The Ministry of Sports announced it has invited 325 athletes from abroad to participate in the December 2018 National Sports Games. The Hermanas Mirabal 2018 Games will take place 6 to 16 December 2018. The expat athletes will be coming from Florida and several states in New England region in the USA, Europe, and Puerto Rico. The largest delegation will be from the New England region, or 155 athletes. Another 3,700 athletes from five regions of the Dominican Republic will also compete in the 36 sports.
The organizing committee of the games said that 78 athletes that participated in the recent Central American & Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will be participating. These include 46 that won medals in those regional games, including Crismery Santana who won two golds.
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Listin Diario
12 November 2018
