(FILES) Brazil's Rebeca Andrade poses on the podium with her gold medal after the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final during the Pan American Games Santiago 2023 at the Team Sports Centre in the National Stadium Sports Park in Santiago on October 25, 2023. Cuba's Mijain Lopez, four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, stands out in a select group of nine athletes chosen by the Pan American Sports Organization (Panam Sports) as ambassadors of the American continent for the Paris-2024 Olympic Games. Rounding out the group are Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade (Olympic champion Tokyo-2020), Dominican sprinter Marileidy Paulino (Olympic silver), Canadian swimmer Margaret McNeil (gold in Tokyo-2020), Argentine rugby player Marcos Moneta (World Player of the Year 2021), Saint Lucian runner Julien Alfred (World Champion), Mexican diver Osmar Olvera (World Champion 2024), Chilean tennis player Nicolas Jarry, and US discus thrower Valarie Allman (Tokyo 2020 gold). (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)