Pan American Games

plural noun

an amateur athletic competition, patterned after the Olympic Games and held every four years in a different host city, involving all the nations of the Western Hemisphere.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pan American Games¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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The Morales family has its sights set on preparing for the 2028 Olympic qualifiers, the Lima 2027 Pan American Games and the junior world championships.

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Verde, the Pan American Games champion, will fight Uzbek Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the final.

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In the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic, a U.S. swimmer followed a Canadian to the top of the medal stand but someone forget to change the CD.

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She struggled at the consolation meet, the Pan American Games.

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“Water polo has been my choice. Water polo has been my gift,” said Steffens, whose father played water polo in three Pan American Games for Puerto Rico and was a three-time All-American at California.

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Pan-American Pan-American Highway

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