And while Boxing struggles to regain its former glory, another sport is trying to makes its own story here in Belize.
Viewers may remember that the Judo athlete, Cuban Belizean Eddermys Sanchez, was one of only 3 to participate in the 2012 Olympics. He was defeated within seconds because he didn't have the training and facilities that athletes from those other countries had.
Well, this weekend, 7News visited with the Judo Association of Belize, where we found out that that there is a contingent of Belizean Judo athletes who will be participating in the 2013 Central American games.
And the President says that like the Olympics last year, these games will be more of a venture for experience, rather than to win.
He explained why:
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"We have selected some athletes to participate. At this moment we are going to send three representative to participate in the Judo events. The students that are presently going to Costa Rica there are basivally quite inexperience because Judo Association of Belize a very new federation and we still are going through the stages of formation to trying to promote. One of the problem is that we dont get any kind of funding from anyone, so we have to do a lot of fundraising on our own. Its quite costly for anyone who wants to go and participate in any events, regional and global events. We get a lot of invitations because the Judo Associaton of Belize is a member of the International Federation that controls Judo world wide. The problem is without funding we cannot participate. This is a major event for these students that are going. Its an exposure, experience for them to gain and see what level of Judo is being qualified out there in the Central American public. The intention is not to go with the idea to win but to try their best and also to experience what Judo is about beyond Belize."
The 2013 Central American Games will be held in San Jose, Costa Rica from March 3 to March 17, 2013.
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