Junior Pan American Games 2021

[intoronto 6,919]

12 minutes ago, Col_Frost said:

Sprint, Slalom or both?

 

No shotguns? That's a little disappointing  

 

No climbing and poor program of team events but beside that I love it.

Prolly just sprint. If they didn't make the distinction. Its still a relatively new discipline in the Americas

[mrv86 3,269]

3 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

• The Games will be open to athletes aged 14-22.

Shitty decision. If this was supossed to be an age group competition, then they should go for a 15-19 age range.

[Olympian1010 8,307]

32 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

Shitty decision. If this was supossed to be an age group competition, then they should go for a 15-19 age range.

I think the Games were originally U23 (being 19-22 probably). However, based off Ilic’s statement, I think they opened the Games up to both youth and junior athletes after the postponement of Dakar 2022.

[Col_Frost 179]

9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Shotgun isn’t contested at youth or junior multi-sports games, at least I can’t think of a time it has.

Excuses, excuses 

 

9 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Sport Climbing was most likely omitted because of a lack of national representation. There’s still only 8/9 Pan American NOCs with active Sport Climbing federations.

At IFSC there are 16 members from Americas:  Of course it doesn't mean that all of them could send a team. But if at senior Panam Games could be Water Skiing, where there are always 9-10 nations participating (in Toronto was 12) then I think Climbing could be also.

[dcro 10,211]

10 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Shotgun isn’t contested at youth or junior multi-sports games, at least I can’t think of a time it has.

That's too bad. I can remember a Maltese shooter (Xuereb) who once qualified for the WC stage final at age 15.

 

[Olympian1010 8,307]

So...the age categories vary by sport it seems. Sailing is U23, while Swimming is U22, while Modern Pentathlon is U21, while Fencing is U20, while Taekwondo is 20-17, while Artistic Swimming is 19-15, while Boxing is 18-16, and Rhythmic Gymnastics is 15-14. It seems like Panam Sports really isn’t sure about what they want this event to be.

[Olympian1010 8,307]

On 31/08/2020 at 15:22, Col_Frost said:

Sprint, Slalom or both?

According to the quota allocation, only Sprint will be contested.

[Olympian1010 8,307]

official website: https://www.calivalle2021.com/en/

[intoronto 6,919]

Some tidbits:

 

-Artistic swimming will have 4 events, including a mixed event with male

-North America and South America will have 3 quotas each per handball tournament 

-Team sprint in track cycling for women will have 3 competitors, perhaps hinting at the future of this event in other MSES.

-Fencing will have 16 countries per each individual event.

-Triathlon is using half its slots by awarding them to countries based on placement at Lima 2019 . So by extension Lima 2019 will indirectly impact Santiago 2023 qualification

 

[Olympian1010 8,307]

25 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Some tidbits:

 

-Artistic swimming will have 4 events, including a mixed event with male

-North America and South America will have 3 quotas each per handball tournament 

-Team sprint in track cycling for women will have 3 competitors, perhaps hinting at the future of this event in other MSES.

-Fencing will have 16 countries per each individual event.

-Triathlon is using half its slots by awarding them to countries based on placement at Lima 2019 . So by extension Lima 2019 will indirectly impact Santiago 2023 qualification

 

Mixed Duet is probably the future in many multi-sports games for Artistic Swimming, so not a bad idea to include it at the Junior Games right now.