Guatemala.- The Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) signed two cooperation agreements with counterparts in Spain and Mexico for the benefit of athletes, coaches and leaders of high performance organizations in the country, reported a sporty font.
In the interest of strengthening the bonds of friendship between the Spanish athletes and Guatemalans, both institutions agreed to establish permanent cooperation relations in all fields of Olympic activities, said the COG.
The parties will organize an exchange program, according to sports federations and associations linked to courses, training and skills together.
The agreement, which runs through 2018, includes cooperation between national teams, coaches, doctors, researchers, experts and technical staff.
In parallel, Olympic committees Mexico and Guatemala pledged to do once a year exchanges between athletes of national sports federations of both countries.
The athletes will be benefited archery, modern pentathlon, riding, racquetball, squash, cycling, athletics, boxing, triathlon, canoeing, weightlifting, taekwondo, handball, hockey and baseball.
In addition, participation in bilateral and joint training skills courses, internships (for doctors, psychologists and other professionals in the sports sciences) and views High Performance Centres of the two countries will be promoted.
The signatories agreed to work towards eradicating doping and share innovations to combat this scourge.
The documents were signed by the presidents of the Olympic Committees of Spain, Alejandro Blanco; Mexico, Carlos Padilla; and Guatemala, Gerardo Aguirre.
