2nd batch of Cambodian Olympic delegation departs to Beijing

Cambodia's Tourism Minister and President of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) Thong Khon (2th R) talks with NOCC Secretary General Mea Sarun (2th L) before departing for Beijing at the international airport in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, August 7, 2008. The second batch of Cambodia's Olympic delegation, including Thong Khon, Mea Sarun, a swimmer and two youths attending the Olympic Summer Camp, left here on Thursday for Beijing to attend the Olympic Games, which is scheduled to open on Friday. (Xinhua/Xia Lin) Photo Gallery>>> PHNOM PENH, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The second batch of Cambodia's Olympic delegation left here on Thursday for Beijing to attend the Olympic Games, which is scheduled to open on Friday. The batch of delegation has five members, including Tourism Minister and National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) president Thong Khon, NOCC secretary general Mea Sarun, another swimmer and two youths attending the Olympic Summer Camp. "I am very glad to go to Beijing for the Olympics," Thong Khon told Xinhua at the Phnom Penh International Airport. Earlier on Wednesday, the first batch of the delegation departed to Beijing, including a marathon runner, a sprinter and their coach, one swimmer and the coach, one team leader, an official and one doctor. Cambodia first attended the Olympics in 1959, then quit for a long time due to civil war. It resumed its participation in 1996 to attend the Atlanta Olympics and later sent delegations to the Sydney Games in 2000 and the Athens Games in 2004.

Editor: Jiang Yuxia