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Official Newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia Edition 30 - September 2015 And the winner is….. Chinese capital makes Olympic history Olympic Day in Asia SEA Games in Singapore
Contents
Inside your 32-page Sporting Asia
3 President’s Message
New ANOC HQ
Sporting Asia is the official
newsletter of the Olympic
4–7 News Digest Council of Asia, published
04-05
quarterly.
4-5 IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur Executive Editor / Director General
Husain Al Musallam
6 Central Asia welcomes IOC President and
husain@ocasia.org
Sheikh Ahmad
Art Director / IT Director
Amer Elalami
7
amer@ocasia.org
Rugby sevens on the Road to Rio
Director, Int’l & NOC Relations
8 – 11 Olympic Day in Asia
Vinod Tiwari
08-11
vinod@ocasia.org
12 Inside the OCA Director, Asian Games Department
Haider A. Farman
haider@ocasia.org
13-20
28th SEA GAMES – Editor
SINGAPORE 2015 Jeremy Walker
jeremy@ocasia.org
14 –15 Overview, Medals Table Executive Secretary
Nayaf Sraj
nayaf@ocasia.org
16 – 17
13-20
Stars of the Show
Olympic Council of Asia
PO Box 6706, Hawalli
18 – 19 Inside Story Zip Code 32042
Kuwait
20 Singapore Scrapbook Telephone: +965 22274277 - 88
Fax: +965 22274280 - 90
Email: info@ocasia.org
Website: www.ocasia.org
21 – 24 GAMES UPDATE
21
22-23
5th Asian Beach Games 2016
22 – 23 18th Asian Games 2018
24 8th Asian Winter Games 2017
Front cover:
IOC President Thomas Bach announ-
ces the host city for the 2022 Olympic
25 – 30 Six pages of NOC News and Sport
Winter Games during the 128th IOC
Session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31.
(Photo: www.olympic.org)
31 Obituary
25-30 32 OCA Diary, Sponsors Club
Page 02
President’s Message
NEW OCA CYCLE WILL BRING FRESH CHALLENGES
O nce again we have come to the end of another Olympic term for the OCA, since our
Elective General Assembly in Tokyo in 2011.
We have achieved a lot in those four years, not only with the contribution of all 45 NOCs to the
success of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, last year but also to the development of the
sports movement throughout the continent.
Our five multi-sport games continue to go from strength to strength, setting new benchmarks in
sports innovation and presentation around the world, and we can look forward to building on
this momentum in the next Olympic cycle through to 2019.
Our 34th OCA General Assembly brings us to Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, and gives
the local NOC a taste of what to expect when they host the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts
Games in September 2017.
Central Asia is booming in the Olympic sports movement, and the OCA Executive Board and General Assembly in Ashgabat
on September 15-16 will give all the delegates the opportunity to witness at first-hand the impressive Olympic complex that is
being built for the 5th AIMAG and beyond.
As the next Elective General Assembly approaches, I would like to thank all the OCA committees for their hard work and their
ideas and initiatives during the past four years. Your contribution has kept the OCA moving forwards, always looking to create
the best environment for the athletes and the best conditions for our administrators and officials.
The next four years will present new challenges, and I am confident that, with our experience and expertise, our unity and
solidarity, we will be able to meet them.
Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah
President, Olympic Council of Asia
President, Association of National Olympic Committees
Chairman, IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission
Member, FIFA Executive Committee
ANOC’s ‘home away from home’ in Lausanne
S heikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah presided over the
inauguration of the new ANOC HQ in the Olympic
capital Lausanne on June 8.
ANOC moved into the new headquarters at the end of
last year.
In front of 250 guests from the Olympic movement, the
ANOC President thanked the NOCs, the ANOC Executive
Council, the International Federation Presidents and the
city of Lausanne for their support of this project.
“With 205 NOCs around the world it is very important that
we have a headquarters that can serve as a home away
from home for our members,” said Sheikh Ahmad.
“This headquarters is fully equipped to host formal and
informal meetings and provides the perfect base for
ANOC to support its NOCs. Our doors are always open
to all stakeholders in the Olympic family.” The inauguration of the ANOC HQ on June 8.
Page 03
News Digest
128th IOC Session
Beijing – the Olympic city for all seasons
B eijing made history at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala
Lumpur on July 31 when the Chinese capital became
the first city to be awarded the Winter and Summer Games.
fantastic and excellent Olympic Winter Games in 2022,”
he concluded.
After a final day of pleas and
About the bid
presentations from the two candidate
cities, Beijing beat Almaty (Kazakhstan)
44-40 for the right to host the Winter
B eijing 2022 will involve three venue clusters and
three Olympic Villages, connected by a high-
speed rail network with a maximum journey of 50
Olympics in 2022 – 14 years after the minutes from Beijing to Zhangjiakou:
Summer Games in 2008.
Beijing Zone will host all the ice sports in five
“Today is a remarkable day for Beijing and for the Olympic competition venues, including the National Aquatics
Movement,” said Beijing Mayor and Bid President Wang Centre (Water Cube) for curling. The opening and
Anshun. closing ceremonies will be at the iconic Bird’s Nest.
The one new venue will be the National Speed Skating
“It is a day that will go down in history when Beijing and Oval.
Zhangjiakou were awarded the Olympic Winter Games in
2022. Yanqing Zone will involve the newly built
National Alpine Ski Centre and National Sliding
“This is the first time in Olympic history that the same city Centre, aimed specifically for the development and
will host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. This is promotion of winter sports.
unprecedented in the 120-year history of the Olympic
Movement.” Zhangjiakou Zone will have five competition
venues, including the Nordic Centre, Biathlon Centre
Mayor Wang said the preparations, hosting and legacy and Genting Snow Park for freestyle skiing and
of 2022 would expose some 300 million of China’s 1.3 snowboard.
billion population to winter sports, and described the
Chinese people as “thrilled and overjoyed” to have won Proposed budget for investment in Olympic
the vote. Villages, sports venues and other infrastructure:
US$1.5 billion
“We must work to deliver a risk-free, extraordinary,
Beijing 2022 officials erupt in joyous celebration at the IOC announcement.
Page 04
News Digest
128th IOC Session
OCA President says Asia is ready to deliver top-quality Olympics
T he OCA President, HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al
Sabah, spoke with pride of the two Asian candidates
bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
OCA Vice President Timothy Fok said the Winter
Olympics in 2022 would not only expand winter sports
in northern China but also spread the Olympic spirit
throughout the nation.
