Ningxia ready for games
( 2003-08-18 10:04) (chinadaily.com.cn)
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is ready for the seventh Ethnic Minorities
Traditional Sports Games scheduled to be held September 6-11 in the region, said
Feng Ming, publicity chief of the Games' organizing committee.
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| The emblem of the Games | The
construction of the venues and the athletes' village has completed and they will
put into operation several days later, according to Ma.
The Games, the
first in the new century, will gather 3,789 athletes and more than 600 referees
across the country.
The Games include 14 competitive events and 124
exhibition ones, featuring the characteristics of the traditional sports of
various ethnic minorities.
As exchanges between different ethnic groups
during the 6-day period are the main purpose of the Games, there will be no
official gold tally; but the winners of each event will be awarded
medals.
The main venues of the Games are in Yinchuan, capital city of the
autonomous region and some events will be held in Shazuishan and Shahu near
Yinchuan.
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| Mascot of the Games | The Games
will draw 548 journalists from across the country. China Central Television will
live broadcast the opening ceremony and some of the events.
Large-scale
art performance will be staged in the opening ceremony, with 8,000 people taking
part in the performance.
The First Ethnic Minorities Traditional Sports
Games was held in Tianjin in 1953; the second in Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region in 1982; the third in Xinjiang Ugur Autonomous Region in 1986; the fourth
in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 1991; the fifth in Yunnan Province in
1995 and the sixth in Beijing and Tibet Autonomous Region in 1999.
(Chinadaily.com.cn by Dong Zhixin)
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