Chile Invests in High Performance Sports
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - Chilean President
Michelle Bachelet announced today the
approval of 6 million dollars to finance a
wide development program for elite athletes.
Chile hopes to be a world class country in
sports and we've been moving forward to
fulfill that objective, she said.
"Bicentennial Program" comprises training,
competitive games and will provide athletes
with sports equipment.
According to Bachelet this program aims to
guarantee Chilean best athletes
participation in international competitions.
"We want the elite athletes to devote
themselves exclusively to their training and
not to waste time looking for their sports
equipment and how to support themselves",
she said.
She also confirmed about an important
investment for the extension and
modernization of the Department of High
Performance Sports (CAR).
"We are going to renew technological
equipments necessary to a suitable technical
analysis for training. There'll be new
sports equipments and the infrastructure of
sports facilities are going to be better
too", she said. |
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