100 spots available for next year’s Paris Olympics and the usual contest to see who will finish second behind the United States in the medals chart. Santiago will host the event for the first time.
FILE - The Pan American Games mascot Fiu, a bird, poses for pictures at a countdown ceremony for the start of the 2023 Pan American Games and Parapam Games at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 20, 2022. The Games are Oct. 20 - Nov. FILE - A shadow of the Chile’s President Gabriel Boric is seen on screen during a 2023 Pan Am Games ceremony at the Santa Lucia Hill, in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 30, 2023. The Pan American Games will be held in Chile from Oct. 20. to Nov 5.
If injuries don’t get in the way, the U.S. team in Chile will include 93 Olympians and 32 Olympic medalists in a roster of 631 athletes. Of those, 318 are women and 313 are men. They will compete in 43 of the 46 sports.Former NCAA champion Oduduru receives 6-year ban in wide-ranging doping case Athletes in archery, diving, equestrian jumping, table tennis, sailing and shooting can secure quotas that will send them to Paris next year. Those competing in badminton, 3x3 basketball, cycling, taekwondo and triathlon can get ranking points that allow them to qualify. Track and field athletes and swimmers can also get minimum qualification standards for U.S. Olympic team trials.
Four years ago, the United States won 293 medals in Lima, Peru — 122 gold, 87 silver and 84 bronze. Brazil came in a distant second with 54 gold, 45 silver and 70 bronze. Mexico finished in third with 37 gold, 39 silver and 62 bronze, edging Canada with 35 gold, 65 silver and 52 bronze. Inaugurated in 1938, the Estadio Nacional held its first major sporting event in 1962 when Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the World Cup title in soccer.
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