For the past week and a half, more than 6,500 athletes from all over North and South America have been competing in hundreds of events in 39 sports in and around Lima, Peru, in the 2019 Pan American Games. Collected below, images of some of the action taking place in the arenas, parks, open fields, beaches, rivers, and streets of Lima.
Scenes From the 2019 Pan American Games
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Colombia's Isabella Gomez celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's surfing SUP final during the 2019 Pan American Games at Punta Rocas beach in Lima on August 4, 2019. #
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Brazil's Ruy Leme da Fonseca Filho, riding Ballypatrick SRS, falls after a jump during the eventing individual cross country at the Army Equestrian School in Lima on August 3, 2019. #
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Gerek Meinhardt of the United States (right) and Maximilien Hugo Van Haaster of Canada compete in the men's foil individual semifinal on day 11 of the 2019 Pan American Games at the Lima Convention Center on August 6, 2019. #
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Players from Argentina celebrate after defeating Chile in the men's handball gold-medal match at Sports Center 1 of Villa Deportiva Nacional in Lima on August 5, 2019. #
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Jhonatan Rivas of Colombia competes in the men's weightlifting 96-kilogram Group A competition on day three at the Mariscal Cáceres Coliseum at the Chorrillos Military School. #
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The gold medalist Delfina Pignatiello of Argentina celebrates after winning the women's 400-meter freestyle final A at the Aquatics Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on day 11. #
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Cuba's Andy Cruz (right) in action with the Dominican Republic's Hendri Cedeño Martinez during the men's light-welterweight 64-kilogram quarterfinal on July 29, 2019 #
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Brazil's right back Oswaldo Maestro (left) tries to score past Mexico's goalkeeper, Israel Aguilar, during the men's handball bronze-medal match on August 5, 2019. #
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Oriana Vinas of Colombia competes in the rhythmic-gymnastics individual all-around and qualifications ball event at the Villa El Salvador Sports Center on August 2, 2019. #
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Eduardo Loh of Brazil spikes the ball during the men's volleyball semifinal match between Brazil and Cuba at Polideportivo Callao of Villa Deportiva Regional del Callao on day eight. #
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Zachary Lokken of the United States competes in the men's canoe (C1) final on day nine of the 2019 Pan American Games on the Rio Cañete in Lunahuaná, Peru, on August 4, 2019. #
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Colombia's Daniela Caracas Gonzalez scores an own goal and the first goal for Mexico during the women's first-round Group A match at San Marcos Stadium in Lima on August 3, 2019. #
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Skylar Park of Canada competes with Anastasija Zolotic of the United States in their women's under-57-kilogram tae kwon do final match at Callao Sports Center in Lima on July 28, 2019. #
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Anne-Elizabeth Stone of the United States celebrates after defeating María Belén Pérez Maurice of Argentina in the women's fencing saber individual gold-medal bout on day 11 at the Lima Convention Center. #
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Argentina's Leandro Usuna competes to win silver in the men's open-surfing competition during the 2019 Pan American Games at Punta Rocas beach in Lima on August 4, 2019. #
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Jason Ho-Shue (left) and Nyl Yakura of Canada celebrate their gold-medal badminton win in the men's doubles against Phillip Chew and Ryan Chew of the United States at the Pan American Games in Lima on August 2, 2019. #
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