Caracas, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) The technical commission of the Olympic Venezuelan Committee (COV) aspires to enter 150 athletes to the Olympic Games of London 2012 to improve the results of Beijing-2008.
On Tuesday, the COV president Eduardo Alvarez announced in the first meeting with the press media the scopes of the Olympic Hope Program and the arrangements concerning the sports event.
Alvarez pointed out that although 150 Venezuelan athletes will not be surely present, “this is the number we are hoping for”, and remembered that Venezuela took 110 athletes to Beijing.
To be considered a candidate the sports national federations take into account age, competive level, if there is any chronic injury, the capacity of concentration and the personal marks, he explained.
According to the official, 70 Venezuelan sportsmen and women are already pre-qualified, and must gain the tickets in international competitions as the Pan American Games of Guadalajara (October this year, in Mexico).
London 2012 will host 10,000 athletes from 206 countries in 26 sports and 39 events.
Julio Cesar Leon, the first Venezuelan who took part in an Olympic competition in 1948, will be the special guest for Venezuela to the sports event.
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