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A delegation led by Ms Zeng Weiyu, Deputy Director of the 16th Asian Games Communication and Promotion Department who arrived in Sri Lanka on a promotional campaign met the officials of the National Olympic committee of Sri Lanka at Olympic House in Colombo yesterday (June 24).
Ms Zeng addressing the officials said the 16th edition will comprise 42 sporting disciplines - 28 Olympic events and 14 non Olympic events.
The non Olympic events are very much familiar to the Asian Region. Cricket is the latest addition to the games.
Guangzhou Games organisers are making every effort to make this the best ever Games in the region with the experience the Chinese gained with the holding of the last Olympic Games. "We are geared up to do everything possible to make it the most successful one," said Zeng.
The Guangzhou Organisers expect 14,000 athletes, 6,500 technical officials and nearly 10,000 media men and women from all parts of the region and 2,000 officials from the OCA and IOC.
She said, "we are here after visiting a few countries, but Sri Lanka is one of our most friendly countries. We are very keen to see a big contingent of participants for the Guangzhon Games next year and hope that they will win many medals."
Chinese and Sri Lankan cultural ties too are very much familiar and also the Guangzhon City has similar climatic conditions to Sri Lanka, so Lankans who arrive there will be at ease.
"Our promotional team will leave today for Maldivies for the next stage with happy memories," said Zeng.
At this meeting mementos were exchanged between the NOC and the visiting delegation.
They too presented replicas of Mascots for the 16th Asian Games, while Visa Stamping was performed to mark the visit of the team.
Editor: 寮犺幑
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