[Reader-list] Thank heavens we lost

[Aman Sethi]

If the Commonwealth games got us here, what would the Asiad have done?
A.



New Delhi loses bid



Kuwait: New Delhi's bid to host the 2014 Asian Games came unstuck as
the Olympic Council Asia awarded the multi-sport event to South Korean
city of Incheon on Tuesday.

The Games was awarded to Incheon by the 45-member General Assembly of
the OCA at the conclusion of its two-day meeting here.

New Delhi was bidding to bring back the continental mega event to the
Indian soil after a gap of 32 years, having last organised the same in
1982.

The Indian capital was also the host for the inaugural edition of the
sporting extravaganza, which is second only to the Olympics in terms
of number of disciplines, in 1951.

Korea will be hosting the Games for a third time, with Seoul and Busan
having conducted it in 1986 and 2002 respectively.

Big offer


Incheon seemed to have clinched the bid with its offer of $20 million
for training, equipment and other facilities for the participating
nations.

In its bid-presentation earlier in the day, the South Korean
delegation had also emphasised on the high-tech facilities that will
be available to the athletes. — PTI