Santiago embraces Games that once seemed out of Chile's reach

The Chilean capital certainly had reason to celebrate after repeatedly falling short, sometimes disastrously, in their five-decade quest to land the Games.

But how the Games came to Santiago mattered little on a chilly Friday evening as the Estadio Nacional swelled with pride at hosting the country's biggest sporting event since soccer's 1962 World Cup. Inside the tightly secured main competition hub, television crews this week had equipment stolen from a compound near the National Stadium while visitors have been warned to stay vigilant.

As always the Parade of Nations was the focal point of the program with Argentina, as the first host of the Pan Ams, leading the way onto the field and Chile the last entering to a mighty roar from an emotional crowd that was on its feet again a few minutes later when President Gabriel Boric declared the Games open.

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Games-Santiago embraces Games that once seemed out of Chile's reachSANTIAGO : A Pan American Games that had always seemed out of reach for Chile received a loving embrace on Friday as Santiago rolled out the welcome mat for nearly 7,000 athletes with a high-energy opening ceremony that buried the sting of past disappointments.
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