OCA breaks new ground with Asian Games Fun Run in North Korea
Published on: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Kuala Lumpur: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will break new ground when it holds its 18th Asian Games Fun Run in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, on May 1.OCA in a statement Wednesday noted that the sports governing body began the Fun Run initiative to promote the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar in 2006 and has held a series of runs around the continent in the build-up to the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in 2010; Incheon, South Korea in 2014; and now the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.However, this is the first time the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Olympic Committee has joined in the Asian Games Fun Run series and OCA is delighted to be making its first official visit to Pyongyang for over six years.
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