Taipei, New Taipei advance bid for World Masters Games 2025

2020/08/21

Taipei and New Taipei cities completed Aug. 14 the virtual first phase presentation of a joint bid for the World Masters Games 2025.
 
 Core components such as competition venues, event organization, financing, host city introductions, marketing, medical care, security and staffing were detailed in the submission. According to the governments of both special municipalities, the assessment committee—comprising members of Switzerland-based International Masters Games Association—were impressed by the proposal.
 
 The bid is modeled on the successful approach employed by Taipei City Government in staging the 2017 Summer Universiade—the largest international sporting event ever held in Taiwan. Its slogan “Sports beyond Age, Life without Limits,” encapsulates the determination of the cities and competitors to achieve excellence in organizational and sporting performance, respectively.
 
 Other cities vying for the rights to host the Games, involving 30,000 athletes from 110 countries and territories contesting 32 disciplines, are Paris, France and Perth, Australia.
 
 More than half of the competitors are expected to be accompanied by family and friends. According to TCG and New Taipei City Government, this potential influx of visitors represents a potential tourism boon for Taiwan and makes related planning of paramount importance.
 
 Another benefit of the Games, the local governments said, is the opportunity to deepen friendship and expand exchanges between Taiwan and the rest of the world. The event will also significantly raise the country’s profile in the international sporting and travel arena, they added.
 
 Overseen by IMGA, the Games are a multisport event held every four years involving tens of thousands of mature athletes regardless of age, gender, race, religion or sport status. The next edition is scheduled for May 14 to 31, 2021, in Kansai, Japan.

Source: Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)