Surrounded by media at the Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre, Sheikh Ahmad praised Almaty for pushing Beijing “We know that Beijing did a very good job in 2008.
so close and personally congratulated the Kazakh Prime As well as delivering a perfect Games in 2022 it will
Minister, Karim Massimov, on the efforts of his team. also completely develop a new area with the focus on
sustainability, contribute to sport and develop Olympic
Regarding Beijing’s success, Sheikh Ahmad said: “This values in China.”
adds value to the Olympic Movement and is part of the
legacy because it will be the first time one city has hosted
the Summer and Winter Olympics.
“China wants to give the chance to 300 million citizens
to embrace winter sports, and is doing this not only
because of the Games but because the government has
made it part of the national development of their own
country.”
Beijing 2022 will follow PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo
2020 as Olympic Games host, and Sheikh Ahmad said
Asia was ready to impress the world.
“I do not have any doubt that Asia will deliver all the
Games in a very high standard,” he concluded Sheikh Ahmad is interviewed at the KL Convention Centre.
IOC President praises ‘100 per cent’ success of KL Session
I OC President Thomas Bach wrapped up the 128th IOC
Session in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, August 3 by telling
the Malaysian organisers: “You have succeeded 100 per
14 IOC members whose eight-year terms were
coming to a close were re-elected for a further eight
years, including Syed Shahid Ali (Pakistan), Rita Subowo
cent.” (Indonesia) and Wu Ching-kuo (Chinese Taipei).
In presenting the IOC Trophy to the President of the Gunilla Lindberg (Sweden) was re-elected to the
Olympic Council of Malaysia and head of the organising IOC Executive Board for a second four-year term.
committee, HRH Prince Tunku Imran, President Bach
thanked the Malaysian hosts, staff and volunteers. Nenad Lalovic (Serbia, President of United World
Wrestling) and Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye (President,
“You have been here with us all Senegal NOC) were elected new IOC members.
the time and offered us your smile,
hospitality and great organisational The IOC Session formally recognised the World
skills,” said President Bach. “We Flying Disc Federation, which was established 30 years
could feel your dedication and ago and is based in Germany with 62 affiliated National
your work in making this a very Federations from all five continents.
special IOC Session.”
The IOC fully recognised South Sudan - an
Prince Tunku with the
In other business during the independent state since 2011 - as the 206th member
IOC Trophy Session: NOC.
Page 05
News Digest
IOC President BACH Visits
Central AsiaN NOCS
T he IOC President, Thomas Bach, made a three-stop
tour of Central Asia in mid-June, accompanied by
the OCA President, HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah.
The tour began in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
where the IOC President joined in
Olympic Day celebrations at the Olympic
Museum and saw demonstrations of
fencing, gymnastics, taekwondo and
karate, as well as traditional Uzbek
combat sports.
Fencing fun in Tashkent.
President Bach also visited the new NOC HQ, joined by
NOC President Mirabror Usmanov, and described the
building as “amongst the best facilities I have ever seen”.
Later, the IOC President met the President of Uzbekistan,
Islam Karimov, and discussed the vital role of sport in
education and the contribution of sport to international
peace and development.
The next stop was Dushanbe,
Tajikistan, and a visit to the state
President, Emomali Rahmon, who is
also President of the NOC.
President Bach and Sheikh Ahmad
said they would strengthen their
support to Tajik athletes.
Guard of Honour in Dushanbe.
Later in the day, the IOC President visited the NOC HQ
and newly refurbished medical facilities for the athletes.
He also met boxer Mavzuna Chorieva, who became the
first woman to win an Olympic medal for Tajikistan when
she took bronze at London 2012.
The final stop was Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan,
where the IOC President had talks
with the Kyrgyz President, Almazbek
Atambayev.
Later the President went to the NOC HQ
and met young athletes in the process of
qualifying for the Rio Olympic Games.
The President also met the new President of the NOC as
well as the Secretary General, before attending a dinner
with the country’s Prime Minister. Meeting athletes in Bishkek.
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News Digest
SEBASTIAN COE ELECTED NEW IAAF PRESIDENT
B ritish athletics great Sebastian Coe was elected as
the sixth IAAF President at the 50th IAAF Congress in
Beijing, China, on Wednesday, August 19.
The voting by the 207 member federations was: Sebastian
Coe 115 votes, Sergey Bubka 92 votes.
The former middle distance running star and head of
the organising committee for the London 2012 Olympic
Games said: "I am deeply honoured that our sport has
placed its trust in me. There is no job I want to do more –
nor with greater commitment."
Among the first to congratulate Lord Coe were the current
IAAF President Lamine Diack and Bubka, who was later
elected as an IAAF Vice President.
"We have a man who has devoted his life to the sport,"
commented President Diack.
Bubka acknowledged: "I know that athletics in the future
will grow, and become stronger and stronger."
Sebastian Coe is the new President of the International Association Coe will take office on August 31, after the IAAF World
of Athletics Federation. Championships, Beijing 2015.
Hong Kong and Tokyo to host Rio 2016 rugby sevens qualifiers
T he Hong Kong Rugby Football Union marked
Olympic Day on June 23 with the announcement
that they will host the Asian rugby sevens qualifying
tournament for Rio 2016 at Hong Kong Stadium on
November 7-8.
The tournament will be the sole Olympic qualification
event for Asia's 12 premier men's teams and the first in
a two-tournament qualification series for the women.
The second qualification event for the eight women’s
teams will be in Tokyo on November 28-29.
The men’s sevens winner in Hong Kong will claim
Asia's sole automatic slot amongst the 12 teams in
Rio, where rugby sevens will make its much anticipated The press conference in Hong Kong to announce Asia’s
rugby sevens qualifiers for Rio 2016.
debut.
Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,
The next three best ranked teams in the Asian qualifier will China to help promote all “Team Hong Kong” athletes as
join a 16-team international repechage tournament to be they strive for Olympic qualification in their various sports.
held later in the year for the final spot in Rio.
Men’s teams (12): China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong,
The top women’s team after the Hong Kong and Tokyo Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
events will qualify for Rio. The next best three will enter a 16- South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
team international repechage for the final spot at Rio 2016.
Women’s teams (8): China, Hong Kong, Japan,
The HKRFU also announced an initiative to work with the Kazakhstan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan.
Page 07
Olympic Day in Asia
The fun starts here at Disneyland, Hong Kong. Fighting fit in Bahrain.
Students from a school for deaf children were among 2,800 participants at Paro Dzongkhag, Bhutan.
Page 08
Olympic Day in Asia
Chinese Taipei NOC organised a run for the 28th consecutive year, The IOC President greets a young sports fan in
on June 6. Uzbekistan.
