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Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games
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Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi National Teams Arriving in China to Participate in 19th Asian Games

Saudi national teams have arrived in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Huzhou for training camps before departing to Hangzhou to participate in the 19th Asian Games, which will be held from September 23 to October 8 with the participation of 12,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries.

The football, tennis, fencing, taekwondo, basketball, table tennis and rowing teams were first to arrive and then joined over the following days by other national teams participating in the Asian Games, SPA reported.

The teams conducted morning and evening training in the halls and stadiums that the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee had prepared.

The Kingdom will begin participating in the tournament tomorrow in the football match with the Iranian national team as part of Group B qualifiers, which also combines Vietnam and Mongolia.

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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)

South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again.

As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea - in French and English.

The announcer used the same introduction when the North Korean delegation passed.

South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.

"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said.

South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organizers and requested that the error will not be repeated.

South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.