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  Heavy Weighs the Crown on Miss Asian Games

  Kumis Bazarbayeva, who won the Miss Asian Winter Games pageant (a vital and important world event that I can’t believe I forgot to report on here), has a funky tiara on her head, designed by Aigul Kasimova. And there’s a contest sponsored by Pantene, the winner of which gets the tiara. If you’re interested, it […]

  3/26/11 • (3)

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  Asian Games Snapshots

  Jin Liu of ATP/Getty Images has gotten some great shots of the podium assistants in Kazakhstan for the Asian Games. Click on them to go to the attachment page where you can see them in larger sizes:

  2/03/11 • (Comments Off on Asian Games Snapshots)

• Commentators

  While everyone agrees that the Opening of the Asian Winter Games went very well, in the KazNet there’s a lot of talk about the commentators. I mentioned my discontents in this post, particularly the fact that they never stopped talking. But that is typical of Kazakhstani and even Russian and Ukrainian sports commentators, so while […]

  2/02/11 • (2)

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  Winter Games Opened Yesterday

  The Opening Ceremonies of the 7th Asian Winter Games yesterday went very well. Still waiting for video of the proceedings to go up online somewhere. The ceremony definitely felt reminiscent of the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies. I guess that giant floor video-screens and pre-recorded clips that tell the history of the nation in […]

  1/31/11 • (6)

• When and Where to See Kazakh Sportsmen?

  Liter.kz has a schedule up of which events Kazakhstani sportsmen will compete in in the Asian Winter Games in Almaty/Astana. The list is in Russian, the Google Translate version is under the cut.

  1/25/11 • (Comments Off on When and Where to See Kazakh Sportsmen?)

• Be Respectful of Others, But Only for Asian Games

  The Organizing Committee of the Asian Winter Games in Kazahstan (which is a Joint stock company interestingly enough–is it supposed to make a profit?) has announced temporary new rules for spectators in stadiums during the Asian Winter Games. I was amused by the fact that the rules are pretty reasonable. Be respectful of others, don’t […]

  1/15/11 • (Comments Off on Be Respectful of Others, But Only for Asian Games)

• Alga Kazakhstan

  Is this the official song of the 7th Asian Winter Games? All Davai, Kazakhstan’s answer to NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys with Alga Kazakhstan. Alga Kazakhstan means roughly “Let’s go, Kazakhstan!” The song isn’t any worse than Waka Waka, or any other major sports event, it’s kind of catchy and it hits the right notes […]

  1/15/11 • (4)

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  Asian Games Torch

  KazInform has a little map up of when the torch will be where. It arrives in Almaty today and will be sent all around Kazakhstan before arriving in Astana on the 30th of January for the opening ceremonies. The map is in Russian, but it shows the cities of Kazakhstan and the date next to […]

  1/12/11 • (Comments Off on Asian Games Torch)

• Summitkhan and Asiada Sitting in a Tree

  You knew it would happen. First we had Sammitkhan. Now we have a baby named Aziada. Which is a much more beautiful name than Sammitkhan. Given the choice, I would vastly prefer to be called Aziada than Samit (although Samit isn’t too bad a name. Better than Bartholomew, for example, or Brooklyn). The father, who […]

  1/07/11 • (2)

• Good News and Bad News in the Asian Games

  Those of us living in Kazakhstan may be forgiven for being a bit confused. So much noise has been being made about the Winter Games which start in January here in Astana and Almaty, that I didn’t realize there was a summer component to the games. Which inexplicably are happening now in China. Kazakhstan has […]

  11/23/10 • (Comments Off on Good News and Bad News in the Asian Games)

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