Lima 2019 looked down and entrusted the post to Santiago

The 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, which had the greatest participation of athletes in history, were crowned on Sunday and handed over to Santiago 2023 at a major ceremony during which Peru made its farewell to folklore and the Chileans hailed pop and urban dance. . The transfer was organized by the mayor of the Peruvian capital, Jorge Muñoz, who handed the flag of the Olympic Movement of the Americas to the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, who arrived in Lima a few days earlier to attend the final days of the Games.

"Dance of Diversity" was the title of the closing ceremony of Lima 2019, during which some of the approximately 7,000 athletes from 41 countries participating in Lima 2019 marched to the rhythm of the electronic cumbia of the Peruvian DJ Shushupe. A thousand artists then invaded the field and warmly bid farewell to some Games for which Peru has been preparing against the clock for the past two years.

There were moments of speech and congratulations in Peru, especially to Chilean President Neven Ilic, President of Panam Sports, who praised the success of the Games with the short time it took in Lima to prepare them: "It was not an easy task, but they were able to carry out a difficult task and the best fan in the world was also successful," said Ilic, highlighting the good reaction of the Peruvian public at competitions.

The transfer from Lima to Santiago was organized, it was the turn of the Chilean presentation, first with the national anthem interpreted by the singer Alejandra Ramírez in a lyrical version created by the producer Carlos Figueroa on the stage projecting landscapes of Chile and faces of the film. cultural diversity of the country. The concert ended with the main course of the evening, the Peruvian singer Gian Marco, whose performance resulted in singing in unison with the audience the song "Contigo Peru" of Eduardo & # 39; Zambo & # 39; Cavero, who was so famous when he was sung by Peruvians in the stadiums of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

With that, the party will resume in four years and 3,000 km further south, in Santiago 2023, which will attempt to defeat the Lima ribbon of 2019 as the largest Pan American game in history. For Argentina, Lima 2019 has become the best historical performance of the officially-sanctioned continental competition since 1951. Three-time gold medal winner Delfina Pignatiello was the Argentine flag bearer at the closing ceremony. The national athletes, who won 101 medals in 16 days of competition, marched in the national stadium of the Peruvian capital.