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The 2024 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from 12 to 19 October in Aberdeen, Scotland. [1] The event marked the debut of Puerto Rico at a World Curling Championship, joining as a new member of World Curling in 2023.
There are 74 member associations, with the most recent addition being Pakistan, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 2023, and Monaco in 2024. [3] [4] In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in March 2022 World Curling banned the Russian Curling Federation from competing. [5]
The Philippines was accepted a member association of the World Curling Federation in September, 2023 — along with Pakistan and Puerto Rico — and started a bid to qualify for the 2026 Olympics.
Puerto Rico's Special Olympics program was founded in 1970, since then it has offered services to more than a thousand athletes. [13] In the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Puerto Rico won 57 medals. [13] Puerto Rico won a total of 34 medals in the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, including 7 gold, 18 silver and 9 bronze medals.
The top four placing teams (Spain, New Zealand, Turkey, and Finland) qualified for the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. [2] By qualifying for the World Championship, the four teams advancing from this event also secured, at a minimum, a spot in the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event .
The Puerto Rican Athletics Federation (FAPUR; Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Puerto Rico. Current president is José Enrique Arrarás . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was re-elected in October 2012.
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded by Julio Enrique Monagas, [2] and was officially recognized in 1948. COPUR operates the Casa ...
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...