CONCEPCIÓN, October 3, 2021 - Finally, Concepción and not Santiago, in Chile, will host the Pan American Athletics U20 Championship, one of the three events on the Pan American Athletics Association (APA) calendar, scheduled for this year, which will take place from October 22-24.

This is the second time that the event, which is been held since 1980, takes place in Chile, after Santiago 1995 edition, and the authorities hope to have junior athletes from all the federations of the continent.

The APA’s president, Marcos Oviedo, asked the athletics authorities of America to be attentive to the logistics involved in the change of host city, and other details such as visa for those countries that require this procedure to enter Chile which “has just begun to open its borders as a result of the pandemic” said Oviedo in a statement distributed among the federations affiliated to APA. “Please check with your travel agencies to plan your flights in advance. For countries that require an entry visa, the Chilean consulates in some countries are still closed. Please verify the Chilean diplomatic authorities in your countries for this matter”.

Oviedo added that the Chilean Athletics Federation, chaired by Juan Carlos Carter, “is working with its Ministry of Foreign Affairs so all Chilean consulates receive the notification of the event and facilitate this process”.

The president reiterated the importance of participation for all countries and recalled that an intermediate congress will be held during the event, so it is necessary that the national teams nominate their delegates, or that the presidents be present.

The APA technical delegate, Giovanni Cardona, made the Team’s Book, available HERE  according to which, each country may register a maximum of two athletes and one relay per event, all born between 2002 and 2005, although youth category athletes (2004 and 2005) can only participate in a maximum of two events.