(Thepanamagringo.com) From the cheap beer to the mass amounts of fried food that you will find in the capital of Panama, gaining weight is an easy thing to do. Because gyms are surprisingly expensive and most of the city is impossible and dangerous to ride a bicycle, running may be the easiest and most economical method of avoiding a large gut. Here are this gringo’s top 3 … [Read more...]
Panama bobsleigh to enter Olympics in 2014
(Monsters and Critics) The tropical central American country of Panama aims to compete in the 2014 Olympic bobsleigh competition in a story which appears to be a remake of the Jamaican sensation from the 1988 Games. Swiss lawyer Christoph Zollinger readily admits he had the amazing Jamaican story, later adapted in the Disney-movie 'Cool Runnings,' on his mind when he got … [Read more...]
New Zealander Bevan Docherty wins Panama Ironman 2012
(Prensa.com) A heart final took place in the Ironman 70.3 Panama when the New Zealander Bevan Docherty made it to the finish with a time of 3:50:13, surpassing the last minutes of competition favorite, American Lance Armstrong. Although Armstrong maintained the first place for most of the competition, eventually finished second with a time of 3:50:55. In the third place … [Read more...]
Every day is magic for Panamanian bobsled team
(Parkrecord.com) "A dream, a crazy idea." -Chris Zollinger The parallels are irrefutable. So much so that Eduardo Fonseca can't help but laugh when he thinks of how this once-faraway dream became a dazzling reality. "It's inevitable," said the 25-year-old private pilot from Panama. "You have to compare it to 'Cool Runnings'" (The 1993 film loosely based on the 1988 Jamaican … [Read more...]
Panama approved for 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup
(Newsroom Panama) Panama has received the official stamp of approval for its preparations for the World Baseball Championships to be held here September 23 to October 7. The International Baseball Federation at a meeting in Rome has given the thumbs up on progress achieved by by the organizing committee. The United States will be defending the title it won, defeating … [Read more...]