More than 1,000 athletes could compete in the First Caribbean Games on the island of Guadeloupe, according to reports from mission chiefs from nearly 30 countries gathered in its capital, Basse-Terre, last weekend.
The Caribbean Games, which were postponed last year due to the restrictions of the global pandemic, are scheduled from June 29 to July 3 in seven sports: athletics, 3x3 basketball, cycling, futsal, judo, netball and swimming.
The meeting occurred at an encouraging time as the number of COVID-19 infections continues to decline. Since the pandemic began, Guadalupe has registered nearly 148,000 infections and more than 900 deaths.
The Caribbean in general shows an optimistic outlook compared to last year, and favorable for the successful celebration of the Games.
Precisely, the anti-COVID health protocols occupied an important part of the information provided by the experts to the heads of missions, in addition to aspects of medical care in general, anti-doping control, accreditations, transportation, accommodation for athletes and visas.
During the tour of the venues for the Games, the visitors verified the conditions of what will be the Sports Village, a hotel complex in Sainte-Anne capable of accommodating 1,000 athletes.
Each head of delegation had a bilateral meeting with the organizers that made it possible to know an initial estimate of competitors and the disciplines to register.
Several of the participating countries will compete immediately after at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, from July 28 to August 8.
The delegations that will attend the Caribbean Games are: Anguilla, Bahamas, Bermuda, Curaçao, Grenada, French Guiana, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, British Virgin Islands, Aruba, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Games are held under the supervision of the Association of Caribbean National Olympic Committees (CANOC) led by Trinidadian Brian Lewis.
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