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Official Newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia Edition 26 - September 2014 Olympic Day fun in Asia OCA President’s Asian Games message Lighting the torch in New Delhi OCA Swimming Youth Camp Contents Inside your 32-page Sporting Asia 3 OCA President’s Message ANOC Gala Awards Sporting Asia is the official newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia, published quarterly. 07 4 – 7 NEWS DIGEST Executive Editor / Director General Husain Al Musallam 4 OCA nominates Yu Zaiqing for ANOC Ex-Co [email protected] Prince Nawaf resigns Art Director / IT Director Amer Elalami [email protected] Honour for HRH Tunku Imran Director, Int’l & NOC Relations TOP move by Bridgestone Vinod Tiwari 5 [email protected] Sports Federations round-up 10 Director, Asian Games Department Haider A. Farman 6 Olympic Games in Asia [email protected] Editor 7 Kuwait hosts Sport Arbitration Forum Jeremy Walker [email protected] OCA Swimming Youth Camp in Doha Executive Secretary 8 - 9 Nayaf Sraj [email protected] 10 – 13 Olympic Day in Asia Olympic Council of Asia 18 PO Box 6706, Hawalli Zip Code 32042 14 Inside the OCA Kuwait Telephone: +965 22274277 - 88 Fax: +965 22274280 - 90 Email: [email protected] 15 – 18 Welcome to the Incheon Asian Games Website: www.ocasia.org 19 – 21 OCA Fun Run and Learn 20 22 – 24 Games Update: Phuket 2014 and Sapporo 2017 25 – 30 News and Sport from 45 NOCs Front cover: Jumping for joy during Olympic Day celebrations in Bhutan. Photo courtesy of Bhutan Olympic Committee. 31 Obituary: Dr Chang Feng-shu of Chinese Taipei 22 32 OCA Sports Diary, Sponsors’ Club Page 02 President’s Message LET US show that ‘Diversity SHINES Here’ in INCHEON irst of all I would like to offer you a warm welcome to Incheon, Korea – F host city for our 17th Asian Games. With the participation of all 45 National Olympic Committees from the five zones of the Olympic Council of Asia, once again the Asian Games will be a celebration of unity and peace as well as a festival of sport and youth. More than ever, in such a troubled year, we need everyone to come together in a spirit of friendship and harmony – and what better way to achieve this than through the Asian Games! We are very proud of our Asian Games in the OCA, because they have enjoyed an unbroken sequence going right back to the first edition in 1951. This is a remarkable achievement in itself, and shows the resilience and fortitude of the Asian people as well as the vision and determination of the sports leaders throughout the continent. As the slogan for the Incheon Asian Games - “Diversity Shines Here” - indicates, this is a time to put aside our differences and to celebrate our unique cultures and characteristics, while at the same time showing respect and goodwill to all our fellow guests. This 17th Asian Games gives 4.5 billion Asian people the opportunity to build bridges and to point the way forward to a peaceful new world. We all have our own part to play, so let’s start here and now. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah President, Olympic Council of Asia President, Association of National Olympic Committees Chairman, IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission ANOC ANNOUNCES CATEGORIES FOR GALA AWARDS IN BANGKOK he President of the Association of National Olympic The approved awards categories are: Committees, HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, has T Best athletes from London 2012 (male individual, female provided more details on the inaugural ANOC Gala Awards individual, male team and female team) Dinner to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 7. Best athletes from Sochi 2014 (male individual, female The awards will recognise the achievements of individual, male team and female team) athletes and NOCs around the world, and will be Coach of the year held every two years after this first event to coincide with Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020 Most successful NOC in 2012 and 2014 and so on. Best breakthrough NOC The awards will be decided by a carefully selected committee. ANOC Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award Page 03 News Digest OCA NOMINATES YU ZAIQING FOR ANOC VICE PRESIDENT he OCA unanimously approved the nomination of China’s T Yu Zaiqing to be Vice President (Asia) on the ANOC Executive Council at an Extraordinary General Assembly in Kuwait on June 4. Mr Yu, who is an IOC Vice President, was the only candidate. His nomination - by OCA and ANOC President HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah - was met with a round of applause. Sheikh Ahmad said Mr Yu would be nominated at the ANOC General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand, in November, and his term of office would be for four years. Yu Zaiqing in Kuwait. The Chinese sports official thanked Sheikh Ahmad and the General Assembly for their support and trust. Chairman of the OCA Education Committee for two years until the next Elective General