Olympic Day in Nepal ran from June 13-23 and included a cycle rally with 1,200 participants.
Page 09
Olympic Day in Asia
Flying the flag in China.
Sri Lanka NOC took the festivities to Mannar. Saudi Arabia NOC held a sports festival at King Abdullah Park.
Page 10Olympic Day in Asia
More than 2,000 people joined a family walk and other activities at Jurong East Sports Centre, Singapore, on July 25.
Roller skating champions in The 5th Phnom Penh International Half Marathon/Olympic Day Run
Mongolia. attracted over 4,000 entries.
Page 11Inside the OCA
OCA adjusts Incheon Asian Games medal table
T he Olympic Council of Asia has
adjusted the 2014 Incheon Asian
Games final medal rankings after the
regulations, the medals have been withdrawn and the
relay teams have been disqualified.
conclusion of two anti-doping cases The adjustments have changed the medal tallies of China,
related to the games. Republic of Korea, Japan, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong and
Singapore. See below for details.
Korean swimming hero Park Tae
Hwan tested positive for Nebido, The new table also reflects the change of Chinese women's
more commonly known as injectable hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu, who had her gold medal
testosterone, which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping reinstated when a doping case was quashed.
Agency (WADA) as it strengthens muscles. In other news:
OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam
He has been suspended retroactively from September
has been elected First Vice President of world swimming
3, 2014 - the day his samples were collected - and the
governing body FINA - the second in command under the
suspension ends in March 2016.
President, Julio Cesar Maglione.
Park won medals in six events at Incheon – one silver in the OCA has confirmed the dates of the three Youth
100m freestyle and five bronze medals in the 4 x 100m Camps this year in Doha, Qatar. Please see OCA Diary on
medley relay, 4 x 100m freestyle relay, 4 x 200m freestyle Page 32 for details.
relay, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle.
Here is the revised medal standings for the leading
According to OCA, FINA and WADA anti-doping teams:
1 CHN 67 44 41 152 83 62 41 186 1 2 3 6 151 108 85 344 1
2 KOR 38 39 47 124 35 28 29 92 6 3 3 12 79 70 79 228 2
3 JPN 33 41 41 115 13 33 31 77 1 3 5 9 47 77 77 201 3
4 KAZ 19 12 16 47 9 11 17 37 0 0 0 0 28 23 33 84 4
5 IRI 19 11 11 41 2 7 7 16 0 0 0 0 21 18 18 57 5
6 THA 4 3 11 18 8 3 17 28 0 1 0 1 12 7 28 47 8
7 PRK 4 7 2 13 6 4 12 22 1 0 0 1 11 11 14 36 11
8 IND 6 6 17 29 4 4 19 27 1 0 0 1 11 10 36 57 5
9 TPE 2 8 11 21 8 9 11 28 0 1 1 2 10 18 23 51 7
10 QAT 9 0 3 12 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 4 14 19
11 UZB 6 11 18 35 3 3 4 10 0 0 0 0 9 14 22 45 9
12 BRN 3 4 3 10 6 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 9 6 4 19 17
13 HKG 3 7 11 21 3 4 12 19 0 1 2 3 6 12 25 43 10
14 MAS 2 7 9 18 3 7 5 15 0 0 0 0 5 14 14 33 13
15 SIN 1 2 9 12 3 4 5 12 1 0 0 1 5 6 14 25 14
16 MGL 3 3 5 11 2 1 7 10 0 0 0 0 5 4 12 21 15
17 INA 1 2 4 7 3 2 4 9 0 1 3 4 4 5 11 20 16
18 KUW 3 5 3 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 12 20
19 KSA 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 7 21
20 MYA 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 27
21Page 12
VIE 0 3 12 15 1 7 13 21 0 0 0 0 1 10 25 36 11
22 PHI 1 3 7 11 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 15 18celebrates the
28th SEA Games
Our 8-page special on the 28th SEA Games starts here!
Singapore
E xcels
A gain
Medals Table Facts and Figures SEA Games Stars Singapore Scrapbook28th SEA Games, Singapore 2015
Celebrating the Extraordinary in Singapore
S ingapore has done it again! After hosting the OCA’s
inaugural Asian Youth Games in 2009, followed by
the IOC’s first Youth Olympic Games in 2010, Singapore
There was plenty to see in other districts,
too, as the SEA Games sports programme
took visitors on a sightseeing tour of the
kept its promise to “Celebrate the Extraordinary” at the Garden City, including East Coast Park,
28th SEA Games from June 5-16. Bedok Reservoir, Marina Bay and the famous
Padang.
With 402 events in 36 sports, and 7,000 athletes and
officials from the 11 National Olympic Committees in All in all, then, Singapore 2015 reinforced the SEA Games
the Southeast Asian region, Singapore found the perfect reputation as the Friendly Games. The competition was
platform to display its sparkling new sports venues and fierce but fair and the rivalries were robust but underpinned
to underline its ambition to be a modern sports hub for with a respect built up over generations from the first
Asia and the world. regional sports gathering in 1959.
The focal point of the 28th SEA Games Although this was the fourth time Singapore had hosted
was the Singapore Sports Hub, whose the event, it was the first in 22 years and coincided with
four competition venues included the SG50 – the golden jubilee of Singapore’s independence.
magnificent new National Stadium
and the OCBC Aquatic Centre. The pride and passion of the home supporters was another
Between them, the four venues within memorable legacy. This was clear from the moment the
the Sports Hub hosted 10 sports, and host team’s athletes entered the National Stadium during
attracted a steady flow of spectators the opening ceremony on June 5, and continued around
during competition downtime with a carnival and other the competition venues right through to the closing
festivities. ceremony 11 days later.
On the way to the Singapore Sports Hub. Preparing for the victory ceremony.
Page 1428th SEA Games, Singapore 2015
Medal Standings
ingapore Country
There was plenty to celebrate, too, with 84 gold medals 1 THA 95 83 69 247
and a second-place finish behind Thailand – all part of
a truly extraordinary 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015! 2 SIN 84 73 102 259
Note: Malaysia will host the 29th SEA Games in VIE 73 53 60 186
3
2017 and the Philippines has expressed an interest in
organising the 30th SEA Games in 2019 following the
4 MAS 62 58 66 186
withdrawal of Brunei Darussalam.
