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Official Newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia Edition 51 - December 2020 ALL SET FOR SHANTOU MEET THE MASCOT FOR AYG 2021 OCA Games Update OCA Commi�ee News OCA Women in Sport OCA Sports Diary Contents Inside Sporting Asia Edition 51 – December 2020 3 President’s Message 10 4 – 9 Six pages of NOC News in Pictures 10 – 12 Inside the OCA 13 – 14 OCA Games Update: Sanya 2020, Shantou 2021 15 – 26 Countdown to 19th Asian Games 13 16 – 17 Two years to go to Hangzhou 2022 18 Geely Auto chairs sponsor club 19 Sport Climbing’s rock-solid venue 20 – 21 59 Pictograms in 40 sports 22 A ‘smart’ Asian Games 27 23 Hangzhou 2022 launches official magazine 24 – 25 Photo Gallery from countdown celebrations 26 Hi, Asian Games! 27 Asia’s Olympic Era: Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 31 28 – 31 Women in Sport 32 – 33 Road to Tokyo 2020 34 – 37 Obituary 38 News in Brief 33 39 OCA Sports Diary 40 Hangzhou 2022 Harmony of Colours OCA Sponsors’ Club * Page 02 President’s Message OCA HAS BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN OLYMPIC MOVEMENT’S RECOVERY IN 2021 Sporting Asia is the official newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia, published quarterly. Executive Editor / Director General Husain Al-Musallam [email protected] Director, Int’l & NOC Relations Vinod Tiwari [email protected] Director, Asian Games Department Haider A. Farman [email protected] Editor Despite the difficult circumstances we Through our online meetings with the Jeremy Walker [email protected] have found ourselves in over the past few games organising committees over the past months, the spirit and professionalism of our few weeks, the OCA can feel the pride Executive Secretary Asian sports family has really shone behind the scenes and also appreciate the Nayaf Sraj through. total dedication towards delivering a safe [email protected] and successful event for the whole of Asia to The OCA has managed to conduct several attend and enjoy. Olympic Council of Asia committee meetings online and keep in PO Box 6706, Hawalli Zip Code 32042 touch with our partners and friends around The same can be said of the OCA Evalua- Kuwait the continent. tion Committee’s November visit to the two Telephone: +965 22274277 - 88 cities bidding to host our Asian Games in Fax: +965 22274280 - 90 Not only have these meetings enabled us to 2030 – Riyadh and Doha. Email: [email protected] discuss important issues of the day and plan Website: www.ocasia.org our policy for the future, they have also The detailed planning, the creativity and the highlighted the spirit and passion of our initiatives shown, together with the genuine stakeholders. excitement and expectation connected with such a project, highly impressed our team, The participation levels of the online as did the wonderful hospitality. committee meetings have been high and this reflects the interest and the camaraderie All these factors convince me that the OCA that exists within our movement and the will play a very important role in the recov- determination to keep moving forward. ery of Asia in 2021, not only from a sports perspective but also in a humanitarian way I would like to particularly thank the organ- by bringing everyone together in a spirit of ising committees of our upcoming multi- unity and celebration. sport games for continuing to work towards Front Cover: their targets and goals and for following Thank you everyone for your hard work and Meet Jinfengwa – the merry their detailed master plans step by step, day commitment to the cause of Olympism in mascot of the OCA’s 3rd by day. Asia and around the world. Asian Youth Games which are due to be held in As you know we have three big events next Shantou, China from year – the Asian Beach Games in April, the November 20-28, 2021. Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in May and the Asian Youth Games in November – The mascot is named after and the following year we will celebrate our Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah the Jinfeng city flower. 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022. President, Olympic Council of Asia Page 03 NOC News in Pictures SRI Lanka NOC Women’s Committee launched its “Harassment is No Game” campaign on October 13 via a Facebook Live Event. The organisers are looking to address and eradicate all forms of harassment - such as mental, physical, verbal and sexual abuse and bullying - that take place in the sports community and create a safe space for athletes to perfect their craft, said Women’s Committee Chair Niloo Jayatilake. NOC Cambodia Secretary General Vath Chamroeun has HONG Kong, China NOC’s 63rd Festival of Sport was received a Certificate of Recognition from the World moved from April to October because of the pandemic. Olympians Association allowing him to carry the letters The slogan for 2020 is "Sport for All - Together We Start OLY after his name in recognition of his service