Thailand, Malaysia discuss Olympic aspirations

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Thailand, Malaysia discuss Olympic aspirations
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: Mark Fischer

BANGKOK: -- Thailand and Malaysia have considered pitching a joint bid to host the 2024 Olympics, according to the kingdom’s top athletics official.

Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said she had discussed the possibility of hosting the quadrennial event with Malaysian Minister Khairy Jamaluddin while both were traveling in the United States.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/03/18/thailand-malaysia-discuss-olympic-aspirations


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-03-18

[NextStationBangkok]

This will be a joke! Cannot even ride a bicycle in Bangkok!

[Stradavarius37]

[daiwill60]

HOHOHOHOHO and the corruption levels will go up another two notches on both sides, bidders and IOC levels.

[DM07]

...must not....laugh...must not....laugh...aarrrrrgghhhh...too ...hard....

Will that be after or before the F1 Grand Prix, the Tour d' France and the football World Cup?

[Songhua]

Forty eight marathon runners jogging on the spot in the border check queue.

[SoilSpoil]

Thailand seems to suffer from the 'Tower of Babel-syndrome' or maybe even a Flight of Icarus virus!

[JOC]

Never a dull moment with Minister Kobkarn!!

A female Chalerm!!

[JOC]

No, no, no my dear red shirts, grenade-throwing is not an Olympic discipline!!

[Anthony5]

I guess they are discussing creating an sport event where Yingluck can travel to.

[whatawonderfulday]

And apart from the massive skimming opportunities perhaps Thailand will nominate Vanessa Mai as it's Ambassador !

[chooka]

Yea and the Culture minister will go ape shit with all the olympians in thier skimpy gymnastic and swimming costumes dragging down Thailand. Can't see them getting the Olympics if they will require all swimmers we at 1880's style swim suits.

[chooka]

No, no, no my dear red shirts, grenade-throwing is not an Olympic discipline!!

either are coups or gatherings of more than 5. Can't hold the games with just 4 people and the four day parade to honour Prayuth will drive all the other countries home.

[outsider]

...must not....laugh...must not....laugh...aarrrrrgghhhh...too ...hard....

Will that be after or before the F1 Grand Prix, the Tour d' France and the football World Cup?

Malaysia already has F1 but yes... LMFAO to the rest of it

Edited March 18, 2015 by outsider

[ronrat]

Or the road cycling events disrupted when half a dozen food hawkers push noodle stands in front of incoming cyclists.

[wonder6281]

Pie in the sky stuff again! This Country will never hold sway enough to host anything like this! And even if they did, they would mess it up. Thailand will always be a minnow Asian country. Last Asian country to hold the Olympics? Seoul!

[LuckyLew]

Thailand .. ya sure ... they could not even get a fusbal stadium ready for a one sport international event

Cannot see them being taken seriously

[maidee]

smog-o-lympics in chiang mai ?

100 meter run faster than ladyboy with nails as shoes ?

110 meter garbage bin hurdles ?

500 meter swim & avoid jetski's from killing you ?

garbage throwing ?

[WitawatWatawit]

Settle down, you bunch of clowns. She meant the Winter Olympics, not the Summer Olympics. Which makes perfect sense. Happy now, everyone?

[chainarong]

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Settle down, you bunch of clowns. She meant the Winter Olympics, not the Summer Olympics. Which makes perfect sense. Happy now, everyone?

Now Ya &lt;deleted&gt;!!in tell us.

[chainarong]

Plans of Grandeur, after the High speed rail drain on the public purse , the country would go bankrupt with this extra cost.cost

[geriatrickid]

Won't happen.

1. Thailand & Malaysia do not have the excess billions to fund the event.

2. Joint proposals are not considered seriously. The IOC doesn't like them period.

3. Considering the financial fiasco in Brazil and the Sotchi white elephant, no sane government leader would open him/herself up to be a target for wasting such money.

[DLock]

Will that be after the F1, the Tour de France, Stephen Hawking coming to speak, the Space Program or Mike Tyson coming for a pigeon event?

Just want to fill in my calendar.

[bheard]

Who's kidding who?

Oh, I know, another of the boss's jokes. . . .

[siam2007]

This will be a joke! Cannot even ride a bicycle in Bangkok!

I had a good laugh too when reading his. Keep on dreaming, Malaysia and Thailand.

Organize some major local sporting events first properly before ridiculing yourself.

[arunsakda]

The Olympics as they exist are completely incongruent with the Olympic ideal an international scandal, should be banned.

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[NickJ]

How would all the athletes qualify for visas?

[teatree]

They couldn't manage to build one measly little futsal stadium on time for the world champinships, how can they be trusted to host an event as big as the Olympics?

Sorry Thailand, you are not getting the Olympics for a very , very long time if ever.

[teatree]

Settle down, you bunch of clowns. She meant the Winter Olympics, not the Summer Olympics. Which makes perfect sense. Happy now, everyone?

Well, it will snow in Bangkok before they are awarded summer Olympics!

[emilymat]

That Soi Cowboy (never been there but read posts about it) could be the main road for the Olympic Village.