Sheikh Ahmad admitted to being worried that the Korean central government would focus only on the 2018 Games to the detriment of the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
But his concerns were alleviated after meetings with Korean president Lee Myung Bak in Seoul and the speaker of the National Assembly.
“After both meetings they have given their blessing, guidance and support for the Asian Games,” he was quoted on the OCA's website. “We are more confident the situation is stable and we are going in the right direction,” he added.
With 437 events in 36 sports at the Games, organizers will use 49 competition venues. Of these, 26 exist and 23 will be new, of which 16 are already under construction and seven at the design stage. There will also be 54 training venues.
Tsunekazu Takeda, the OCA’s Coordination Committee chairman, praised Incheon Asian Games chiefs on reducing the continental multisport event to a more manageable size.
He said Incheon 2014 will create a model for future Asian Games "in terms of creativity and cost-effectiveness".
Source: Around the Rings
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