Editor’s notice: An entire official listing of Haitian athletes has not but been publicly launched throughout all sports activities disciplines as competitions started July 24.
NEW YORK— Haiti formally opened its participation within the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games on July 24, with its delegation marching into the opening ceremony behind flag-bearers boxer Welington Ceneus and Ava Quickly Lee as Haitian athletes put together to compete within the regional occasion.
Haiti’s delegation entered the opening ceremony at Santo Domingo’s Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez led by flag-bearers boxer Welington Ceneus and Ava Quickly Lee, a Pan American junior taekwondo gold medalist. Quickly Lee, a Korean American born in Minnesota, adopted Haitian nationality in sports activities alongside her sisters to signify Haiti internationally and assist develop the nationwide taekwondo program underneath the steering of their father, who coaches the workforce.
The Video games, celebrating their a hundredth anniversary this 12 months, formally opened July 24 with a ceremony that includes the standard Parade of Nations, cultural performances highlighting Dominican heritage and the participation of delegations from 37 nations. Greater than 6,000 athletes are anticipated to compete via Aug. 8.
Competitors started Saturday in a number of sports activities, with Haitian athletes scheduled to compete all through the two-week Video games.
The Central American and Caribbean Video games are the oldest regional multi-sport competitors within the Americas and function an essential stepping stone towards the Pan American Video games and the Olympic Video games. This 12 months’s version returns to Santo Domingo, which first hosted the occasion in 1974 and is staging the centennial Video games from July 24 via Aug. 8.
Haiti competitors schedule
| Sport | Confirmed athletes | Competitors dates |
| Taekwondo | Ava Quickly Lee | July 25–28 |
| Boxing | Welington Ceneus | Late July–early August |
| Biking | Nationwide delegation | July 25; July 27–29; Aug. 1–2 |
| Judo | Nationwide delegation | July 25–28 |
| Chess | Nationwide delegation | July 27–28 |
| 3×3 Basketball | Ulysse Jean Woodlay, Gabriel Marc Roosevelt, Lorentz Fritz Salvant, Blanc Kervenson | Aug. 1–2 |
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