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In short, there will be 450 tests that will be performed during the 16 days of competition of the XXIII Games of Central America and Caribbean Barranquilla 2018, which will begin on July 19th.
Tuesday, the Sports Organization of Central America and the Caribbean, ODECABE, the entity that governs the Games, after the president of the Colombian Olympic Committee and vice president of this entity, Baltazar Medina, was appointed to head a special commission 14 of the 22 tests dropped at the time of closure of the nominal inscriptions, eventually they were restored.
With the inclusion of these tests, those of Barranquilla will be the second games with more competitions in development, only surpbaded by the made in Mayagüez 2010, during which 492 championships were held.
Odecabe announced that the tests were restored after multiple meetings and conversations with the respective International Technical Delegates and Regional Sports Confederations tests that were eliminated by not meeting the minimum of 5 participating countries, a circumstance that has been saved.
The 14 tests that come back to be part of the games are:
Athletics: 10,000 meters and 3,000 meters with female obstacles, 50 kilometers of walking and marathon in the men's branch.
Weightlifting: 77 kilograms starting and jogging, 90 kilograms, women start and clean, +90 kilogram start and women clean.
Modern Pentathlon: Women's Relay and Mixed Relay
Rowing: Double pair 2XF.
Taekwondo: mixed pairs Poomsae.
The 8 tests that fell from the competition program were: 20 kilometers of walking, 2 canoes C1 200 and C2 500 in the women's branch. Speed by women's track cycling, women's individual dance in figure skating, mixed pit shooting, mixed sailing competition and men's Wakeboard, water ski test.
Countries with more registered competitors
Mexico: 672
Colombia: 595
Cuba: 539
Venezuela: 505
Dominican Republic: 447
Guatemala: 420
Puerto Rico: 354 [19659002] Countries with the lowest enrollment
St. Marteen: 4
Dominica: 6
Belize: 6
Turks and Caicos: 8
Sports with more competitors
Athletics: 501
Football: 319
] Hockey: 255
Handball: 236
Volleyball: 222
Swimming: 209
Softball: 209.
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