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Official Newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia Edition 46 - September 2019 OLYMPIC DAY IN ASIA CONTINENTWIDE CELEBRATIONS OCA/OS Skateboarding Youth Camp | Women and Sport | NOC Focus: Japan, Macau Contents Inside the OCA’s Sporting Asia Edition 46 – September 2019 3 Sporting Asia is the official newsletter of the Olympic President’s Message 12 Council of Asia, published quarterly. 4 – 7 News In Pictures Executive Editor / Director General Husain Al-Musallam [email protected] 8 – 11 Asian Games 2022 Countdown in Hangzhou Director, Int’l & NOC Relations Vinod Tiwari [email protected] 12 – 13 Director, Asian Games Department Asian Beach Games 2020 – Sanya update Haider A. Farman [email protected] 14 – 23 Editor Olympic Day in Asia: 10 pages of celebrations to Jeremy Walker 15 [email protected] mark 125th anniversary of IOC Executive Secretary Nayaf Sraj 24 – 28 [email protected] OCA/OS Skateboarding Youth Camp in Nanjing Olympic Council of Asia PO Box 6706, Hawalli 29 Zip Code 32042 ANOC World Beach Games, Doha 2019 Kuwait Telephone: +965 22274277 - 88 Fax: +965 22274280 - 90 19 30 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ocasia.org NOC Focus - Japan 31 NOC Focus - Macau, China 32 – 33 Women and Sport 30 Front cover: 34 The fun and friendship of News in Brief - IOC lifts Kuwait NOC suspension Olympic Day celebrations in Kazakhstan. 35 Photo: Kazakhstan NOC Obituary SPECIAL THANKS: 36 Olympic Day Reporter, Alvin Sallay (OCA Media) OCA Sports Diary 33 Sponsors’ Club Page 02 President’s Message HANGZHOU 2022 COMES INTO FOCUS FOR ASIAN NOCS With the excitement of the 18th Asian Games in There will be a long list of deadlines to meet in terms of Indonesia still fresh in the memory, the next Asian Games in NOC HQ administration and operations and, most Hangzhou, China is already on the horizon. importantly, delegation personnel so that everything runs smoothly before and during the next Asian Games. We On September 10, organising committee HAGOC - along have full confidence in our NOC staff around the continent with the OCA and other stakeholders - celebrated the that all the requirements will be delivered on time. three-year countdown to the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in 2022. These are exciting times for the Olympic Movement in Asia, with the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and the Just like the two previous Chinese hosts of the Asian Games next Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. – Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010 – we are sure that Hangzhou 2022 will add to the rich legacy of the We also have our 6th Asian Beach Games in Sanya in Olympic Movement in China, Asia and the world. 2020 and our 3rd Asian Youth Games in Shantou in 2021, so the sports calendar is packed in the build-up to Hang- From an organisational point of view we have no concerns zhou 2022. whatsoever due to China’s vast experience in hosting and managing major international multi-sport events. Let’s all work together to keep the unity and spirit of the Olympic Movement in Asia to guarantee a successful series And we are already anticipating that the opening and of events in the next three years. closing ceremonies will reflect the ancient and modern China to be found in this dynamic city, and that the “look” of the Asian Games around the competition venues will be fresh, attractive and innovative. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah It is also our experience, however, that these next three President, Olympic Council of Asia years will fly by – and that it won’t be long before we are gathered in Hangzhou for the next chapter in our Asian Games success story. Page 03 News in Pictures Singapore sports philanthropist Peter Lim has been presented with the IOC Trophy by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on behalf of the Singapore National Olympic Council. Mr Lim donated S$ 10 million to the Singapore Olympic Foundation in 2010 to set up the SOF-Peter Lim scholar- ship which has benefited more than 2,600 student-athletes. He renewed his contribution with another S$10 million donation to fund the scholarship from 2021 to 2030. (Photo: SNOC) Qatar Olympic Committee Secre- tary General HE Mr. Jassim bin Rashed al-Buenain attended the gala dinner and awards ceremony of the International Judo Federa- tion on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of judo as an Olympic sport since 1964 in Tokyo on August 23. The QOC Secretary General presented two awards - the best male athlete at London 2012 and Rio 2016, Teddy Riner (France), and the best female athlete at Rio 2016, Kayla Harri- son (USA). Maldives President H.E. