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Inchon – Asia Games and Russia Ties Progress

2010-11-19 by Phil Butler

Inchon Games mascots

In news from Inchon, South Korea, the Asia Games of 2014 mascots are announced. Also, a relic of the Russo-Japanese War ends up being the tie that may bind Russia and the Korean peninsula.

Tags: Asia Games, Asia Games 2014, historical travel, IAGOC, Inchon Asia Games, Inchon Harbor, international détente, Korea, Mayor Song Young-gil, natioonal collaboration, online travel, Russia travel, Russian Federation, Russian Navy, Russo-Japanese War, South Korea, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

Munich Bid Scores Again On Witt’s Promise

2010-11-14 by Phil Butler

Katarina Witt in Singapore for the Youth Games

Three Olympic hopeful cities met this weekend in Guangzhou, China to make their pitches to Asian Olympic delegates for the 2018 Winter Olympics. On the site of the Asia Games, the delegations form Annecy, Munich, and Pyeongchang spoke their piece. With the South Korean’s slightly bent over suggested conflicts of interest, and the French having technical problems, Katarina Witt had little trouble outclassing the other chairs easily.

Tags: alpine, alpine sports, Alps, Annecy, Annecy 2018, Asia Games, Bernhard Schwank, Dream Programme, Edgar Grospiron, IOC, Katarina Witt, Pyeongchang, Pyeongchang 2018, Winter Olympics, Yang Ho Cho




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