5 INA 47 61 74 182
Vietnam is lined up for the 31st SEA Games in 2021
and Cambodia has been confirmed as host for the first
time in 2023. 6 PHI 29 36 66 131
The SEA Games Federation Council also 7 MYA 12 26 31 69
accepted ice hockey, ice skating, cricket, bridge and the
Indonesian martial art of tarung derajat as new sports, 8 CAM 1 5 9 15
meaning they are eligible for future SEA Games.
9 LAO 0 4 25 29
Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling became
the "face" of the SEA Games by racing to nine gold medals. 10 BRU 0 1 6 7
He followed this up by winning Singapore's historic first
medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships in
11 TLS 0 1 1 2
Kazan, Russia - a bronze in the 100m butterfly.
Vietnamese fans show their pride in their country (SINGSOC). Singapore's Joseph Schooling won nine gold medals in the pool.
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Stars of the Show (SINGSOC)
Eric Shauwn Cray of the Philippines won the 100-metre dash Charmaine Soh led the host nation to netball gold
and retained his 400-metre hurdles title. (SINGSOC) by beating Malaysia in a gripping final. (SINGSOC)
Singapore’s Wang Wenying won a golden double in the Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Anh Vien swam to eight gold medals,
women’s foil – individual and team. (SINGSOC) one silver and one bronze, setting eight Games records. (SINGSOC)
Page 1628th SEA Games
Stars of the Show (SINGSOC)
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn served up three tennis gold medals
in women’s singles, doubles and team. (SINGSOC)
Suthasini Sawettabut won the table tennis women’s singles from Malaysia’s Ooi Tze Liang ruled supreme in men’s diving
a world ranking of 107. (SINGSOC) with four gold medals. (SINGSOC)
Timor-Leste’s Luisa Dos Santos Rosa won her country’s only silver medal,
in taekwondo (49kg). (SINGSOC)
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Inside Story
A dressage dress rehearsal for Jakarta Asian Games
I n the build-up to the 18th Asian Games- Jakarta 2018,
the organising committee will be promoting a wide
range of Indonesian medal prospects to create excitement
Riding the chestnut stallion Wallenstein 145, Gading
followed up her score of 73.553 in the first round with
74.300 in the second round for an overall total of
and expectation along the way. 147.853.
For equestrian, Larasati Gading fills the role perfectly Gading, who is 43 and lives in Stuttgart, Germany,
following her SEA Games gold medal in the individual described her victory as “doubly sweet” because this was
dressage at Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre. the final SEA Games for Wallenstein 145, who was born
in 1998.
“This was the fifth year together. I have had him since 2011
and he is 17 now. By the time of the next SEA Games
in 2017 he would be 19 and that’s not fair,” she said,
referring to the stress and strains of long-haul travel from
northern Europe to the Far East.
“After that I want to be in the Asian Games in Jakarta in
2018, but it will not be on this horse. I have four hoses at
this level,” she added.
With Indonesia taking dressage team gold, too, there will
be plenty to cheer for the local fans at the 18th Asian
Indonesia's individual dressage champion Larasati Gading. Games.
Vietnamese show true team spirit
V ietnam’s Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc showed true Olympic
spirit in the women’s 20km race walk at East Coast
Park.
canopy of lush green trees in the Garden City. Still, it was
hot and humid, making the conditions uncomfortable
even for the spectators.
After winning the energy-sapping event in 1 hour, 45 The athletes and officials were in for a big surprise when
minutes and 20 seconds of sauna-like conditions, the British Olympic track hero Lord Sebastian Coe turned up
24-year-old Vietnamese athlete gathered a national flag to watch the race walk and cheered on the athletes one by
from one of the support team. one from the grandstand.
But rather than basking in gold medal glory and posing for
photographs for the hungry media pack, Nguyen ran up
the outside of the course and took her place among the
spectators.
Now it was clear why she needed the flag: to cheer on her
teammate, Phan Thi Bich Ha.
With shouts of encouragement and frantic flag-waving, the
gold medal-winner added her support to Phan’s cause,
and was delighted to see her come in third and take the
bronze medal. Talk about team spirit!
The race was comprised of 17 laps of a course set just
The race walk medal-winners before the victory ceremony.
behind the beach and shaded for the most part by a
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Inside Story
Petanque and the Padang - a perfect match
S ingapore Recreation Club’s hallowed home was taken
over during the SEA Games by a sport steeped in the
colonial past – but the past of French Indo-China.
The SEA region has 10 of the 22 petanque federations
in Asia, with South Asia another hot spot. “We have 22
countries now and our target is to make it Asia-wide and
to develop it in all five zones,” said Sarin.
The sport in question was petanque, which attracted 10 of
the 11 NOCs and boasted one of the busiest programmes Petanque at the Padang will have certainly helped their
of all 36 sports, from morning till night, 10 days in a row. cause.
The venue was the famous Padang - home of the venerable
SRC since 1883 - but unrecognisable from its usual form
due to the construction of a tented village for the petanque
community. This included a vast marquee to shelter the
players, officials and spectators alike from the blazing
Singapore sun.
Meas Sarin, Technical Delegate and Secretary General of
the Asian Petanque and Sports Boules Confederation, said
the covered playing area was all part of the development of
the sport, which was introduced into Vietnam, Cambodia
and Laos by the French as an outdoor leisure activity.
“We started as an open-air, sunshine sport, but now we
are an indoor sport because we have to protect the health
of the athletes. In this weather we cannot play under the One of the huge electric fans to keep players and spectators
sun,” he said. cool inside the marquee.
A memorable day for Asia’s rugby president
A s the action swung from end to end and the sell-
out crowd of 3,000 cheered try after try, there was
no happier man at Choa Chu Kang Stadium than Trevor
“This is a perfect Olympic sport,” he said, with an eye on
the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where the abbreviated
form of rugby union will make its debut.
Gregory, President of Asia Rugby.
“It’s fast, it’s non-stop action, it’s about winning and losing
and that last-gasp effort. Sevens is an incredible sport for
the Olympic Games.”
No one at the sun-baked stadium on finals day would
have argued with that, as the Philippines won the men’s
event and Thailand the women.
“I think in the last two or three years the standard of sevens
in Asia has really improved a lot,” he added.
“I applaud Singapore here and Malaysia in the 2017 SEA
Games for taking it on. This is the kind of exposure the
players need. They need to learn to play under pressure.
“We have 31 members in Asia and there are a lot more
Philippines players thank the fans for their support after winning countries wanting to play. There is no doubt the Olympic
the rugby sevens title. sentiment is out there.”
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Scrapbook
Singapore's Tao Li is beaming on
the big screen with swimming gold.
