October 09, 2022
BMX cycling. On the morning of Thursday, October 6, the congress of said extreme sport was held, with the presence of delegations from Brazil, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay.
Presiding over this meeting was the International Technical Delegate Gustavo Matus de la Parra, in addition to the International Commissioner John Vandever Homan who presented the technical details and the competition format that will be debuting in these games. Artistic swimming.
On the same date, the International Technical Delegate, Orestes Temperini, accompanied by his commission, led the Artistic Swimming Congress, with the presence of delegations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The technical aspects and protocols were discussed, to finish, the drawing of the order in which the representatives of the delegations will enter the competition, in technical teams, free teams, technical duets and free duets.
Boxing. On Friday, October 7, in the Luis Zubizarreta Auditorium Hall of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, the boxing congress was held, where the use of the official uniform was requested at the awards (the official diver of each Olympic Committee) the daily weigh-ins will be in the pavilion 1 of the National Sports Secretariat (SND) from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., the place where the fights will take place, boxing athletes can wear a beard or mustache. On the occasion, the delegates were reminded that the bandages will be distributed by the organization and only these may be used during the South American Games. The occasion was propitious to reiterate the technical and competition rules.
The delegations present were Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Curaçao, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana and Paraguay. The meeting was chaired by the technical representative of the Asu2022 organizing committee, Mrs. Magdampi Marín, representative of ODESUR, Mr. Rodrigo Moreno and Mauro da Silva, International Technical Director. Chess.
On Saturday, October 8, the chess congress took place. It was attended by delegations from Panama, Suriname, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay. Román Zarza led the talk that revealed the technical data of the game, it was also reported that the competitions will be held in an open room.
The game on October 8 is presented in Blitz mode (male and female); while the modality of October 9 will be the Rapid (male and female). The three referees for these games are: Sabrina de San Vicente, Gualberto Benítez and Néstor Gómez. A court was formed with three members and two alternates, made up of the delegations. Specific doubts from the delegations present about the rules and some technical points were also resolved.
Futsal.On Sunday, October 9, the Futsal congress, for women and men, was held under the direction of Michel Sánchez. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela were at the technical meeting and presented the clothing they will wear throughout the contest. Likewise, the competition schedules, the rules of the game to be used and the dispute system that will be all against all were reviewed.
Sergio Castillo, a member of the organizing committee, opened the tennis congress, a sport that starts tomorrow and will be played until October 15. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela and Uruguay were present at the technical meeting, where the days, modalities and times to be played in each of the matches were reported. They were present at the meeting: the International Technical Delegate: Rodrigo Valdebenito. Referee: Erich Oviedo. ODESUR Technical Commission: Jorge Rosales.
