The President of Costa Rica delivers money for the Pan-American Lima-2019

"Costa Rica's participation in this kind of competition allows us to make our country known and to reflect our values ​​of democracy and respect for human rights. Man, "Alvarado said at a press conference held at the National Stadium of the capital, accompanied by Sports Minister Hernan Solano.

According to the NOC, the money will be used for economic aid to high-level athletes, uniform competition, camps in and out of the country, international warm-ups, participation in qualifying or scoring events for rankings and payment of coaches. Similarly, it will help finance equipment in applied sciences to control and measure sports performance in its various fields: medical, technical, physiology, physiotherapy, psychology, neuroscience, nutrition and biomechanics.

This economic contribution comes from the extraordinary budget of the Institute The NOC President, Henry Nuñez, thanked the gesture and said: "I can not stop mentioning that we did not no resources for the Pan Am Games. " This money will help us a lot in Costa Rica's participation in these games, Nuñez said.

For his part, the Sports Minister pointed out that a country that does not bet on sport, which does not bet on the support of its athletes, "

With regard to his work at the As the head of this portfolio, Solano said that its priorities would be to develop a competitive and efficient sport, in collaboration with the NOC.

Prior to the press conference, the President of Costa Rica attended, along with leaders and athletes, part of the competitive day of the National Games, which has the National Stadium as one of its headquarters.

Alvarado awarded the winners the medal five meters, female branch, and the launch of the hammer, male branch.

According to Icoder, the XXXVII National Sports Games take place from Saturday, June 30th to the 14th of this month in eight cantons of the country, with the participation of six thousand and ninety-two athletes (two thousand, 798 women and three thousand, 292 men). ), the highest figure in the history of these competitions.

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