Brightly decorated buses are
ready to serve the SEA Games
The flags of the 11 SEA Games
NOCs in the new National Stadium
Security
with a smile!
The Main Press Centre at the Spectacular backdrop for the
National Stadium canoe / kayak races
Lord Sebastian Coe attends the Merlion Park
race walk event
Page 20Games Update
Beach Games organisers announce Danang deadlines
O rganisers of the 5th Asian Beach Games in Vietnam
next year have announced a timeline of major events
and activities in the countdown to Danang 2016.
Application Forms and Accreditation Manual and start
of e-accreditation process; Pre-Delegation Registration
Meetings.
Furthermore, the National Steering and Organising 2016
Committee held meetings in Danang on July 17 to discuss
the city infrastructure and public services. February: Distribution of Chef de Mission Manuals;
Deadline for Estimated Team Size Forms.
The fifth edition of the OCA’s popular April: Deadline for Sport Entry by Number Forms;
sand and sea sports carnival will run from Distribution of Accommodation Booking Forms.
September 24 to October 3, 2016, and
feature 5,000 athletes and officials from 45 June: Chef de Mission Seminar.
NOCs in 14 sports. July: Deadline for Accreditation Application Forms;
Deadline for Sport Entry by Name Forms; Distribution of
Here are some key dates in the countdown: Arrival & Departure Forms.
August: Deadline for Accommodation
2015
Booking Forms; Distribution of Pre-Valid
August: OCA Coordination Seminar. Accreditation Cards; OCA-Technical
Delegates Meeting.
September: Distribution of Estimated Team Size Forms to
NOCs; One-Year Countdown Ceremony. September: Delegation Registration
Meetings; all venues operational; arrival of
September-October: Distribution of Official Invitations athletes and officials; Team Welcome Ceremony.
to NOCs.
September 24: Opening Ceremony.
December: Distribution of Sport Entry Forms and Sport
Technical Handbooks; Distribution of Accreditation October 3: Closing Ceremony.
OCA’s NOCs invited to 6th Children of Asia Games 2016
T he Children of Asia Games International Committee
has announced that the sixth Children of Asia
International Sports Games will take place from July 5-17,
countries of the OCA have had the opportunity to be a
part of this festival of sports and culture.
2016, in the Russian Federation. “For many young athletes the Games have become one of
their first international competitions and a launching pad
The Games, which will be held under the patronage of the into major international sports events.”
IOC and supported by the OCA, will include 22 sports -
14 Olympic and eight non-Olympic - and will take place
in the city of Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
The 6th CoA Games are open to the OCA’s 45 member
countries and regions and four member countries of the
European Olympic Committees.
Dmitry Glushko, President of
the Children of Asia Games
International Committee,
explained in a circular to Asia’s
NOCs: “Over 7,000 young The 6th Children of Asia Games 2016 organising committee
athletes from over 30 member hosted the Chefs de Mission Seminar from July 20-23.
Page 21Games Update
OCA announces spor
18th Asian Games
T heannounced
OCA Coordination Committee has
that 11 sports will be held
in the co-host city of Palembang during the
18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia,
in 2018.
The announcement was made by the
OCA CC Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda and colleagues were
Chairman of the Coordination Committee,
given a warm welcome at the Novotel Palembang Hotel. Mr Tsunekazu Takeda, on August 11 and
followed two days of meetings with the
organisers and a venue tour in Palembang
– capital of South Sumatra and a 45-minute
flight from Jakarta.
The 11 sports to be hosted by Palembang
are:
Canoe/Kayak
Rowing
Rugby Sevens
The Olympic cauldron at the main stadium
in Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang.
Shooting
Triathlon
Beach Volleyball
Cricket (20-20)
Bridge
Basketball (preliminary rounds)
Football (preliminary rounds)
Even the security guards took a souvenir photo when the Handball (preliminary rounds)
OCA came to town.
Page 22Games Update
sports for Palembang at
ames – Jakarta 2018
The remaining sports will be hosted by
one of three venue clusters in the Jakarta
area: South Jakarta (focused on the
Gelora Bung Karno national stadium),
North Jakarta (Jakarta International
Expo Kemayoran) and Jakarta Suburb
(Indonesian Convention and Exhibition –
ICE, at BSD City). The media in Palembang was out in force
for the OCA visit.
The 2nd OCA Coordination Committee
meeting for the 18th Asian Games was
held on August 10-11 and included a
venue tour of the Jakabaring Sports City
in Palembang and meetings in Palembang
and Jakarta.
At the closing press conference, Mr Takeda
announced the list of sports to be held at
Palembang.
He also said the OCA had urged the
organising committee to consult the NOC flags fly outside Palembang
International Federations and Asian Airport
Federations in order to commence venue
renovation work, and explained that
the OCA required only one organising
committee and one master plan.
“There is only three years to the Games
but there is a need for test events to take
place,” he told the media. “We do not
have time to spare.
“There is a lot of hard work ahead but I
am confident the 2018 Asian Games will
be a great success.” Waiting for the VIPs to arrive
in Palembang.
Page 23Games Update
Meet Ezomon – mascot of Sapporo 2017
T he 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organising
Committee (SAWGOC) is pleased to announce that
the mascot’s name for the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter
- a 10-year-old fourth grader at the Sapporo City Nishioka
Minami Elementary School - was chosen as the winner by
the drawing of lots.
Games has been decided.
She thought of the name by imagining a hero that is willing
SAWGOC invited the public to try new things and who encourages children to dream
to name the mascot and big.
received 6,661 applications.
The SAWGOC selection The name was announced on June 5 during a press
committee chose “Ezomon” in conference with the Mayor of Sapporo, and Ezomon made
the hope that the mascot will its first public appearance.
attract widespread popularity
regardless of age. Mr Noriaki Ikushima, Secretary General of SAWGOC,
presented the commendation certificate and prize to
Of the 637 applicants who Misuzu during a ceremony at the KITA GAS 6-hour relay
named it Ezomon, Misuzu Kato marathon on June 28.
SAWGOC promotes Sapporo 2017 in Taipei
O rganising committee SAWGOC promoted the
Sapporo Asian Winter Games at the Japan Tourism
Fair 2015 held at Taipei Station in Taiwan from June 26-
28.
The event, which was being held for the third time, was
organised by the Nippon Travel Agency and the Taiwan
Visitors Association in order to introduce the charm of
local areas of Japan to the people of Taiwan.
Fifty-eight companies and organisations from Japan
participated in the tourism fair and many people visited the
Sapporo 2017 PR booth where they received information
on not only the 8th AWG but also on the beautiful island
The Sapporo AWG kiosk at the tourism fair in Taipei.
of Hokkaido.
