The 6th East Asian Games round off, Sun Chunlan announces its closing
http://sports.enorth.com.cn/eag-en/index.shtml 2013-10-21 11:09

After 10 days of exciting and wonderful competitions, the 6th East Asian Games came to a successful end and its closing ceremony was held at Tianjin Auditorium last evening.

Committee member of the CCP Central Politburo and Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, Sun Chunlan attended the closing ceremony and announced: the 6th East Asian Games come to a close.

The closing ceremony formally started after wonderful entertainment performance. The whole audience rose, the national anthem was played and sung, and athletes of all delegations proceeded in.

The 6th East Asian Games created a record in terms of number of events and participating athletes. The Chinese delegation had 516 athletes participating in the great event and was the biggest Chinese delegation in the history of the Games. Chinese athletes won 134 gold medals, 79 silver medals and 51 bronze medals, 264 medals in total, topping the gold medals table and the medals table.

The 6th East Asian Games adheres to “frugality, green and efficiency”. Under the premise of not lowering the standard of the Games, its budget expenditures have been largely reduced and it has become the most economical in the history of the East Asian Games, staging an economical, splendid, simple and ceremonious event, and providing good experience for hosting large-scale games in the future.

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