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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:08 am Post subject: Incheon Awared 2014 Asian Games |
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| Will see if I can find the story online, but I just heard it on the news. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Incheon Awared 2014 Asian Games |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| Will see if I can find the story online, but I just heard it on the news. |
I was assuming that's what the fireworks are for. I can't see them, but I can hear them. Gave me a fright for a second.  |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: |
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Huffdaddy,
Yep it was...I'm watching YTN now and looking for something in print to post. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Inchon Wins Right to Host 2014 Asian Games
Inchon, the third largest city in Korea and the gateway to Seoul, won the right to host the Asian Games for 2014 in a vote at the general assembly meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in Kuwait Tuesday.
The OCA announced that Inchon of Korea won 32 votes out of the total 45 in competition with loser New Delhi, the capital of India.
This is the second hosting of the Asian sports festival, following the games hosted by Seoul in 1986.
With a population of 2.7 million, Inchon began preparation for its bid to host the Asiad in 2005 after winning the pledge that the central government would give for the successful host of the Asian festival.
From the The Korea Times |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| Well, I for one am happy for them. I more than likely won't be here then, but it's nice to see them get a little plum. I see a lot of development in the works, and hopefully this will further it. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: |
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This is the second hosting of the Asian sports festival, following the games hosted by Seoul in 1986.
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Busan?...like, 5 years ago? Did they forget? |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Incheon's only competition was New dehli....
So i figured the winner would come out of who would give the biggest bribe...
But to be fair Incheon has a much better infrastructure and is much more sanitary than new dehli and deserved to win.... |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I tend to agree both cities were throwing money at it like mad. It's sad about what happened in Virginia the same day the announcement was made about Incheon's winning bid. No one is in the mood to celebrate much. |
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stealth_fighter
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| I tend to agree both cities were throwing money at it like mad. It's sad about what happened in Virginia the same day the announcement was made about Incheon's winning bid. No one is in the mood to celebrate much. |
Korea pledged $20Mil for training athletes and buying equipment. That spoke a lot! |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, money was definately a factor. I knew it would be. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Yawn. Is the Asian Games a large event? Maybe for athletes from Cambodia, Japan, Korea and China. But, elsewhere it's kind of a non-event.
Maybe they will have to build stadiums from new as the World Cup structures fade away by the time 2014 comes around.
What's the excitment about?
It's still seven years away. 
The (yawn, yawn) Olympics are however very close at hand.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:12 am Post subject: |
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No one is in the mood to celebrate much.
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One of my students and I were talking during break today. He brought up VT, then Incheon. He said he and his classmates had been celebrating Incheon getting the bid when, about an hour later, they first heard about VT. He said all celebrating stopped. I taught him the expression: emotional roller coaster. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
Yawn. Is the Asian Games a large event? Maybe for athletes from Cambodia, Japan, Korea and China. But, elsewhere it's kind of a non-event.
Maybe they will have to build stadiums from new as the World Cup structures fade away by the time 2014 comes around.
What's the excitment about?
It's still seven years away.
The (yawn, yawn) Olympics are however very close at hand. |
I guess one might think that way about the commonwealth games but to us members of the commonwealth it's a fairly big deal. It ain't no Olympics. But the Olympics is so over run by pro athletes these days. Meh. |
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bixlerscott
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
Location: Near Wonju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| Having one of the very nicest airports in the world also helps. Korea strives to be the best through hard work and determination and they make it happen. A look at thier technology industries tells all... |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Yawn.
Hey, seven years. There's still time. You can sit in the bath and wait until your D1ck Quax.
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