Ecuador’s Olympic Committee has revealed that it has not yet received the budget it requested from the Ministry of Sports for the delegation of national athletes to participate in the Pan American Games in Chile.

The request for money was submitted on October 5, 2022, along with other multi-sport events scheduled for 2023, according to COE in a statement posted on its website.

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And it states that the total budget for the “Pan American Games requested from the Ministry of Sports is $669,698.58, since the COE will take care of the airfare.”

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“Given the lack of response from the Ministry of Sports to these letters, the COE sent two other letters of insistence on August 3 and 9, expressing their concern, since to date there is no upper limit of the budget for the event and they require the management of the advance rental and transmission of the sports performance , horses, making uniforms, among other things,” he adds.

In addition, it is emphasized that “local resource disposal procedures must be carried out three months in advance in the public system. The games start on October 20th, but the competitions will start on the 18th (ending on November 5th)”.

The Ecuadorian Olympic Committee will have a contribution of $200,000 from private funding, which will cover airfare to Chile and uniforms, among other things. To date, 149 athletes have qualified, with 180 expected to be on the payroll.

According to the COE, on June 23, it was requested to authorize the use of values ​​not executed in the Asunción 2022 South American Games, corresponding to USD 240,032.22; and on July 19, the request was updated in view of the cancellation of the Bali 2023 World Beach Games, so the use of this resource ($158,316.36) was also approved, and $270,000 was allocated for miscellaneous expenses. (D)