Press conference: Beijing Games competition organization

Japanese newspaper

IOC has said if there are certain condition such as air pollution, then they will exam if there is the possibility to postpone the events. And the question was mentioned at the time whether or not the Men's Marathon on the last day have to be postponed, and what is going to happen? Would there be a 18 days of Olympics Games? Or it could be canceled at all？Is there any contingency plan within your organization?

Liu Wenbin

Two days ago, the IOC official Mr. Gilbert Felli has already spoken on the air quality, IOC Medical & Scientific Director Dr. Patrick Schamasch has also spoken on that. Mr. Felli said according to the present air condition in Beijing, the possibility that it will lead to the re-schedule is quite low. The other official said the air quality will not have any affect on the health of the athletes. As for the last day of the Men's Marathon, we have indeed made a contingency plan.

Xinhuanet.com

I would like to know the rehearsals and trainings. Are there any improvements to be made? I know that some schedules have been adjusted. If the public do not have the information, and they miss the Games, how are they going to deal with that?

Liu Wenbin

In all venues, we have management team, and from the test events, we also have other rehearsals. In all the rehearsals, we have discovered areas where improvements can be made. Through the tests and improvement, I think we are ready and we are fully confident that the management team of all the venues will do well the organization of the competitions. For your second question, as for the adjustment of the scheduling by the ticketing office, they have the procedure to deal with it. I am sure the ticketing office will provide the public the info through all channels so that everybody will be informed and they will try the best.

BBC Radio

I am just wondering if you can tell us what the contingency plan exactly is for the Men's Marathon. You mentioned that one has been put into place. Is the contingency plan to be run after the closing ceremony? Could you explain please?

Liu Wenbin

I can assure you that before the closing ceremony all the events will be finished.

China Daily

I would like to know how many Chinese judgers are there for the Games?

Liu Wenbin

I am sorry that I can't remember the exact figures. I even took a look at the figure this morning but I didn't make good note of the number.

Sun Weide

We will go back and check on that. And we can talk about it later.

Guangming Daily

For the sports equipment you mentioned, 1.4 million pieces. How much have you spent on that? How do you distribute them after the Games, taking into account that such equipment will break records in their performance?

Liu Wenbin

All the equipment have been approved. Secondly, they came from different sources. The main supply is organized and authorized by the IFs and provided free of charge and they will be returned to the suppliers. In the second case, we have undergone bid process and the purchase are arranged by the winning companies. They are being sponsored. And we also have a plan for the use of the equipment after the Games. For instance, they will be used in different venues open to the public.

NPR

What exactly is your contingency plan? Can you tell us what is the contingency plan for marathon? Is there any possibility that marathon will be cancelled? What is the actual contingency plan for the marathon?

Liu Wenbin

I just said that before the closing ceremony, all the sports events, will be terminated. Secondly, for the contingency plan for the marathon, we might have another schedule for it but that would be before the closing ceremony.

CCTV

For the volunteers, they come from 20 units, I would like to know the criteria for the selection.

Liu Wenbin

The technical volunteers for the Games, they come from the sports college as well as the General Sports Administration and Beijing Sports Bureau. The criteria are, apart from the criteria for normal volunteers, we will need them to have specialized knowledge and they should also undergo specialized training after their selection.

Beijing Radio Station

The 6.8 million tickets are all sold. But still there are more people who want to go to see the Games. So do you have any plans to add tickets so that they can go?

Sun Weide

I am afraid you have to ask this question to the ticketing office.

Beijing Youth Daily

I would like to tackle another question. Do you have any information or response to what happens to the SBS broadcast from yesterday? How would you deal with that?

Sun Weide

BOCOG has already responded to the unauthorized broadcasting by SBS, concerning some footage of the opening ceremony. We have already expressed very strong dissatisfaction and we hope that they will learn lesson from it and they will abide by the practice of the Olympics games, and they will not violate the related rules.

Liu Wenbin

I would like to make a supplementary explanation of the question raised earlier. As for how many Chinese judges, there are 62 Chinese judgers.

Sun Weide

Thank you. This is the end of the session. This 3 pm, we will have a press conference at the same place on the economic organization of the Games. We will also speak the urban development of Beijing. And we will invite guests from the Beijing Urban Development Committee, Urban Construction Committee and the Finance Department. Thank you.