Friday, August 15, 2014

(Sports) Asia Cross Country Rally ends in Cambodian capital

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The 2014 Asia Cross Country rally ended here Friday afternoon after 22 rally cars were flagged off from Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya on Saturday last week.
The 2,200km Thailand-Cambodia rally, regarded as a grueling test of courage and endurance for both man and machine, ended in Kampong Speu province and the rallyists made another short trip to Phnom Penh for an award ceremony.
During the week-long rally, participants from Cambodia, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, the Netherlands, Sweden, and China's Taiwan drove their four-wheel vehicles from Pattaya beach through Sa Kaeo province and crossed over Cambodia for the World Heritage Angkor Wat and raced through Battambang province before reaching Kampong Speu province and Phnom Penh. "It was the first time that Cambodian athletes joined the automobile adventure, which was organized to promote international goodwill and friendship among countries in Asia," said Vath Chamroeun, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia.
The Asia Cross Country Rally, first held in 1996, is the largest Feddration Internationale de l'Automobile-certified (FIA) cross country rally in Asia. The rally route is designed to cover many types of terrain like jungles, swamps river-crossings, dirty roads and so on.
Thai racers gained the championship and the second and third places.

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