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National Games open in Nanjing
www.chinanews.cn 2005-10-13 08:49:06
(Source: China Daily)
Oct. 12 - President Hu Jintao yesterday announced the opening of the 10th
National Games at the Olympic Stadium in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu
Province, the last National Games before the 2008 Olympic Games in
Beijing.
The 12-day Games, the largest since 1959, will feature 9,985 athletes
from 46 delegations competing across 357 events in 32 sports.
At a press conference prior to the opening, vice-director of State
General Administration of Sports, Xiao Tian, emphasized the significance
of the Games.
"It has very important tasks of rehearsal for the Olympic Games in 2008,
and we have done much for that," he said.
According to Xiao, all 28 Olympic sports have a place in the Games, and
younger athletes have been encouraged to take part in the competitions to
give them a better chance of being selected for the Olympic Games.
Staff from the Sports Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for
the Games of the XXIX Olympiad have worked together with colleagues in
Nanjing in putting together the 10th National Games, communicating with
each other and collecting experience for the Olympic Games.
Media organizations have also started making their own preparations for
covering the 2008 event, sending large numbers of journalists and making
the Games a rehearsal for the 2008 Olympics.
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