Current 400-meter hurdles world champion, F?lix S?nchez promised President Hip?lito Mej?a he would give his all to win a gold medal for the country in this event in the Santo Domingo Pan American Games. S?nchez visited Mej?a at the Juan Dolio beach house and announced that he would not participate in the International Associations of Athletics Federations Golden League Jackpot events in 2004, and instead would focus on the Pan Am Games and the IAAF World Athletics Championships. The Dominican athlete clinched a share of the IAAF Golden League Jackpot (50 kilos of gold), along with fellow track luminaries Marion Jones, Hicham El Guerrouj and Ana Guevara, after winning seven straight qualifying races on the Golden League circuit
S?nchez will compete in the 400-meter hurdles and in the 4 x 400 relay at the Pan Am Games, where he is also expected to be selected the country?s flag bearer.
S?nchez was in the DR for the launch of the Codetel web page (www.felixsupersanchez.com) featuring the track star. S?nchez won the 2002 World Championships last August with a time of 47.35 and is ranked No. 1 in the world in his event. He says his next goal is to break the world record.