The Panamerican Sports Organization (PASO) says that 18 of the 35 sports competitions to be held during the Santo Domingo Pan American Games will be qualifying events for the Athens Olympic Games. As reported in the Listin Diario newspaper, Nelly Manuel Do?e, technical director of the Games, said that this becomes a guarantee of the high level of the competitions. The 18 qualifying sports are: archery, boxing, fencing, handball, weight lifting, wrestling, tae kwon do, judo, pentathlon, hockey, water polo, equestrian events, shooting, triathlon. badminton, tennis, cycling, and ping
pong (Table Tennis).