Everything is practically ready for 1,400 athletes that will be visiting Merida during the FISU America Games 2022, which will take place from October 14 to 26 in the “White City”.
This competition is organized by the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) and the National Education Sports Council (Condde), with the participation of delegations from 13 countries, who will compete in the program in 13 different disciplines.
The university delegates held a meeting with the presence of José de Jesús Williams, Rector of UADY, accompanied by Alim Maluf Neto, president of FISU America; Manuel Merodio Reza, vice president of the organization and Executive Secretary General of the Condde, as well as Javier Herrera Aussín, head of UADY Sports and General Coordinator of Region VIII of the Condde.
“I feel very happy that UADY once again has the opportunity to organize an event of this magnitude. We already had the experience of the Weightlifting University World Cup, which was a complete success, and these FISU America Games will not be the exception, so we will receive the delegations with open arms as the safe city that we are”, stated Javier Herrera Aussín.
According to the program, there will be activities in disciplines such as chess, athletics, basketball, soccer, futsal, judo, weightlifting, tennis, table tennis, swimming, taekwondo, archery, and indoor volleyball.
During the meeting, it was announced that delegations from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Mexico had already registered, for a total of approximately 1,400 participants.
In this regard, UADY Rector José de Jesús Williams thanked the National Council for Educational Sports and FISU Ameéica for their support in hosting the Pan-American festival of university sports.
Finally, Alim Maluf Neto, president of FISU America, highlighted the work between the higher-level educational institutions of Mexico, the Condde, and the UADY to carry out the second edition of this contest, in whose first edition Mexico became the protagonist when classifying in the second position of the general table of medals.
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