to the OUR Fitness Journey" to encourage the public to stay Olympic movement. Vath, 47, represented Cambodia in active post-COVID. Cyclist Vivian Ma Wing Yu is one of freestyle wrestling at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. four ambassadors chosen to encourage the public to join in the festival. Page 04 NOC News in Pictures SINGAPORE National Olympic Council Vice President Dr Tan Eng Liang has announced he is stepping down from the post after 28 years. “He has been a tremendous servant to sport in Singapore. He passionately cares about our sports and our athletes and he is irreplaceable for what he brings to the table,” said SNOC President Tan Chuan-Jin. MONGOLIA NOC President Mr. Naidan Tuvshinbayar opened a seminar for national sports associations which covered key areas of management and operations. Representatives of 42 NSAs took part. HIS Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, First UZBEKISTAN and China NOCs signed a Memorandum of Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Cooperation at an online ceremony on September 14. Sports and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, Uzbekistan NOC was represented by its President, Rustam welcomed the President of the Spanish Olympic Commit- Shaabdurakhmanov, Secretary General Oybek Kasymov tee, His Excellency Mr. Alejandro Blanco, to his office. and Director of International Relations Kamoliddin Erga- They discussed the strengthening of relations between the shev. Gou Zhongwen, President of the Chinese Olympic two countries in sport and the development of the sports Committee, and Secretary General Song Keqin repre- movement. sented China. (Photo: Uzbekistan NOC) Page 05 NOC News in Pictures OMAN Olympic Committee Chairman Sayyid Khalid bin Hamad Al Busaidi signed a marketing agreement with the President of the Ibtihal Al Zadjali Foundation for Trade and Services, Ibtihal Bint Ghazi Al-Zadjali, on October 21. The company will market and promote the activities and programmes of the OOC and manage the activi- ties in coordination with the relevant sub-committees. (https://ooc.om) UNITED Arab Emirates NOC Executive Director Mohammed bin Darwish received His Excel- lency Noboru Sekiguchi, Japa- nese Consul General in Dubai, and members of the Japanese School to review the design of formal attire and sportswear for the UAE delegation at the Tokyo Olympics next year. CHINESE Taipei Olympic Com- mittee Secretary General Frances Lee (right) receives the Outstand- ing Contribution Award (Sports and Culture) from the Department of NGO International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The award was presented at the 20th anniversary celebration of the government department that recognises the work in society of non-governmental organisations such as the CTOC. Page 06 NOC News in Pictures AFGHANISTAN National Olympic Committee President Dr. Hafizullah Wali Rahimi took part in a football match between the NOC and the Ministry of Public Health to mark the return of the game after an absence of several months due to COVID-19. The match was supported by the Afghanistan Football Federation and was played under the slogan “We will defeat the coronavirus.” VIETNAM Olympic Committee organised an Olympic and IOC Member and Indian Olympic Association President Sports Management Course for sports officials at Bac Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra attended the launch of the new Ninh from October 5-8. About 50 people attended the logo of the Sports Authority of India at the Major Dhyan course and Vietnam NOC hopes the experience will help Chand National Hockey Stadium in Delhi on September create a new generation of sports leaders in the country. 30. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju led the launch ceremony. WITH the direct support of Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajiki- stan and President of the NOC, more than 350 teenage athletes from around the coun- try will be able to live in refurbished comfort at the newly-renovated boarding school of sports in Dushanbe. The opening ceremony took place on October 15, with Tajikistan NOC Secretary General Abdullozoda Muhammadsho and the First Deputy Chair- man of the Committee for Youth and Sport, Nazarzoda Rizo, among the top officials in attendance. The school was established in 1972. (@Tajikistan NOC) Page 07 NOC News in Pictures KAZAKHSTAN Olympic athletes will conduct online physical education classes for schoolchildren thanks to a joint project between the NOC and e-learning website Kundelik.kz. An agreement on strategic cooperation was signed by the Secretary General of Kazakhstan NOC, Andrei Kryukov, and the Director General of Kundelik, Mukhtar Ilyasov. (Kazakhstan NOC) SAUDI Arabia Olympic Committee President HRH Prince MORE than 100 athletes and coaches attended a two-day Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal and the President of United seminar on sports injuries, sports medicine and sports Through Sports, Mr.