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Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee is set to participate in the 2025 Junior Pan American Games to be held in Asuncion, Paraguay, from 9th – 23rd August.

From August 9th to the 23rd, 2025, the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games will be held in Paraguay. This event is one of the most important projects of Panam Sports and its aim is to detect and support the great stars that will shine in the near future. The Cali 2021 Pan American Games represented the starting point for great stars of international sport who excelled in Santiago 2023 and recently in the Paris Olympic Games.

This is due to the fact that the Junior Games will provide direct qualification for Lima 2027 to athletes who win a gold medal, this being one of the great prizes of this continental event. In Cali 2021, 202 athletes qualified for the most important sports event of the Americas, and for this new edition of the event, the number of qualifications will increase to 218. 2003 to 2013 : Years of birth of the participating athletes

Antigua and Barbuda is qualified and approved to participate in 5 disciplines, including Sailing, Athletics, Swimming, Fencing, and, for the first time, Weightlifting and Table Tennis.

The team will be headed by Chef de Mission, Ms. Karen Joseph, assisted by the ABNOC Office Supervisor, Eric Henry. The team is as follows:

Athletics, which will run from 18th – 22nd August

La’Nika Locker – 100m

Ajani Daley – 100m

Geolyna Dowdye – 100m and 200m

Teddy Daley will manage athletics

Swimming, which will run from 10th – 14th August

Anjulique Liddie

Madison McMillian

Ethan Stubbs-Greene

Tivon Benjamin

The team will be managed by Nelson Molina

Sailing, which will run from 15th – 17th August

O’zari Landford – Laser Class

Sailing will be managed by Karl James

Antigua and Barbuda will compete at the Games level in the discipline of Table Tennis for the first time. Antigua and Barbuda will be represented by Stuti Kasyap, who is entering as the highest-ranked athlete. She will be managed by Arleena Edwards. Table Tennis will run from 16th to 21st August.

Consideration is to be given to the Fencing Federation to participate despite the athlete not having much Local or regional competition. Antigua and Barbuda will be represented by Jewel Chrump. She will be managed by Vaughn Charles. Fencing will run from 10th – 12th August 2025.

Another first timer or new sport will be represented by our nation in Weightlifting. Consideration is given to Amyah Hodge to participate. Amyah competed in the Caribbean Championships, which were held in Barbados, making her eligible to participate in the Games. Amyah will compete in the 77kg class. Steve Williams will manage her.

High expectations or medal performances are expected by La’Nika Locker in the women’s 200m, Stuti Kasyap and O’zani Landford in the Laser boat sailing.

4206 athletes from 41 countries in 28 sports and 43 disciplines

28 sports: Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Canoe/Kayak, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Golf, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Sailing, Sport Shooting, Skating, Squash, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Water Ski/Wakeboard, Wrestling, Handball, Hockey, Rugby 7s and Volleyball.

Meanwhile, Antigua and Barbuda will be represented at Panam Sports Annual General Assembly, which will take place 7-8th August in Asunción, Paraguay, days before the opening ceremony of the Games. The ABNOC President, Hon. E. P. Chet Greene, and Secretary General, Cliff Williams, will be attending the congress and as well as carrying out their role at the Games.