The 2026 Parapan American Games in Valledupar will award 13 gold medals in para archery
The official program for this sport includes competitions in recurve, compound, W1, and visually impaired archery, featuring individual, doubles, and mixed team events. July 15 will be the day with the most medal ceremonies, as it features six finals on the competition schedule. The W1 events will feature para-athletes with disabilities affecting the limbs and trunk, while the VI category will be reserved for athletes with visual impairments.
IX LOC of Valledupar 2026 defines key adjustments in the final stretch to the Parasuramerican Games
The space analyzed the budget investment lines, the sports calendar and confirmed the change of venue for one of the sports, as well as the validation of services to be provided in the continental event, which is entering its final phase of preparation.
Colors, identity and sport: Tobalito is projected in a beautiful mural at the Agustín Codazzi branch office
A wide boulevard is decorated with extraordinary art, recreating identity, culture and the life of the municipality, through colorful walls that attract the attention of those who pass through one of the main avenues of Codazzi. In a central wall of this place, Tobalito, official character of the Parasuramerican Games Valledupar 2026, is recreated in the work of the artist Héctor Bracho, who managed in his mural, to connect art, community and sport, just before the hemispheric multi-sport event.
More than 400 journalists to cover Valledupar 2026 after successful completion of press accreditation process
90 registered media and 420 communication professionals will participate in the coverage of the event. The international presence includes delegations from eight countries and teams from Paralympic Committees. Nearly 80% of the local media were involved in the process, strengthening the territorial projection of the Games.
Valledupar 2026 breaks records: 1,105 Para-athletes from 12 countries confirm the largest participation in the history of the Parasuramerican Games
The nominal registration of the Para athletes who will be present at the Games confirms the expansion of the event with new countries competing, high quota occupancy and a robust sports program that projects the region within the framework of the Paralympic Cycle to Los Angeles 2028.
This is how the medals of the II Parasuramerican Games of the history are distributed.
Valledupar 2026 will have 310 gold medals, with swimming (120 gold medals) and athletics (81) being the sports with the most gold medals to be awarded in the hemispheric multi-sport event that will have 1,105 Para athletes from 12 countries in action.
Valledupar consolidates progress of the 2026 Parasuramerican Games in decisive organizational phase
The VIII Local Organizing Committee verified the fulfillment of commitments made by the Government of Cesar and the mayors’ offices of Valledupar and Agustin Codazzi, as well as progress in the areas of sports technology, logistics and services, with a view to the execution of the multi-sport event in July 2026.
Agustín Codazzi strengthens itself for the 2026 Parasuramerican Games with investment and preparation as a sub-host site
The municipality is investing more than $3,398 million pesos to guarantee venues, services, optimal roads and logistical conditions. It will host soccer for the blind and Paracycling, two sports of the official program, as part of the institutional commitment that consolidates Codazzi as a strategic sub-venue for the Games.
Valledupar enters the Countdown to 100 days to the 2026 Parasuramerican Games
This Friday, March 27, will be the countdown of the 100th day of the start of the most important Paralympic sport event in Colombia, a milestone that reflects the organizational progress and institutional commitment in the final stretch of the organization of the Justas.
Preliminary registration of the Valledupar 2026 Volunteer Program closed with broad national and international participation.
1,543 people registered in the volunteer program, mostly from Colombia, with Valledupar being the city with the highest number of applications. Among the people interested in volunteering in the Parasuramerican Games, the international participation stands out with applications received from 11 countries, which evidences the scope and importance of the multi-sport event.
