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AXQ Event Fact Sheet The 2000 Asian X Games presented by Toyota will gather over 250 of the world's top extreme sports athletes to compete for prize money, medals and the most coveted prize of all - a qualifying place in the 2001 summer X Games in the U.S. Date Thursday 7th December through Sunday 10th December Sport Categories Agressive In-Line Skating Sport Climbing Skateboarding Bicycle Stunt Wakeboarding Events 13 Disciplines from 5 sport categories Qualifying Events for US summer X Games 2001 aggressive in-line skating: street, vert wakeboarding: men's sport climbing: bouldering - men's and women's speed-men's and women's 2 US X Games Spots for Qualifying Events: winner and top placed Asian finisher Competition aggressive in-line skating: vert doubles Exhibition Events bicycle stunt: street, vert, flatland skateboarding: street, vert Venues Half Pipe & Mini Half Pipe Vert Bicycle Stunt, In-line, Skateboard Street Course & Mini Ramps Bicycle Stunt, In-line, Skateboard Sport Climbing Wall & Mini Walls Boldering, Speed Nai Harn Lake Wakeboarding Event Site Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand. Having successfully hosted the Asian X Games in 1998 and 1999, Patong Beach, Phuket, Asia's most popular holiday destination, with a strong international sporting infrastructure will be the host and venue for 2000. Prize Money US$80,000 Athletes Over 250 athletes from Asia, Australasian and the U.S. will be selected to participate in the Asian X Games Qualifier through their international and national federations. 20 athletes per event - Asian/Australasian Countries Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and the U.S. Programming 6 one hour programs Television ESPN Asia; ESPN India; ESPN Taiwan ESPN International Eurosport Channel 7 (Thailand) Terrestrial Television syndication throughout Asia ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR TV. We are Asia's leading sports broadcaster that reaches over 46 million households for ESPN and close to 45 million households for STAR Sports. Our networks bring the world's premier live sports and leading regional events to viewers 24 hours a day. The ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group, formerly Sports Corporation, stages, manages and promotes sporting events around Asia. Television International (Asia Pacific) is responsible for the consolidated international free and pay television activities of The Walt Disney Company and ABC Inc. in the region. These activities include program sales (Buena Vista International Television), production and the development and management of Disney Channels and other international broadcasting investments in the Asia Pacific. To date, four of the country-specific Disney Channels outside of the United States have been launched in the Asia Pacific via the uplink facility in Singapore: Disney Channel- Taiwan (March 1995), Disney Channel - Australia (June 1996), Disney Channel - Malaysia (October 1996) and Disney Channel - Middle East (April 1997). In addition, locally hosted and produced Disney branded programming blocks on terrestrial television can be seen across the region. Based in Bristol, Conn., ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader In Sports, includes four domestic television networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS), ESPN International (20 international networks and syndication), ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Regional Television, SportsTicker, and ESPN Enterprises, overseeing brand extensions such as ESPN Zone, pay subscription packages, consumer products and ESPN - The Store.  Send this story to a friend
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