Mersin"Rehearsal" for Istanbul 2020
Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayip Erdogan says the2013 Mersin Mediterranean Games are a warm up for Istanbul 2020.
"As we are hosting the biggest sportsorganization in the Mediterranean region, we are actually preparing for the2020 IstanbulOlympics," he was quoted as saying during his speech atthe opening ceremony of the Games on Thursday.
"Mersin will host theMediterraneanGamesin the most beautiful way, and will conveysports' universalmessage of peace, solidarity and friendship to the whole world."
The civil unrest that has persisted in Turkey fornearly a month was visible in Mersin. Media reports say four demonstrators andtwo police officers were injured when they clashed before the start of theceremony. Around 300 protesters were reportedly broken up by police using watercannons, and demonstrators were kept more than six miles from the ceremony.
Competition runs until June 30.
Georgia Eyes Winter Olympic Bid
In a case of keeping up with the neighbors, a Georgian parliamentarian said Friday his country should follow Russia’s lead with a bid to host the Winter Olympics.
Russia will host its first Winter Games in February in Sochi, near the border with Georgia, who had a failed bid to land the 2014 Olympics for the town of Borjomi.
"In a few years’ time, we will have amazing opportunities to host the Olympic Games," said Georgy Topadze, a member of Georgia’s parliamentary committee for sport and youth policy. "In the future we can be competitive against many countries in this field."
The earliest Georgia could hope to host the Winter Olympics is 2022, for which applications must be entered by November 14. The Caucasus country could not host the Summer Olympics until 2024.
Published by exclusive arrangement with Around the Rings' Sochi 2014 media partner RIA-Novosti.
BMXChamps to Medellin
Medellinwill host the 2016 BMX World Championships, the International Cycling Uniondecided.
Wednesday’sannouncement comes less than a year after Mariana Pajon won women's gold atLondon 2012 and Carlos Oquendo won the men’s bronze medal. Both are from Medellin.
"We'redelighted that Medellín, the 'City of the Eternal Spring' in the AndesMountains, will be our host city in 2016 for the UCI BMX WorldChampionships," UCI President Pat McQuaid said in a statement.
"Theevent will take place on a brand new track built in the city's existing cyclingcomplex."
Infact, that track is only permanent venue needed for the city’s 2018 YouthOlympic Games bid after the rest were built for the 2010 South American Games.
Morethan 500 athletes from over 90 countries are expected to compete in the worldchampionships, which will be BMX’s last qualifier for Rio 2016.
Bobsleigh, Skeleton World Champs to Sochi
Sochiwill host the 2017 Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships.
Thedecision came at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Congress in Gdynia,Poland.
TheSanki Sliding Center, built for the 2014 Winter Olympics, will host the event.
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