Roll out the red carpet. The official arrival in the DR of gold-medal Olympian Felix Sanchez is expected at 12:30pm this Sunday, 3 October. He will be received by his father and a committee of sports figures including the Sports Minister Jay Payano and the president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, Luisin Mejia, as well as officials of the Dominican Track and Field Federation. Children bearing flowers and seven bands playing along George Washington Avenue (the Malecon) are part of the planned tributes. A special "Felixmobile" will be used to parade the first Dominican to garner an Olympic gold medal up and down the main streets of Santo Domingo. A total of 60 OMSA buses will be used to transport people to the parade route and Payano has called for a huge public expression of support the superstar athlete. Among the musicians expected to perform are Sergio Vargas, El Jeffrey, Kinito Mendez and many more.
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