A total of 22 sports on the Lima 2019 Pan American Games programme will act as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, it has been announced.
Spanish agency Mediapro has been named as the host broadcaster for the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Village as part of an official trip to Peru.
Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra has met with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) head Andrew Parsons to discuss how the country can best promote the Paralympic values in its society with Lima set to host the Parapan American Games in 2019.
Organisers of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games have been warned to speed up progress in a "number of key areas" in order to realise their full potential.
Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo has praised the progress of Lima 2019 in delivering infrastructure projects after inspecting the Athletes' Village as part of the build-up to the Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Several Peruvian athletes have held demonstrations for students at a school in the district of Ventanilla, in the build-up to the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima.
The new British ambassador to Peru, Kate Harrisson, has praised the status of the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games project after her first site visit.
Lima 2019 have claimed the departure of Peru's President will have "no impact" on preparations for next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Lima 2019 has appointed a Spanish and Peruvian consortium to build the Villa El Salvador multi-sport complex for next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.
Lima 2019 organisers have said that transport improvements in Peru's capital are a key part of their legacy vision for the Pan American Games.
Lima 2019 claim the current political situation in Peru will not impact preparations for the Pan American Games, after the country's Congress voted in favour of opening impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
Sacyr Construcción S.A have been appointed to build and renovate several venues for next year's Pan American and Parapan American Games in Lima.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) have said Lima has legacy potential following a visit to the 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games host city.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) have expressed hope next year's Parapan American Games in Lima could improve accessibility standards in the Peruvian capital city.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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