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The 2013 Central American Games, the X edition of the Central American Games, were celebrated in
Triathlon
Endurance riding (Equestrianism)
Open water swimming ()
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Swimming ()
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Athletics ()
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Baseball ()
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Basketball ()
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Bodybuilding ()
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Bowling ()
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Boxing ()
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Chess ()
* Cycling
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BMX racing ()
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Road cycling ()
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Equestrian ()
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Fencing ()
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Futsal ()
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Gymnastics ()
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Judo ()
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Racquetball ()
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Roller speed skating ()
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Softball ()
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Table tennis ()
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Taekwondo ()
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Triathlon ()
* Volleyball
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Volleyball ()
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Weightlifting ()
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Wrestling ()
Official Games Webpage
(In Spanish) {{Central American Games Central American Games International sports competitions hosted by Costa Rica Central American Games 2013 in Central American sport 2013 in Costa Rican sport Multi-sport events in Costa Rica
San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
from 3 to 17 March 2013. It was largest multi-sport event organized in Costa Rica.
The games were officially opened by Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla. Torch lighter was swimmer Sylvia Poll
Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the 1988 Olympics, she won Costa Rica's first Olympic medal, when she garnered the silver in the ...
, who won the silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Venues
San José, Costa Rica
Playa Herradura
Playa Herradura (Herradura Beach) is a coastal town in the Central Pacific Region of Costa Rica. It is located about north of Jacó in the province of Puntarenas. The name Herradura (horseshoe) refers to the horseshoe shape of the bay. The town h ...
, Puntarenas
Open water swimming
Sports
* Aquatic sports ** Open water swimming ()
** Swimming ()
** Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...
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* Athletics ()
* Baseball ()
* Basketball ()
* Bodybuilding ()
* Bowling ()
* Boxing ()
* Chess ()
* Cycling
** BMX racing ()
** Mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...
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** Road cycling ()
* Equestrian ()
* Fencing ()
* Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
** Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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** Futsal ()
** Beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
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* Gymnastics ()
* Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
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* Judo ()
* Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
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* Racquetball ()
* Roller speed skating ()
* Softball ()
* Table tennis ()
* Taekwondo ()
* Triathlon ()
* Volleyball
** Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
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** Volleyball ()
* Weightlifting ()
* Wrestling ()
Medal table
References
External links
Official Games Webpage
(In Spanish) {{Central American Games Central American Games International sports competitions hosted by Costa Rica Central American Games 2013 in Central American sport 2013 in Costa Rican sport Multi-sport events in Costa Rica