Neven Il­ic, the cur­rent leader of the Olympic Move­ment of the Amer­i­c­as, was re-elect­ed pres­i­dent of the Pan Amer­i­can (Panam) Sports Or­gan­i­sa­tion in Asun­cion, Paraguay on Wednes­day (Oc­to­ber 3).

On the first day of the LXII Gen­er­al As­sem­bly of Panam Sports, the elec­tion of the pres­i­dent for the pe­ri­od 2024 to 2028 was held and the Chilean, and the sec­ond vice-pres­i­dent of Panam Sports, Kei­th Joseph of St Vin­cent and the Grenadines, faced each oth­er.

Af­ter 5 pm (Paraguayan time), the vot­ing took place, with the win­ner be­ing Il­ic with a to­tal of 37 votes. Joseph, who is pres­i­dent of the Caribbean As­so­ci­a­tion of Na­tion­al Olympic Com­mit­tees (CANOC), ob­tained 16 votes. Il­ic will have the mis­sion of lead­ing Panam Sports for the next four years in his third con­sec­u­tive term in the or­gan­i­sa­tion.

“I want to thank all those who sup­port­ed me, for al­low­ing me to fin­ish this project. These elec­tions are over and I can say that we are a great group. Every­one is part of this project. Of course, I thank my friend Kei­th Joseph. We will con­tin­ue work­ing so that the Amer­i­c­as re­main a stel­lar con­ti­nent,” said the Panam Sports pres­i­dent at the end of the vote.

The PA­SO As­sem­bly did not on­ly elect a pres­i­dent, vice pres­i­dents and new mem­bers of the ex­ec­u­tive board were al­so elect­ed.

Sarah Hir­sh­land (USA), Ve­da Bruno Vic­tor (Grena­da) and Cami­lo Perez (Paraguay) were elect­ed vice pres­i­dents in each of their groups.

Elec­tions re­sults

Pres­i­dent: Neven Il­ic Ál­varez

1st vice pres­i­dent: Ve­da Bruno Vic­tor (Grena­da)

2nd vice pres­i­dent: Cami­lo Pérez (Paraguay)

3rd vice pres­i­dent: Sarah Hir­sh­land (USA).

Group 1 Mem­bers: Mario Gar­cia (Mex­i­co), Tri­cia Smith (Cana­da), Damaris Young (Pana­ma)

Group 2 Mem­bers: Al­fred Em­manuel (Saint Lu­cia), Den­nis Knight (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Rober­to Richards (Cu­ba)

Group 3 Mem­bers: Nicole Ho­ev­ert­sz (Aru­ba), Mario Moc­cia (Ar­genti­na), Jorge Del­ga­do (Ecuador)