Official Newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia Edition 25 - June 2014 Asia at Sochi 2014 OCA HQ hosts IOC President OCA Games Update OCA Media Committee Contents Inside your 32-page Sporting Asia 3 OCA President’s Message OCA mourns Korean ferry tragedy victims Sporting Asia is the official 4 – 8 NEWS DIGEST newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia, published 4 Hanoi withdraws as Asian Games host in 2019 quarterly. Kuala Lumpur counts down to IOC Session in 2015 OCA Education Committee Chairman passes away 11 Executive Editor / Director General OCA assists with 2nd COC Youth Camp Husain Al Musallam
[email protected] 5 China’s Yu Zaiqing returns as IOC Vice President Children of Asia Games recognise OCA input Art Director / IT Director Top IOC posts for Asian sports leaders Amer Elalami
[email protected] 6 ANOC Ex-Co and Olympic Solidarity Commission in Kuwait Director, Int’l & NOC Relations Vinod Tiwari 7 IOC President visits Kuwait, Qatar
[email protected] and Saudi Arabia Anti-Doping activities Director, Asian Games Department 22 8 Haider A. Farman
[email protected] OS/OCA Regional Forums in Bahrain, Myanmar 9 10 Inside the OCA Editor Jeremy Walker OCA Media Committee
[email protected] OCA IT Audit in Thailand Executive Secretary 11 – 22 WELCOME TO SOCHI! Nayaf Sraj
[email protected] Twelve pages of Asia at the Winter Olympics starts here Olympic Council of Asia PO Box 6706, Hawalli 23 Overview, Facts and Figures, Photo Gallery 12 – 13 Zip Code 32042 Kuwait 14 Four Asian NOCs join medal rush Telephone: +965 22274277 - 88 15 Final medals