New SAWGOC President
T he second SAWGOC board
meeting for 2015 was held on
June 16, when the new Mayor of
Sapporo, Mr Katsuhiro Akimoto,
succeeded the former Mayor, Mr
Fumio Ueda, as President of the
organising committee.
Mr Akimoto said he would like to host a successful The first OCA Information Technology Audit for Sapporo 2017 was
AWG in February 2017 by bringing together the conducted from July 1-3 by the OCA auditors, Mr Manuel Gonzalez
citizens of Sapporo and the whole of Hokkaido. and Mr Alfonso Sanchez. The two parties discussed the role and the
progress of the IT project.
Page 24News and Sport from 45 NOCs
His Royal Highness Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck,
Afghanistan Representative of His Majesty the King and President of the
Bhutan Olympic Committee, was re-elected unanimously by the
Bakhtar News reports that Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, First Vice BOC General Assembly as President for the term 2015-2018.
President, congratulated the sports movement in a message The elections took place at the 1st Extraordinary Annual General
to athletes and fans at the start of Olympic Week. He said he Meeting at Khangkhu Resort in Paro on May 31.
hoped that the NOC and other relevant organisations would
continue to work hard for the expansion of sport in Afghanistan
and that the national team representatives in all sports would Brunei Darussalam
bring medals and glory to the country.
Brunei planned to send 11 athletes from three sports (athletics,
bocce and golf) to the Special Olympics Summer World Games
Bahrain 2015 in Los Angeles, USA, from July 25-August 2, Hj Mahrub
Hj Murni, President of the Special Olympics Brunei Darussalam,
announced at a press conference.
(www.bruneiolympic.org)
Cambodia
The Ministry of Tourism and the NOC will cooperate with the
Phoenix Voyages Company to organise the first ultra-marathon
over 128km at Siem Reap province in January 2016. Around
300 athletes from overseas are registered ultra-marathon
runners but there are only 10 in Cambodia.
The Bahrain Olympic Committee’s Sports Training and (www.noccambodia.org)
Development Centre conducted a Level 4 Course, part of the
National Coaching Programme, from June 7-11 at its premises
in Juffair. Thirty coaches from Bahrain and overseas took part in China
the five-day course from a variety of individual and team sports.
Cai Zhenhua, Vice Minister in charge of the General
Administration of Sport in China and Vice President of the
Bangladesh Chinese Olympic Committee, met with the Georgian Deputy
Prime Minister for Energy, Kakha Kaladze, in Beijing on June 25.
The Bangladesh Olympic Association has sent a training budget The two parties said the two countries enjoyed strong relations
to the sports ministry for the 12th South Asian Games in India in in sport and had cooperated in judo, wrestling and water polo,
January 2016, says BOA Vice President Mizanur Rahman Manu. among others.
The athletes plan to begin training from August, reports the Daily
Star. In the last edition of the SA Games, in Dhaka in 2010, (www.olympic.cn)
Bangladesh finished third with 18 gold medals and 100 overall.
DPR Korea
Bhutan
The month-long sports festival for the Pochonbo Torch Prize
involved 30 sports. The defence sports team of the Korean
People’s Army set new national records in the women’s individual
50m 3-position rifle and the men’s team 50m running target
mixed shooting events. The April 25 team won 72 gold medals
to top the standings, followed by Amnokgang and Kigwancha,
reports the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang.
Hong Kong, China
Representatives of more than 70 schools and 20 athletes
attended a briefing session for the new Sports Legacy Scheme
Page 25News and Sport from 45 NOCs
Three female participants from Iran swept the medals in the
P2 10m air pistol competition in the International Paralympic
Committee Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, reports Mehr
News Agency. Samira Eram won gold with 197.9 points and was
followed by Alieh Mahmoudi (196.2) and Sareh Javandmardi
(176.5).
(www.olympic.ir)
Iraq
The General Secretary of the Bahrain Olympic Committee,
Abdulrahman Askar, welcomed to his office Khalid Bashir,
2015-2018 implemented by the Hong Kong Athletes Career deputy head of the Iraqi junior volleyball team visiting Bahrain
and Education Programme under the auspices of the Sports for a week-long training camp. Bashir thanked Bahrain for their
Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. The hospitality and looked forward to more cooperation in the near
scheme was launched in February 2012. future. Bahrain Volleyball Association General Secretary Feras
Al Halwachi also attended the meeting.
India
The much-delayed 12th South Asian Games to be held in
Guwahati and Shillong will be put back from December 2015
to January or February 2016, the South Asian Sports Council
decided at a meeting in New Delhi. The Games will feature
2,500 athletes from eight NOCs.
(www.olympic.ind.in)
Indonesia
The Executive Board of the Indonesian Swimming Association
has chosen the Jakabaring sports complex in Palembang –
capital of South Sumatra province - to host the Asian Water
Polo Championship in October 2016, reports Antara News.
Palembang will also stage some events in the 2018 Asian
Games.
Japan
Iran The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee has
shortlisted eight International Federations proposing events to
N.O.C.I.R.IRAN
be considered for inclusion: Baseball/softball, bowling, karate,
roller sports, sport climbing, squash, surfing and wushu. The
final decision will be made at the 129th IOC Session in Rio in
August 2016.
(www.tokyo2020.jp)
Jordan
Three-time Olympian Nadin Dawani has joined three other
taekwondo stars in becoming qualified coaches in the sport.
Dawani, who competed in the Athens, Beijing and London
Olympics and is Jordan’s chef de mission for Rio 2016, was
joined by Eman Abatha, Majeda Khalil and Nadin Handomeh in
Page 26News and Sport from 45 NOCs
Kuwaiti shooter Atef Al-Dosari has qualified for the Rio
Paralympics 2016 after clinching silver at the IPC Shooting
World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, reports Kuwait News Agency. Al-
Dosari finished second in a field of 50 competitors from 48
nations.
Kyrgyzstan
IOC President Thomas Bach awarded Kyrgyz President Almazbek
Atambayev the IOC Medal in honour of Pierre de Coubertin
during his visit to Bishkek along with the OCA and ANOC
President, Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, reports Kabar
National News Agency.
passing the practical and theoretical tests for the new coaches’
course held in Amman. Laos
Laos won four silver medals and 25 bronze for a total haul of 29
Kazakhstan medals at the 28th SEA Games in Singapore from June 5-16 to
finish ninth in the 11-team medal rankings.