Assembly. “I will try my best to satisfy the needs and expectations of the NOCs and I will do my best for the athletes without political, The OCA President was given the flexibility to bring commercial or religious influence. I will never let you down,” forward the year of the 18th Asian Games from 2019 to 2018 he said. if this proved more attractive to interested parties, following the withdrawal of Hanoi. In other news from the Extraordinary General Assembly: Palestine Olympic Committee Secretary General Mohammed H. Almishal, Secretary General of the Dr Mazen Al Khatib presented Sheikh Ahmad with an award Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, was appointed the new for his support and leadership. Prince Nawaf stands down Honour for Malaysia he International Olympic Committee announced he Commonwealth Games Federation President, T on July 11 that HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd T HRH Tunku Imran, received an honorary degree Abdulaziz has resigned from his position as President of from the University of Glasgow in Scotland at a ceremony the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. on June18. As his membership of the IOC was linked to his function as The IOC member and President of the Olympic Council President of the NOC, it therefore ceased at the same time. of Malaysia said: “Education is something that is very important to me, and something also that is central to the IOC President Thomas Bach thanked His Royal Highness ties that bind the Commonwealth.” Glasgow is the host for his contribution to the Olympic Movement. city for the XX Commonwealth Games. Page 04 News Digest BRIDGESTONE JOINS TOP PROGRAMME THROUGH TO 2024 he IOC announced on June 13 that Commission Chairman, President of the T Bridgestone has joined The Olympic Japanese Olympic Committee and Vice Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising programme through to 2024. Committee, said: “I am delighted that a leading Japanese company, Bridgestone, The announcement was made at a joint will become the 11th Worldwide TOP press conference hosted by IOC President Partner and the second TOP Partner to Thomas Bach and Masaaki Tsuya, commit through to 2024. CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bridgestone, in the 2020 Olympic Games “The long-term, global support the TOP host city Tokyo, where Bridgestone’s Programme provides is essential to the global headquarters are located. entire Olympic Movement, as well as to the staging and operations of each Bridgestone is the world’s largest tyre and Games. rubber company, and will now partner with the IOC, Olympic Games organising “As the first Partner the IOC has signed committees and all 204 National Olympic under my Chairmanship of the Mar- Committees and their Olympic teams. Bridgestone’s Masaaki tsuya and keting Commission I am also personally IOC President Thomas Bach at the very happy that we were able to make this Tsunekazu Takeda, the IOC’s Marketing signing ceremony. global announcement in Tokyo.” FEDERATIONS ROUND-UP FROM THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORT he World Air Sports Federation (FAI) announced on June 6 This multi-discipline event will be organised by the Emirates T that the 2015 edition of the FAI World Air Games has been Aerosports Federation and will take place over a period of 12 awarded to the United Arab Emirates and will be held in Dubai. days in December 2015. It is the only world competition that brings together the various different air sports. A meeting between FAI’s representatives and a delegation from the UAE was held on Wednesday, June 4, in Lausanne, Switzerland, where final discussions led to the signature of a Memorandum of Agreement by Dr. John Grubbström, FAI President, and His Excellency Nasser Al Neyadi, President of the Emirates Aerosports Federation. The fourth edition of the FAI’s flagship event will include Powered and Glider Aerobatics, Aeromodelling, Amateur-Built and Experimental Aircraft, Ballooning, Gyrocopters, Hang Gliding, Helicopters, The World Air Games are coming to Dubai in 2015. Microlights, Paramotors and Parachuting. (www.fai.org) The International Federation of Associated Wrestling host the 2015 and 2016 editions respectively of the Interna- Styles (FILA) plans to change its name to United World Wres- tional Sailing Federation (ISAF) Youth Sailing World Champi- tling at the FILA Congress on September 7, 2014, in Tashkent, onship. (www.isaf.org) Uzbekistan. (www.fila-official.com) The Executive Board of the International Weightlifting World swimming’s governing body FINA has announced Federation (IWF) has awarded the 2016 Youth World Cham- that the 2014 Swimming World Cup will be held over seven legs pionships to Penang, Malaysia. (www.iwf.net) in three clusters, starting in Doha on August 27-28 and continuing through Dubai, Hong Kong, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo and Singa- The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) re- pore, with the final leg on November 1-2.