Preparatory work table begins with the construction of the Security Plan for the Parasuramerican Games Valledupar 2026
alledupar, Cesar, October 03, 2025. With a message of unity and commitment, the organization of the Parasuramerican Games Valledupar 2026 led a strategic meeting with the main security authorities and relief agencies of Valledupar and the department of Cesar, in which the first lines of work were drawn to ensure that each sports and non-sports scenario provides confidence, tranquility and hospitality to the 1,120 athletes and visitors who will arrive from July 5 to 16 to the world capital of vallenato.
International Wheelchair Basketball Technical Delegate approves Cold Drop Coliseum for Valledupar 2026
Sileno Santos, president of Competitions of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF Americas), highlighted the suitability of the Gota Fria Basketball Coliseum and the technical details of the competition by the technical sports area of the organization. Valledupar will host the male and female wheelchair competitions, events to be held between July 4 and 9, 2026, with the participation of 144 Para athletes.
Universidad Popular del Cesar and Colombian Paralympic Committee sign cooperation agreement for the development of the Valledupar 2026 Parasuramerican Games.
The framework cooperation agreement that strengthens the institutional articulation to ensure the success of the Justas, includes the use of UPC scenarios for Para swimming, Para powerlifting and boccia competitions, as well as academic, research and cultural actions around the event. The alliance seeks to consolidate the social and sports legacy for the region and the country.
Americas Paralympic Committee visited sports venues and hotels, with a view to the Valledupar 2026 Parasuramerican Games.
AmPC representatives arrived in the host city to evaluate infrastructure, accessibility and accommodation service providers that will host the 1,120 Para athletes during the Games to be held from July 5 to 16, 2026. The review leaves a positive balance and marks the beginning of a new operational phase in the organization of the multi-sport games.
VI Local Organizing Committee (LOC) reviewed the progress and commitments of the Valledupar 2026 Parasuramerican Games.
The meeting in the capital of Cesar brought together national, regional and local entities involved in the organization of the Valledupar 2026 Parasuramerican Games. Advances in infrastructure, accessibility, communications, logistics, accommodation and volunteering were reviewed in order to ensure the success of the multi-sport event to be held from July 4 to 15, 2026.
Valledupar, host of the Parasuramerican Games, receives recognition as a Colombian destination for inclusive tourism
Cota, Cundinamarca, September 28, 2025. In the framework of the I National Congress of Sports Tourism held in Cota, Cundinamarca, the director of the Parasuramerican Games Valledupar 2026, Elmer Jimenez Silva, received a special recognition from the Latin American Network of Sports Tourism, which highlights the city of Valledupar as a Colombian Inclusive Sports Tourism Destination 2026.
Valledupar 2026 will award 468 gold medals in 13 sports of the Parasuramerican sports program
Valledupar, September 10, 2026. From July 5 to 16, 2026, Valledupar and the Agustín Codazzi sub-site will experience the biggest Paralympic sports festival in the continent. With 13 disciplines in competition, the capital of Cesar and the sub-site will have the dispute 468 gold medals in a competition that will bring together 1,120 Para athletes from 12 countries, which officially opens the cycle towards the Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028.
Parasuramerican Games characterizes homes of people with disabilities in Valledupar
Valledupar, September 6, 2025. With the purpose of knowing the reality of the population with disabilities in the host city of the Games, the organization of the Parasuramerican Games 2026, visits the six districts of Valledupar, with a tour that, in the month of September, is expected to knock on the door of about 40 thousand homes.
Goalball, another Paralympic sport with approved scenario for the 2026 Parasuramerican Games
The international technical delegate, representing the International Federation of Sports for the Blind, highlighted the quality of the Óscar Muñoz Oviedo Combat Coliseum, the venue selected for the men’s and women’s goalball championships in Valledupar 2026. The organization of the event and the relevance of sowing legacy in this Paralympic sport that will be disputed from July 4 to 8 and will award two gold medals, were also details considered in the official inspection.
Agustín Codazzi opens call for volunteers for the Parasuramerican Games 2026
The organization of the Games requires 120 volunteers for the sub-venue and that fifty percent of them are women. Agustín Codazzi will host the blind soccer and Paracycling competitions of the Games that open the Paralympic Cycle of Los Angeles 2028.
