The 27th Southeast Asian Games are scheduled to be held in Naypyidaw, the new capital of Myanmar …
I visited the country in 1998, stopping by the National Team Gymnastics Training Centre. There is no nation whackier than Myanmar … aside from North Korea.
Hillary Clinton just visited. There’s some hope of a warming of relations with the world.
Around 7,000 athletes and 2,500 officials from Southeast Asian countries will participate. A government official vows they will organize better SEA Games than the one just finished in Indonesia.
They don’t seem to have a website yet. That doesn’t look good for organizers. …
Tug-of-War is a sport — really? — expected to be added for those Games.
Today I heard a rumour that Artistic Gymnastics might be dropped. I highly doubt that organizers will be allowed to drop a popular Olympic sport and add Tug-of-War. Best case scenario — the Games will be moved. I have no faith in Myanmar.
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