BJ08.Asia Cheers for Asia Athletes at the Beijing Games
HONG KONG, Aug. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
DotAsia Contributes in Multiple Areas to Support the Games held in Asia
Athletes competing in the games held in Beijing. Breaking the traditional focus on medals by
country, BJ08.Asia will post medal standings by regions: Asia, America, Europe and Africa.
"Much is reported about the medals race between China and the USA. BJ08.Asia aims to
encourage fans from China, Japan, Australia, India and all across Asia to cheer for all athletes
from Asia," says Edmon Chung. "We are excited to see after 6 days of competition, Team Asia
leading with 42 gold medals, while Team Europe has 31 and Team America with 11."
force throughout the games' modern history. In recent years, medals from Team Asia grew
rapidly and had surpassed Team America in gold and total medals in 2000. This year in Beijing,
with home court advantage, Team Asia has a chance to challenge Team Europe for most Gold
medals. A recent 'Economic Briefing Paper: Modeling Olympic Performance' from
PricewaterhouseCoopers illustrated the relationship between the number of medals won versus
the economic wealth of a region. The rapid growth for Team Asia seems to mirror the economic
growth in the Asia market. With that perspective, it is not surprising to see Asia surpassing
America and challenging Team Europe's dominance in this Asia Century.
Besides BJ08.asia, DotAsia is also working with local authorities in Hong Kong during the
games to curb infringement on ".Asia" domains. "We are excited that ".Asia" domains are being
deployed to bring users around the world to the official website of the games in Beijing. DotAsia
is committed to the protection of intellectual property rights and a secure, stable Internet in Asia.
Our team will work closely with local authorities during the games in Beijing to support
responses against infringements and malicious activities on ".Asia" domains," says Chung.
Earlier in February, DotAsia participated in a commemorative TV series for the Beijing 2008
Year featuring former Olympic Gold Medalists and medal hopefuls for China. Star athletes
including GaoMin.asia (diving), BaoChunLai.asia (badminton) and ZhangGuoZheng.asia
(weightlifting) among others graced the show with their presence.
Enquiries:
Pavan Budhrani
+852-3741-0015
pavan@registry.asia
SOURCE: DotAsia Organisation
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