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having fun on the roaD to 2014 he OCA and Incheon The Fun Run activities began in 2011, and the OCA added two T Organising Committee have travelled more elements to the promotional campaign from 2012 – the far and wide to promote the 17th Asian Fun Learn Quiz and Youth Reporter Project. Games, which will take place from September 19 to October 4, 2014. Following the completion of the Youth Reporter Project at Incheon, Korea, on July 26, the long journey is now over. With the enthusiastic support of the National Olympic Committees, the OCA and IAGOC were able to introduce the Asian Games to a new generation of sports-lovers throughout the continent. See you in Incheon!

Youth Reporter City Fun Run Fun Learn Quiz Media Project 2011 Incheon, Korea 300 - - 56 Thimphu, Bhutan 3,000 - - 12 Dili, Timor-Leste 70 - - 10 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 1,200 - - 5 Ramallah, Palestine 500 - - 12 Vientiane, Laos 1,000 - - 22 Dubai, UAE 640 - - 10 Phuket, Thailand 600 - - 20 2012 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 400 40 50 8 New Taipei, Chinese Taipei 3,400 14 - 15 , 800 80 130 5 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 280 50 50 4 Kish Island, IR Iran 1,000 - - 8 , China 800 - - 18 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 500 70 45 8 Kandy, Sri Lanka 500 50 50 12 Macau, China 700 - 16 4 2013 Male, Maldives 600 90 80 6 Thimphu, Bhutan - 120 51 8 , Vietnam 200 200 30 6 Dushanbe, Tajikistan 600 40 37 9 Phnom Penh, Cambodia 1,500 60 60 7 2014 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 500 - - 8 Dhaka, Bangladesh 500 - - 21 , Philippines 2000 - - 14 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 800 - - 9 , Japan 500 - - 8 Incheon, Korea - - 60 10 Totals 22,890 814 659 335

Note: The OCA/IAGOC Fun Run and Learn campaign visited 26 NOCs and covered over 15,000 kilometers from city to city, starting and finishing at the home of the – Incheon, Korea.

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Event : Walk-A-Mile Host NOC : Philippines Date : May 11 Place : Malate-Roxas Boulevard-Luneta Park, Manila Entry : 2,000 Supported by the government’s Philippine Sports Commis- sion and Asian Games sponsor Pocari Sweat and attended by POC President Jose Cojuangco Jr.

vIP guests in Manila. the walk-A-Mile is underway.

Event : Fun Run Host NOC : Brunei Darussalam Date : May 25 Place : Bandar Seri Begawan Entry : 800 HRH Prince Sufri Bolkiah, NOC President, started the event and joined the runners and walkers. A kiosk promoting the work of the anti-doping committee attracted many students after completing the 2.8km run.

HrH Prince Sufri Bolkiah receives a souvenir gift from IAgOC Having fun in Brunei. deputy Secretary general lee Il-Hee.

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Event : Fun Run Host NOC : Japan Date : July 6 Place : Sapporo Dome Entry : 500 Coordinated by the Sapporo 2017 Organising Commiittee, the event was held in conjunction with the annual Kitagas Group six-hour relay marathon which attracted 10,000 runners. Also featured Smart Torch Relay promotion with Sapporo Vice Mayor Noriaki Ikushima.

four members of the popular Japan women’s curling team Asian games supporters in Sapporo. supported the OCA fun run at Sapporo dome.

Event : Youth Reporter Project Host NOC : Korea Date : July 26 Place : IAGOC HQ, Songdo Entry : 60 With the support of the Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee and Education Ministry, four Korean students were chosen to join the OCA Youth Reporter Project at the 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014.

Sochi Olympic champion Park Seung-Hi with some yrP winners kang Ju-hyuk, Park Min-sung, Nam goong-min new fans. and Park Joo-mi.

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