Kuwait City, Kuwait, June 6, 2021: The new Sporting Asia – official newsletter of the Olympic Council of Asia – is ready for download from the OCA website www.ocasia.org.
The latest edition, for June 2021, focuses on the upcoming Olympic Games and turns the spotlight on Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee, who has battled cancer to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
We also feature just a few of the Asian athletes who have qualified for Tokyo 2020 in a Photo Gallery and report on some of the qualifying events around Asia, including women’s football, taekwondo and rowing.
Sporting Asia Edition 53 continues the countdown to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September 2022 and other OCA events, while “Inside the OCA” features a new member of the OCA Executive Board and news on other prominent EB members.
In his President’s Message, Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah praises the commitment of the Asian athletes and the behind-the-scenes work of the National Olympic Committees in preparing for the postponed Tokyo Olympics.
The 40-page Sporting Asia – June 2021 contains all the regular news content such as NOC News in Pictures, OCA Games Update, Inside the OCA, Women in Sport, News in Brief, OCA Sports Diary and an obituary section paying tribute to several distinguished sports leaders around the continent.
Download: Sporting Asia Edition 53