Almaty will host the International Shooting Sport Federation’s
Junior (U20) Shotgun Cup from August 21-30. The first ISSF
Junior Cup of the year saw 572 young athletes from 44 nations Lebanon
compete in rifle, pistol, shotgun, trap, skeet and mixed events in
Suhl, Germany. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Abdul Mottaleb Hennawi, met
at his office in the Ministry with the Ambassador of the Philippines
(www.issf-sports.org) to Lebanon, Leah Ruiz, over bilateral relations and the means
to bolster sports ties between the two countries, reports the
National News Agency.
Korea
Host South Korea, thanks to strong showings in judo, archery, Macau, China
badminton and taekwondo, clinched first place in the 2015
Summer Universiade medal table with 44 gold medals, followed
by Russia and China with 34, reports Yonhap News. A record
12,885 athletes and officials from 143 countries took part in the
student games, held in Gwangju, 330km south of Seoul.
Kuwait
The Bank of China (Macau) handed out MOP 1.5 million
(US$180,000) in prize money to Macau’s elite athletes at a gala
dinner and presentation at Macau Tower on June 25 organised
by the Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China. A total
of 83 athletes from 11 national sports associations received
a reward for success in 13 levels of competition from world
championships to youth tournaments held from May 1, 2014
to April 30, 2015.
Page 27News and Sport from 45 NOCs
Myanmar’s reigning chess king, Wynn Zaw Htun, won his sixth
Malaysia national trophy, and his third in a row, at the 41st Myanmar
National Chess Championship 2015 held at Aung San Indoor
The 175th Olympic Council of Malaysia council meeting was Stadium in Yangon from June 25-July 5, reports the Myanmar
held on June 27 and two important matters were decided. The Times. Sixteen players took part.
first was the non-approval of the application of the Malaysian
Extreme Sports Association to be an Associate Member of OCM.
The second was on the organisation of the 29th SEA Games Nepal
2017.
The NOC met with the national sports federations on Sunday,
June 28 to discuss the 12th South Asian Games to be held in
Maldives India early next year.
In preparation for the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games to be
held in St Denis, Reunion, from August 1-9, Maldives Olympic Oman
Committee held doping tests for 21 athletes from five sports on
July 6. The sports - football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis and
handball - and athletes were selected randomly by the NOC.
Mongolia
Muscat hosted the Asian qualifying competition for the World
Chess Championship from May 16-25. The opening ceremony
was held under the auspices of HE Sheikh Saad bin Mohammed
Al Mardhoof Al Saadi, Minister of Sports Affairs, in the presence
of Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov, President of the World Chess
Federation, NOC Vice Chairman Sheikh Saif bin Hilal Al Hosni
and Oman Chess Committee Chairman Laila bint Ahmed Al
Ms Purevsambuu Tungalag, Mongolia NOC’s Director of Sports Najjar.
Federations, Games and Women in Sport, has been nominated
as Mongolia’s first-ever female member of an IOC Commission
– the Women in Sport Commission. In the photo, IOC honorary Pakistan
member Mr Sh Magvan congratulates her on her achievement.
The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda)
has allocated 50 per cent of the 120 stipends for athletes to the
Myanmar sport of track and field under the Wapda Endowment Fund for
Sports (WEFS), reports The Nation in Lahore. The previous quota
for athletics was only 12 per cent, and the new amount will be
divided equally between boys and girls to encourage young girls
to participate in sport.
Palestine
Palestine was one of 13 countries and regions represented in an
Asian qualifying competition for the World Chess Championship
in Oman. The 26 players came from: UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran,
Iraq and Sultanate of Oman.
Page 28News and Sport from 45 NOCs
Philippines Sri Lanka
The POC’s Athletes Commission - represented by Hidilyn The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Colombo
Diaz, 2012 Olympic weightlifter - called at various national together with the NOC of Sri Lanka are calling for applications
sports associations in the Philippine Sports Commission’s Rizal for the International Coaching Course – Sports Management
Memorial Complex to distribute Unilab products Revicon Forte 2015 to be held from October 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016
and Nuerogen E, Nestle’s Milo packs, Nescafe 3n1 coffee and by the University of Leipzig. For more details please visit the
C-lium Fibre to help the athletes in their preparation for the 28th website: www.itk.uni-leipzig.de.
SEA Games in Singapore.
(www.srilankaolympic.org)
(www.olympic.ph).
Syria
Qatar
An Australian sports delegation arrived in Damascus on
Wednesday, July 15 for a one-week visit to have a real
understanding of what is going on in the country. Upon their
arrival at Damascus international airport, members of the
delegation said their visit was to support Syria and to build
bridges in sport, reports the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Chinese Taipei
Under the patronage of the Qatar Olympic Committee, the
Annual Ramadan Golf Tournament was organised by the Qatar
Golf Association at Doha Golf Club with the participation of
40 players. Raisal Radwan claimed the men’s title and Amira Al
Mohsen won the women’s title. Saoud Al Mohannadi won the
juniors event.
(www.olympic.qa)
Saudi Arabia
Prince Abdullah bin Musaed bin Abdulaziz, General President
of Youth Welfare and President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic
Committee, inaugurated the NOC’s Olympic Day Festival in
Riyadh on June 23, reports the Saudi Press Agency. The CTOC signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with
the NOC of Sri Lanka on June 6. Sri Lanka NOC President
Hemasiri Fernando and CTOC President Hong-Dow Lin signed
Singapore the agreement. To mark the start of the new relationship, CTOC
sponsor Victor Rackets Corp donated 100 sets of badminton
The Singapore Sports Awards Selection Committee revealed rackets to Sri Lanka to help develop the sport.
the finalists of the 2015 Singapore Sports Awards nominees
on July 10. Organised by the Singapore National Olympic Tajikistan
Council and Sport Singapore, and supported by Tote Board, the
2015 Singapore Sports Awards has 11 categories and honour Hammer thrower Dilshod Nazarov is the first Tajik athlete to
the most deserving individuals and teams in sports for the year qualify for Rio 2016 by finishing with 79.36 metres at the 2015
2014. (www.singaporeolympics.com). Ostrava Golden Spike, Czech Republic, on May 25. This result
Page 29News and Sport from 45 NOCs
Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) board meeting and Senior
Doping Control Officer training from May 23-25.
United Arab Emirates
also gives him the right to participate in the 2015 IAAF World
Championships in Beijing in August, reports Asia-Plus from
Dushanbe.
