The Olympic Village of Tegucigalpa is a sports complex situated in the northeastern part of Tegucigalpa, the capital of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

. The Government of Honduras designed the complex to serve as the city's main sports center, and also to provide accommodation for athletes participating in international events. It is located to the north of the Autonomous National University of Honduras. Entry is free of charge and there are facilities for many types of sport. It is owned by the state of

and managed by the National Commission for Sporting Installations (CONAPID), within a monthly budget of 10 million ''

lempiras The lempira (, sign: L, ISO 4217 code: HNL;) is the currency of Honduras. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Etymology The lempira was named after the 16th-century ''cacique'' Lempira, a ruler of the indigenous Lenca people, who is renown ...

''.

History

The Tegucigalpa Olympic Village was built in 1989, during the presidency of José Azcona del Hoyo. It was designed by various architects and engineers from Tegucigalpa, aiming to modernize the area and to be capable of accommodating the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Facilities

Chochi Sosa Baseball stadium Tegucigalpa

The Olympic village includes a variety of facilities with sports equipment, including weights,

gymnasiums A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational ins ...

, an Olympic-size swimming pool, several

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 ...

pitches, basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts.

Structures

The buildings of the facility include: * Swimming pools. * Gymnasium 1: Area designated to the disciplines of Olympic gymnastics, boxing, table tennis,

Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

Kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sports, combat sport focused on kicking and punch (strike), punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is pract ...

and

Lima Lama Limalama is a Polynesian art of self-defense, created and founded by Tu’umamao "Tino" Tuiolosega (1931–2011). Tuiolosega created the word "Limalama" as a portmanteau derived from the Samoan language words ''lima'' (hand) and ''malamalama'' (und ...

. * Gymnasium 2: Volleyball, fencing and weightlifting. * Gymnasium 3: Basketball and

martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...

(including

) * Chochi Sosa Baseball Stadium (

Estadio Chochi Sosa Estadio Chochi Sosa (Chochi sosa Stadium) is a sports and concert venue located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. It was completed in the late 80s and is part of the Tegucigalpa Olympic Village. History The Chochi Sosa Stadium was built in 1989 in th ...

), 1,500 seats. * Olympic stadium:

and athletics, 3,000 seats.

Sports

* Aikido * Gymnastics * Basketball *

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 ...

* Boxing * Baseball * Table tennis * Fencing * Weightlifting *

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 ...

* Tennis *

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 ...

* Kung fu * Taekwondo * Swimming * Athletics * Volleyball * Wrestling *

Muay thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

* Judo * Mixed martial arts *

Access

The Olympic Village is open to the public from 4:00 am until 8:00 pm daily. No fee is charged to use the facilities, as the complex is regarded as the property of all Hondurans. It typically receives at least 10,000 visits a day, attracting many walkers and runners as a relatively safe place within the city.

Maintenance

The maintenance of the Olympic Village is the responsibility of CONAPID, using funding of less than 10 million lempiras per month. This funding is derived mainly from rental income and advertising at the Tiburcio Carías Andino Stadium. The Olympic Village does not collect fees from the public for provision of the installations, although sports organisations do levy a minimal charge to raise funds for participation in international competitions. It has been noted that with the constant increase of the price of all resources, adequate maintenance of the complex would require the government to increase the budgetary allocation by at least 30 million ''lempiras''.

Renovation

CONAPID secured a grant of one million dollars, equivalent to some 20 million ''lempiras'', from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) to renovate the Olympic Village. At present it receives adequate maintenance, with 3.5 million ''lempiras'' allocated to its maintenance in 2008. Germán Duarte, the current supervisor of projects, is engaged with the repair of pitches and the repainting of floors in the three gymnasiums of the sports complex. A new roof has been provided at the Olympic swimming pool, stairways and perimeter fences have been repainted, and several planting areas have been improved. Further improvements undertaken by CONAPID during 2015, at a cost of 14 million ''lempiras'', included fitting over 300 LED lights, resurfacing all the main roadways, and a new

tartan track Tartan Track is a trademarked all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions, manufactured by 3M. It lets athletes compete in bad weather without serious performance loss and improves their resu ...

References

External links

CONAPID
(Comision Nacional pro Instalaciones Deportivas y Mejoramiento del Deporte)
Club Artistic Gymnastics Tegucigalpa Abejitas
{{coord, 14.0908, N, 87.1638, W, source:wikidata, display=title Sport in Honduras Sports complexes