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Brazil sends 500 athletes to South American Games to defend regional dominance

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Brazil will send about 500 athletes to the South American Games in Santa Fe, Argentina, from Sept. 12 to 26.
  • The delegation aims to repeat Brazil’s first-place finish at the 2022 Games, where it won 319 medals, including 133 golds.
  • The event offers qualification opportunities for the 2027 Pan American Games in several sports, while its five host cities pose an additional logistical challenge.

Brazil will arrive at the South American Games in Santa Fe with about 500 athletes and a clear objective: maintain its regional dominance.

We cannot forget that we are halfway through the Los Angeles cycle and less than a year away from the Pan American Games. That is why it is important in Santa Fe to pursue places for Lima 2027 in every qualifying sport.

· Jorge BicharaThe Brazilian Olympic Committee sports director explained the importance of qualification opportunities at the Games.

The 12th edition of the Games will take place in Argentina from Sept. 12 to 26. Brazil is seeking to retain the top position in the medal table after winning 319 medals at Asunción 2022, including 133 gold, 100 silver and 86 bronze, according to the Brazilian Olympic Committee.

Santa Fe also provides a route toward the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima. Brazil already holds places in modern pentathlon and handball, and can secure additional quotas in athletics, sprint canoeing, sport climbing, equestrian events, karate, speed skating, Basque pelota, squash, archery, triathlon and sailing.

Santa Fe 2026 will therefore be an important test for the formation and preparation of the teams that will represent Brazil in Lima 2027.

· Jorge BicharaBichara described the event’s role in preparing Brazil’s future Pan American teams.

The confirmed Brazilian lineup includes open-water Olympic and world champion Ana Marcela Cunha and world archery runner-up Marcus D’Almeida. Alison dos Santos, a bronze medalist in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics, also figures among the country’s medal prospects. The delegation further includes Paris 2024 20-kilometer race-walking silver medalist Caio Bonfim and Rio 2016 shooting silver medalist Felipe Wu.

It is a major event.

· Jorge BicharaBichara highlighted the scale of the competition and its organizational demands.

Brazil’s boxing team will feature world champion Rebeca Lima, along with world medalists Luiz Gabriel Oliveira, Yuri Falcão and Isaías Filho. Jorge Bichara, the Olympic committee’s sports director, called Santa Fe an important test for teams preparing for Lima 2027. He also pointed to the logistical demands of staging events across Santa Fe, Rosario, Rafaela, Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires, saying the large delegation will require close coordination from the federations and the committee.

This will require attention from both the technical teams of the confederations and the Brazilian Olympic Committee, especially because of the management of a large delegation.

· Jorge BicharaHe outlined the logistical challenge created by the delegation’s size and the five venues.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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