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Dominican Athletes Ready for Mayag\u00fcez Games <\/STRONG><\/P> D<\/SPAN>ominican Vice President Rafael Alburquerque met with the delegation of Dominican athletes who will attend the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games of Mayag\u00fcez, Puerto Rico. The sporting event, to take place between July 17 and August 1, will be attended by 494 Dominican athletes, the largest national delegation to attend a sporting event to date, said Felipe \u201cJay\u201d Payano, Minister of Sports. <\/P> \u201cTo say that I support sports in the country is to say that I support the young people of the Dominican Republic.\u201d <\/P> At the ceremony, held in the Ambassadors Hall of the National Palace, Vice President Alburquerque gave the Dominican flag to the representative of the athletes as Payano and Luis\u00edn Mej\u00eda, president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, looked on. <\/P> Alburquerque, having handed the national flag to volley ball player Brenda Castillo, said he was convinced of the important role the Dominican athletes are playing in this sporting event. Rafael Alburquerque, speaking directly to the delegation of athletes that will represent the country at the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games of Mayag\u00fcez, quoted President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez, reiterating his commitment to sports in the Dominican Republic: \u201cTo say that I support sports in the country is to say that I support the young people of the Dominican Republic.\u201d <\/P> Dominican Athletes Ready for Mayag\u00fcez Games Dominican Vice President Rafael Alburquerque met with the delegation of Dominican athletes who will attend the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games of Mayag\u00fcez, Puerto Rico. The sporting event, to take place between July 17 and August 1, will be attended by 494 Dominican athletes, the largest national delegation … Continue reading “Dominican Athletes Ready for Mayag\u00fcez Games”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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In addition, he underscored President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019 support of the country\u2019s young people, especially in the area of sports, in the hope that athletes will continue developing with seriousness of purpose. He said the Dominican flag will fly high over the games in Mayag\u00fcez and regardless of how many medals the young people win, the athletes will proudly be representing the country\u2019s flag. <\/P>
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\nDate of ACtualization: July 16, 2010<\/EM><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"