Under the initiative of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai, to hold a community-based National Sports
Thailand
Day during the 44th UAE National Day celebrations, HH Sheikh
Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of
Twenty-five future Olympians began their Road to Rio 2016 at
the NOC, approved National Sports Day under the theme “The
Thanyapura – the first Official FINA Training Centre in Southeast
UAE brings us together”.
Asia, at Phuket – at a press conference attended by the Minister
of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul,
on Monday, June 29. The OCA and Olympic Solidarity have
Uzbekistan
also supported the year-long camp.
The 21st International Tournament for the Judo Union of Asia
Cup - for youth and cadets in tribute to the late judo master
Timor-Leste
of sports, Uchkun Muradov - took place in Chirchik College
and attracted 120 athletes from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan,
Timor-Leste, the newest member of the SEA Games Federation,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the home country, reports the
having joined in 2003, won one silver and one bronze medal to
Uzbekistan National News Agency.
finish in last place of the 11 NOCs at Singapore 2015.
Vietnam
Turkmenistan
Vietnam’s achievements at the 28th SEA Games in Singapore
In cooperation with the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts
lifted the whole nation and enhanced Vietnam’s image overseas,
Games (AIMAG) 2017 Organising Committee and the NOC
President Truong Tan Sang stated while receiving coaches and
of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat hosted the Central Asia Regional
athletes on June 23 at the President’s Palace in Hanoi. Vietnam
sent 392 athletes to Singapore and finished third in the medal
tally with 186 medals, including 73 gold. Vietnamese athletes
set 13 new SEA Games records, including eight in swimming.
(Tuyet Hoa, VOC Media Officer).
Yemen
The Asian Football Confederation has announced that the draw
for the AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar from January 12-30,
2016, will be held in Doha on September 12. Yemen qualified
as one of the 16 teams by virtue of their record as the fourth best
group runner-up.
Page 30Obituary
OCA mourns Pakistani sports leader Latif Butt
F ormer Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Secretary
General Muhammad Latif Butt passed away on
Thursday, August 6, after a short illness. He was 80.
POA President Arif Hasan:
“We are deeply grieved on the
sad demise of Latif Butt. He
will always be remembered
Latif Butt, OCA Vice President from 1998-2007 and for his contribution to sport
Advisor to the OCA President, was buried in a graveyard in Pakistan. He was well
near his home in Model Town Lahore. recognised as a great sports
leader.”
His funeral was attended by a large number of family
members, the IOC Member in Pakistan, Syed Shahid Ali, OCA President Sheikh
POA President Syed Arif Hasan, POA Secretary General Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah:
Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, officials of various “Everyone who had the
national sports federations, provincial sports associations pleasure of knowing him would have been touched by his
and Punjab Olympic Association. humbleness and warmth. Mr. Latif Butt will not only be
missed by the people of Pakistan but by the global sports
Latif Butt, who was POA Secretary General from 1990 to fraternity.”
2005, was a popular and respected sports personality in
Pakistan, Asia and the global Olympic movement.
OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam: “Mr. Latif
He remained associated with the Pakistan Swimming Butt and myself go back a long way in swimming and I
Federation as its Secretary General and President for had the pleasure of sharing his knowledge and learning
nearly three decades. from him.”
Tan Sri Haji Omardin Mauju : Pencak Silat pioneer
T he Olympic Council of Malaysia reports that
Allahyarham Tan Sri Datuk Wira Haji Omardin
Mauju, first recipient of the “Pendekar Malaysia” award,
Malaysia and a long-time office-bearer of the Malaysian
National Cycling Federation.
passed away peacefully on June 20. He was 74.
Mostafa Davoudi
In the early 1960s, Tan Sri Haji Omardin Mauju was the
founder of the Pertubuhan Seni Silat Lincah Malaysia,
which now has branches all over Malaysia, Asia and other
A former President of the
NOC of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, Mostafa
parts of the world.
Davoudi, died at the age of
76 on July 30.
He was also responsible for establishing the Malaysian
National Silat Federation, and the International Pencak
Mr Davoudi, who passed
Silat Federation in 1980, which enabled Silat to be
away after a long illness,
included in the SEA Games.
was laid to rest in Tehran’s
Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
OCM also reports that Mr. Maniam Manikkam (pictured), a
highly respected
Davoudi served as NOC President from 1980-1984.
sports official
He was also President of Iran’s Physical Education
of Perlis State,
Organisation, and President of Iran Deaf Sports
passed away
Federation for several years.
peacefully on
June 17, age 65.
Iran’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mahmoud
He was President
Goudarzi, expressed grief over the death of the
of the Kabaddi
former NOC leader.
Association of
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2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina: August 19 Taipei: November 11
IOC Coordination Commission Annual UPIM Congress
Samoa: September 05-12 Doha, Qatar: November 15-29
5th Commonwealth Youth Games OCA Youth Camp No. 2 - Athletics - Long Jump
Doha, Qatar: September 05-18 Doha, Qatar: November 15-29
OCA Youth Camp No. 1 - Basketball 3x3 OCA Youth Camp No. 3 - Tennis - Long Jump
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: September 14 Tokyo, Japan: November 28-29
OCA Finance Committee Meeting Asian qualification tournament (women - second
leg) for rugby sevens Rio 2016
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: September 15
67th OCA Executive Board Meeting Lausanne, Switzerland: December 8
IOC Executive Board
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: September 15-16
34th OCA General Assembly
2016
PyeongChang, Korea: September 22
IOC Coordination Commission Lillehammer, Norway: February 26 – March 6
II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Lausanne, Switzerland: October 08
IOC 7th Athletes’ Forum Yakutsk, Russian Federation: July 5-17
6th Children of Asia International Sports Games
Dammam, Saudi Arabia: October 15-26
2nd GCC Beach Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: August 5 – 21
XXXI Olympic Summer Games
Doha, Qatar: October 18-20
OCA/Qatar Athletics Federation Youth Athletics Danang, Vietnam: September 24 – October 3
Coaching Congress 5th Asian Beach Games
Jakarta, Indonesia: October 20-26 2017
Ju-Jitsu Asian Union 1st Asian Championships
Sapporo, Japan: February 19 – 26
Washington DC, USA: October 27
8th Asian Winter Games
ANOC Commissions and Working Group meetings
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: September
Washington DC, USA: October 28
5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
ANOC Executive Council & Continental Association
Meetings
2018
Washington DC, USA: October 29
20th ANOC General Assembly PyeongChang, Korea: February 09 – 25
XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Hong Kong, China: November 7-8
Asian qualification tournament (men and women) Jakarta, Indonesia: August 18 – September 02
for rugby sevens Rio 2016 18th Asian Games, Jakarta 2018
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