10,000 Athletes for City
Posted
@ Aug 1st 2006 1:29pm
- By GCPN Property Network
More than 10,000 competitors will converge on the Gold Coast for the 2006 Pan Pacific Masters Games in three months' time, strengthening the city's bid to become Australia's events capital.
The international competition following on from the hugely successful Gold Coast Airport Marathon will draw athletes from as far afield as Kazakhstan, for a program diverse enough to offer motocross and basketball.
The 2002 decision to add 'Pan Pacific' to the event's name should result in Japan being the second-largest international representation, behind New Zealand
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