DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 1 MEDIA GUIDE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 2 INTRODUCTION FOREWORDS 3 PANAM SPORTS 7 THE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES 8 DANCE OF DIVERSITY 9 SET DESIGN 10 THE CEREMONY SCENE BY SCENE 12 CREDITS MAIN PERFORMERS 34 LIMA 2019 CEREMONIES TEAM 35 Embargo The information contained in this media guide is embargoed until 19:00 Lima time EXECUTIVE TEAM 35 on 11 August 2019. CREATIVE TEAM 36 Please keep details of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Closing Ceremony confidential until they appear in the show: surprises represent an important element of the experience for the audience, both in the stadium and at home. SPONSORS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 37 DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 3 DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 4 From this fulfilling experience, a new challenge begins in JORGE MUÑOZ our country” Mayor of Lima My dearest Friends: I would like to express my deepest gratitude, on behalf of over 9 million people From this fulfilling experience, a new challenge begins in our country, as we in Lima, for your visit and participation in the Lima 2019 XVIII Pan American continue to train sportsmen and women and work to become an incubator for Games, the most important sports event of the American continent that was future outstanding athletes. held in our city. As Lima citizens, we are honored to have been your hosts in this special event, During these days we have experienced an unprecedented celebration of sports, that we hope you will cherish in your memories and hearts. which has led to international recognition, as well as national pride for having offered a high-quality, world-class event. Farewell. This has been possible thanks to the joint and coordinated effort of all authorities and institutions, who were able to develop and implement infrastructure, transport and security, accompanied by a series of improvements and new touristic attractions that were established within the framework of Lima 2019, and that our athletes and citizens in general will continue to enjoy. This sports festival has also been an opportunity to recognize our brothers and sisters, the athletes from all over the country who performed brilliantly, triumphing for all Peruvian people. They deserve our highest praise. DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 5 What we have seen here is a continent united by sport” NEVEN ILIC President of Panam Sports IOC Member Dear friends: Today, August 11, we close an unforgettable and historic sports festival. We are The 2019 Pan American Games in Lima do not end here. The legacy of this sports wrapping up 17 days of fraternity, joy and friendship. festival is the greatest treasure we can leave to our children, grandchildren and all future generations. Many will leave here happy that they have exceeded their goals, of having won those coveted medals. Others may have not achieved their goals, but that’s the And here I call to all the authorities of Peru. Do not waste this opportunity, this is the beauty of the sport - it always gives you another chance. golden moment to establish public sport policies so that Peru launches into a new era. What we have seen here is a continent united by sport, and a host country that You have everything you need to grow and achieve the results that all the Peruvian did not rest and tried its best to tend to our needs and make us feel right at home, people want. Now it’s up to you, and I’m sure you can do it. and of course the more than 6,400 athletes who put their heart and soul into every competition to try to raise their flag above all the rest. One party is ending, but in a few days another one begins: the Parapan American Games, where I hope that the public continues to support, as they did with us, the A sporting level and athletes that made thousands of Peruvians shake the Paralympic athletes who are undoubtedly an example for our entire society. stadiums and millions around the world watch in wonder. I’d like to leave you with a personal reflection: This Mission was not easy, and we All of this would not have been possible without the unconditional support of had many obstacles to overcome, but thanks to so much effort, sacrifice and great thousands of people: Athletes, Coaches, Olympic Committees, the Government, teamwork, we were able to fulfill this incredible dream. Sponsors, Doctors, Police, Media, the more than 1,400 members of the COPAL team, and of course the Volunteers; to all of you, thank you very much, each of you I have nothing left to say, except to tell you all very sincerely and from my heart. provided your own contribution to make this great dream come true. THANK YOU SO MUCH PERU, THANK YOU SO MUCH AMERICA, MISSION I am sure that after these Games, there will be a before and after in Peruvian sport. ACCOMPLISHED!!!! DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 6 Our goal was transformation, and the Pan CARLOS NEUHAUS American Games has President of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Organizing Committee transformed Peru” Dear friends in the media, Welcome to the Closing Ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games! So tonight is all about celebration. Together, we’re celebrating the remarkable feats of the Americas’ finest athletes. We’re celebrating how Peru united and Seventeen days ago, when President Martín Vizcarra declared these Games mobilized behind a common vision to deliver the greatest sports event in open, the perfect stage was set. Twenty-one new and upgraded venues stood our history. And we’re celebrating a Pan American Games that will have life- ready to host world-class competition. More than 6,400 athletes had arrived changing impacts in communities throughout Lima. in Lima, ready to put on the performances of a lifetime. The city was alive with anticipation. All we needed was that magic ingredient, the spark to ignite the What a fantastic journey it has been. Thank you for joining us for the ride, celebration. Great Games need great athletes to excite and inspire us, and how and for helping us share it with the world. I hope you leave here with fond they delivered! memories of Lima and the Pan American Games that you will cherish for a lifetime; I know I will. From the moment Gladys Tejeda and Christian Pacheco won double gold for Peru in the women’s and men’s marathon that first full morning of competition, we knew that Lima 2019 was going to achieve everything we set out to do. Our goal was transformation, and the Pan American Games has transformed Peru: from how we deliver major public works, to how we put sport at the heart of daily life, to how the world trusts us as strong and reliable partners. DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 7 PANAM SPORTS Panam Sports is the heart of the Olympic Movement across the Americas and leads the development of the Pan American Games every four years, a year before the Summer Olympic Games, and appoints the host city for each edition of the Games. Panam Sports fuels the development of sport and supports the work of its 41 member nations to inspire the next generation of athletes in the American continent. It works closely with all members of the sports community, including the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), the Pan American Sports Confederations, the athletes and Organizing Committees for all Regional Games, ensuring success and celebration of its flagship event, the Pan American Games. The Pan American Sports Organization was established on August 8, 1948. Its principal objectives are the celebration and hosting of the Pan American Games and the promotion, development and protection of sport, as well as the Olympic Movement, in the Americas through its member National Olympic Committees. Since 1954, the Motto of Panam Sports is “AMÉRICA, ESPÍRITO, SPORT, FRATERNITÉ”. The current emblem of Panam Sports was adopted in 2017. DANCE OF DIVERSITY | Media Guide 8 THE LIMA 2019 PAN AMERICAN GAMES The Lima 2019 Games were the first Pan American Games to be held in Peru. They gathered around 6,487 athletes, who participated in 39 sports and 61 disciplines; of these, 21 disciplines were qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 3,028 medals were awarded, of which 1098 bronze and 965 gold and silver. The Games lasted 17 days and were held in 14 districts of Lima and Callao, in different venues such as the Videna Sports Complex, the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Complex, the Callao Regional Sports Village, the Villa El Salvador Sports Center and Punta Rocas among others. THE MASCOT: MILCO THE LOGO Milco is based on the cuchimilcos, ATHLETES: silhouettes of clay statuettes with a human form, three athletes representing the which symbolised good fortune and three Americas. fertility among the Chancay, a culture that flourished on the central coast of Peru between 1200 and 1400 AD. The triangular shapes on his AMANCAES FLOWER: symbol of life head represent the rays of the sun, in the middle of a wild environment. which was sacred for pre-Hispanic communities; his arms are tattooed with the waves of the sea, in the style of pre-Inca reliefs. MEETING POINT: since pre-Hispanic times, Lima has been a meeting His posture, with extended arms, point between peoples. It will fulfill is typical of the cuchimilcos and this function again during the Pan symbolises the welcome given to American Games. thousands of visitors from different nationalities by the people of Peru.