Posted at 7:26 a.m., Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Two Hawaii kayakers on U.S. team for Pan Am Games
Advertiser Staff
Two Hawai'i athletes are members of the U.S. men's and women's canoe/kayak team that will compete in the Pan American Games starting July 25 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Olympian Andy Bussey of Kailua is scheduled to race in the solo kayak event, while Honolulu's Eric Abbott is expected to be in the two-person kayak event.
The Pan American Games features 5,654 athletes from 42 nations, competing in 37 sports. The program includes all 31 Olympic sports and six Pan American sports (bowling, futsal, karate, roller sports, squash and water skiing).
Team USA has 595 athletes competing in Rio.
