Costa Rica Kicks Off Central American Games

From the 3rd of March 2013, the city of San Jose becomes the headquarters of the Central American Games X.

The Central American Games will have the participation of more than 3,000 athletes from the region: Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize and Costa Rica.

In total, they will vie for medals in 26 sports listed at the bottom of this article.

Costa Rica has 22 venues for the games, three of them outside the Capital: Hermosa Beach, where they will hold the Triathlon; Cañas, the location of the equestrian competition and Jaco, where they will carry out beach vollyball and where open water swimming competition.

The country made an investment of close to $25 million for the renovation and construction of the sports venues, as well as other expenses. The Central American sports games will continue until the 17th of this month.

With all the sports below, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Events at the 2013 Central American Games

Diving
Open Water Swimming
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Water Polo
Archery
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Bodybuilding
Bowling
Boxing
Chess
BMX Racing
Mountain Biking
Road Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Futsal
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Karate
Racquetball
Roller Speed Skating
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Squash
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Beach Volleyball
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling