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IAAF Council commemorates Daegu 2011 and the city’s environmental vision – IAAF Green Project
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31
08
2011

Just prior to the start of the evening session on the fourth (30) of nine days of competition at the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011, members of the IAAF Council led by President Lamine Diack and the Mayor of the City of Daegu Kim Bum-il and his fellow LOC Co-President Hae-Nyoung Cho took part in a Tree Planting Ceremony in a park west of Daegu Stadium next to the Sports Museum. ©IAAF

IAAF Council commemorates Daegu 2011 and the city’s environmental vision – IAAF Green Project

By GRR 0

Daegu, Korea – Just prior to the start of the evening session on the fourth (30) of nine days of competition at the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011, members of the IAAF Council led by President Lamine Diack and the Mayor of the City of Daegu Kim Bum-il and his fellow LOC Co-President Hae-Nyoung Cho took part in a Tree Planting Ceremony in a park west of Daegu Stadium next to the Sports Museum.

This event was one of the IAAF Green Projects which Daegu City and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the IAAF World Championships have organised to promote to the world the eco-friendly nature of the city and the championships.

Before helping to plant a commemorative tree President Diack delivered the following words:

“I am pleased to be with you today, on the occasion of this Tree Planting Ceremony, which commemorates the IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011.”

“This Tree Planting Ceremony, which is planned to promote the IAAF Green Project and the IAAF World Championships, will represent a long-lasting memory of this important event held in Daegu, for many years to come.”  

“I hope to be able to come back in ten years to see how the tree will have grown.”

“I also look forward to seeing athletics in Korea in particular, and in Asia, bloom alongside this tree,” concluded President Diack, before he and his fellow Council Members, Mayor Kim Bum-il and Hae-Nyoung Cho, each donned pairs of white gloves, picked-up their spades, and started to shovel earth around the tree.

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author: GRR