{"id":13158,"date":"2021-10-27T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/?post_type=news-sport&#038;p=13158"},"modified":"2021-10-27T14:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T19:43:35","slug":"americas-top-young-athletes-are-nextup-at-cali-2021","status":"publish","type":"news-sport","link":"https:\/\/www.panamsports.org\/en\/news-sport\/americas-top-young-athletes-are-nextup-at-cali-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAS\u2019 TOP YOUNG ATHLETES ARE #NEXTUP AT CALI 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Panam Sports launches its Official Promotional Campaign for the Cali-Valle 2021 Junior Pan American Games titled <\/i><b><i>#NextUp<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The commercial will be made available for all media organizations, National Olympic Committees and Sport Federations in order to assist in their promotion and coverage of the first Junior Pan American Games in history that will be held from November 25 to December 5. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>CALI, COLOMBIA (October 27, 2021) \u2014 <\/b>A new generation of star athletes will start their journey to the next Pan American and Olympic Games in just one month when the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Panam Sports is proud to provide a new stage for these young athletes (U-23) to showcase their talent and prove to the world that they are ready to compete for medals at the biggest events on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Youth National Champions, Junior World Record holders and Olympic up-and-comers, these incredible young athletes have started their careers by turning heads. Now, the spotlight is on them as they prove they have what it takes to compete at sport\u2019s highest level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Enter the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games, a new opportunity for athletes who are just starting their careers in elite sport and seeking a path to compete at the two most important multisport events in the world \u2014 the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">More than 3,800 athletes from 41 countries across the Americas will arrive in Cali, Colombia to compete in 39 disciplines, with individual gold medalists earning their country a guaranteed spot at the Santiago 2023 Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span>This event is very important and it will give us young people a boost to go further in our careers,\u201d said 20-year-old Colombian swimmer, Juan Manuel Morales. \u201cWe are going to be at home with our fans in the venues and that is a source of pride for the city. I have prepared two years for these Games and I am going to feel that adrenaline to win many golds. We keep dreaming, because everything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to welcoming spectators up to 50-percent capacity at the venues in Colombia, sport fans throughout the world will be able to watch more than 800 hours of live coverage of the Games for free on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panamsportschannel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Panam Sports Channel website<\/strong><\/a> and mobile application available for download on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.streann.panam_sports_channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google Play<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/panam-sports-channel\/id1552015328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple Store<\/strong><\/a>, Roku, FireTV and Apple TV, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt fills me and all of us at Panam Sports with great pride to finally be realizing this dream of helping the outstanding young athletes throughout our continent with a new event designed specifically for them. We hope that this often forgotten group of athletes will utilize the Junior Pan American Games to jumpstart their careers and that they will represent the first step on their journey to incredible success in international sport,\u201d said Panam Sports President, Neven Ilic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The best young athletes of the Americas are ready to prove that their sporting idols will soon be their rivals. Now it\u2019s their turn. Now it\u2019s their time. 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