Press Release Summary: The first Asian Beach Games opening ceremony was held on
October 18 in Bali Island of Indonesia, which attracts almost 3000 athlete
Press Release Body: The first Asian Beach Games opening ceremony was held on October
18 in Bali Island of Indonesia, which attracts almost 3000 athletes from 45
countries and regions in Asia.
Thousands of dancers performed traditional program, which featured local arts and
cultures at the opening ceremony held at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park in
Bali Island.
Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Indonesia
president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and athletes from 45 countries and regions
present the opening
The multi-event will be another history for Indonesia in organizing an event under
the sanctions of Olympic Council of Asia after the fourth Asian Games in Jakarta,
1962.
Asian Beach Games in Bali is Asia's first multiple sports event situated on beaches.
A total of 17 sports and two demonstration sports will be held in the games, which
will last nine days at four world renowned beaches, namely Kuta Beach, Nusa Dua,
Sanur Beach and Serangan Island.
The biennial Asian Beach Games, together with the Asian Games, the Asian Winter
Games and the Asian Indoor Games, organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, are four
major sporting events in Asia.
The third Asian Beach Games will be hosted in Haiyang, east China's Shandong
province in 2012, after the second in Oman in 2010.
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