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih welcomed the successful delegation back from the 10th Indian Ocean Island Games in Mauritius on July 29. Maldives won four gold, four silver and seven bronze medals across four sports and will have the honour of hosting the 11th IOIG in 2023. Page 04 News in Pictures Nepal Olympic Committee President and Member of Parliament the Hon. Jeevan Ram Shrestha welcomed the Secretary General of the Kho Kho Federation of India, Mr. M.S. Tyagi, and Federation Director Mr. Subhash Kumar to discuss prepara- tions for the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu in December. The President of the Nepal Kho Kho Association, Mr. Shree Prasad Jha, Vice President Pradip Maharjan, Secretary General Sanu Raja Shakya and Treasurer Indra Bahadur Maharjan were also present. (http://nocnepal.org.np) Olympic Games marathon silver and bronze medal- winner Yuko Arimori (pictured) delivered the keynote speech at the Japanese Olympic Committee’s ninth Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee and National Olym- International Sports Leader Academy which kicked off on pic Academy President Hong-Dow Lin was awarded the June 21. Out of 214 graduates, 74 have obtained “Athena” prize by the President of the International Olym- positions in International Federations and Asian Federa- pic Academy, Isidoros Kouvelos, in recognition of the tions. This year, 39 professionals from 32 National Academy’s contribution to the Olympic Movement. The Federations are taking part. award ceremony was held on the Pnyx Hill in Athens on June 2. The CTOC Academy is the fifth National Olympic (Photo: JOC/AFLO SPORT) Academy to be awarded this IOA prize. (CTOC) Page 05 News in Pictures Malaysia NOC organised the Sport Administrators Course for 34 participants from August 16-18 at the Hotel Excelsior Ipoh, Perak. The course was conducted by the Assistant Secretary General of the Olympic Council of Malay- sia, Ms. Moira Tan Siew See, and her team of facilitators. Laos NOC organised a six-day technical course for coaches in badminton from July 22-27 in collaboration with the Laos Badminton Federation, supported by Olympic Solidarity. The Level 1 workshop was conducted by Mohamad Zuno Kartono, a Badminton World Federation qualified coach. The Jordan Olympic Committee has signed a partnership agree- ment with Societe Generale de Banque – Jordan (SGBJ). The agreement was signed by the JOC Secretary General, Nasser Majali, and the Director General of SGBJ, Nadim Qabwat. The agreement comes within the framework of the JOC’s efforts to support Jordanian sports and athletes by working with institutions and companies keen to develop the sports sector in the Kingdom. (www.joc.jo) Page 06 News in Pictures Philippine Football Federation chief Nonong Araneta has been named as the Philippines' Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. His appointment was announced during the Philippine Olympic Committee’s first general assembly since Cavite Rep. Bambol Tolentino’s election as its new president. (Photo: ABS-CBN) A memorial to Kazakhstan’s most famous figure skater Sayyid Khalid al Busaidi has been elected as the new Denis Ten has been unveiled in Almaty. The 2014 Sochi chairman of the Oman Olympic Committee. Sayyid Winter Olympics bronze medallist passed away on July Khalid, a former chairman of the Oman Football Associa- 19, 2018 at the age of 25 after being stabbed in a scuffle tion, won 10 out of 14 votes at the election of the General by two people trying to steal the mirrors from his car in Assembly on July 25. He defeated the acting OOC chair- downtown Almaty. His tragic death sent a nation - and the man, Sheikh Saif Al Hosni, who took over from Khalid al world of figure skating - into mourning. Zubair last September. Sri Lanka’s Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 200m silver medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe, 43, joined the NOC of Sri Lanka as its High Performance Direc- tor from August 1. NOC President Suresh Subra- maniam (left) and Secre- tary General Maxwell de Silva are pictured with Susanthika after signing the papers. Page 07 OCA in China Group photo at the 2nd OCA Coordination Committee meeting for the 19th Asian Games-Hangzhou 2022 on September 11. ASIA’S STRENGTH ON DISPLAY AT COORDINATION MEETING There was a great deal of pride, spirit and determination on Regarding the Asian Games, Raja Randhir added: “Every time in display during the second OCA Coordination Committee (CC) Asia we raise the bar and I think we will reach another level again meeting for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on in Hangzhou 2022. It shows the interest that China is taking in Wednesday, September 11. organising games. It is a credit to the country and the continent.” The meeting took place at the Hangzhou Marriott Hotel Qianji- The OCA Director General, Husain Al Musallam, concurred: “I ang and covered 10 major topics during six hours of presenta- have no doubt that the Hangzhou Asian Games will be the best tions, questions and answers and summaries.