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Article: Pan American Games Notebook
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- August 6, 1999
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08-06-1999
Pan American Games Notebook
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- The Pan American Games need to be shortened. That's the view of the president of the 1999 Games, who says he will suggest some changes at a debriefing session next month in Mexico City.
``I'm going to recommend that the size of the games be reduced from 42 sports to 28 or 30,'' Don MacKenzie said.
``There are way, way too many sports and way too many athletes. We reduced the events from 435 in Mar del Plata to 330 here. But the games should still be smaller.
``What we need to do is look at the Olympic program, eliminate the sports that aren't inherent to this hemisphere and with every one we remove, add a sport ...