Training continues for the 25 Special Olympics athletes that will represent St. Maarten at the Special Olympics Latin America Games to be celebrated in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The St. Maarten team spent Saturday morning training in preparation for their Thursday departure. The team consists of eight swimmers, eight track and field athletes and four will compete in bocce. Countries invited to send athletes are Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, Suriname, US Virgin Islands, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, USA, Spain, Italy, Greece, South Africa, Austria and Spain.
