The plan is to start at the Asian X Games qualifier in Phuket, Thailand in November of this year and include a Junior X Games competition for athletes from 10-14 years of age, from 12 Asian countries. The Junior X Games will included clinics by the pro X Games athletes. The Afro-Asian Games which were first scheduled to be held in Pune, India in 1999, then New Delhi in November of 1999 have been postponed again until 2001. The Russian medal-winning athletes from the Nagano Olympic Games, mentioned last month, will finally get their payday. A court order has released he assets for the payments which had been frozen during Russia's financial crisis.
Salt Lake Continues to Offend.
Salt Lake City continues to stumble through its preparations for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, this time a candidate for mayor offending the visitors to be, and some of the hosts. We have to raise the car rental tax as high as we can possibly do it, even shamelessly high, to generate revenue. It's not a mean-spirited idea. It's not a bad idea. It is a good idea that saves money for the citizens of Salt Lake.