The trio each had 10 minutes to showcase themselves before the 41 PASO members cast their votes.

Ilic, the Chilean Olympic Committee President, delivered the most confident and concise sales pitch of the three as he emphasised his youth and commitment to supporting National Olympic Committees.

"I fully admire experience but I want to represent the new generation," he said.

"A new generation which can work in the present.

"I commit myself to be present 24 hours around the clock. 

"I have energy, capacity and time to be always by your side - that is how a President should be."

Ilic is 55 in comparison to Nuzman who is 75 and Puello who is 76.

He was also the only one of the three to constantly appeal directly to how, as PASO President, he would help to directly benefit and boost the running and performance of sport in each member nation.

He also prioritised sustaining the success of the Pan American Games - which the Chilean capital of Santiago is expected to host in 2023 - and in appealing to young people.

Nuzman, the Brazilian Olympic Committee President who chaired the Organising Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, spoke second and immediately hit back at Ilic's references to his age.

"I have the energy of a younger man to work day and night to be modern, digital, ethical, compliant, diverse and inclusive," he declared.

"Sport has been my life and the Olympic Movement my passion.

"With your support, I want the Pan American Games to be second most important event in the world."

Speaking in Portuguese, English and Spanish and briefly French, Nuzman also appealed to youth before referencing how Los Angeles is hoping to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the PASO region.

He, however, only very briefly touched on his time as Rio 2016 President.

Puello, who is from the Dominican Republic, took a different approach in focusing far more broadly on anecdotal and philosophical themes which he then related back to PASO.

His manifesto containing more detailed proposals was distributed as he spoke.

He began by speaking about how one of his sons tragically died in a car crash in 2003 shortly before he organised the Pan American Games in his own country.

But he then said how he was boosted by how his other child has this week won a national award of classical music in England.

He also appealed to how he has been campaigning for three-and-a-half-years.

Ilic and Nuzman have each run far shorter campaigns.

"I want to make PASO more modern but also by recognising the work done by former Presidents," he said, in a speech lasting well over the 10 minute limit.

"This campaign has not just been lasting a day. 

"I have been meeting and meeting people in the Caribbean, Central and South America for three and a half years.

"We want real and effective governance with paid people. 

"Funding should not only come from Olympic Solidarity but through marketing."

The three are all attempting to replace Uruguay's Julio Maglione, who became PASO President in 2015 after the death of longstanding leader Mario Vázquez Raña.