BEIJING -- For the Olympics, its so-long Rio, hello Asia.The next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea, Japan and China following the organizational drama surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the just completed Summer Games in Brazil, although challenges remain, especially when it comes to finances and generating enthusiasm among home audiences. A look ahead to the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. All three countries have hosted the Olympics before and enjoy a shared reputation for prosperity and a deft hand at organizing major events.---PYEONGCHANG 2018: SLEEPY SKI RESORT FACES QUESTIONS OVER COSTS AND A LACK OF BUZZPyeongchang, a sleepy ski resort town on South Koreas mountainous east, is the smallest of the Asian hosts, and hopes to use the 2018 Winter Games to position itself as a major Asian winter sports destination.However, preparations for Pyeongchang 2018 have been noticeably less smooth than when South Koreas capital Seoul hosted the Summer Games in 1988. Organizers struggling with construction delays, local conflicts over venue construction and difficulties attracting domestic sponsorships. Such problems were easily avoided 30 years ago when the countrys then-military dictatorship steamrolled any opposition.Even so, six new competition venues are about 80 percent complete, and a new high-speed rail line, designed to link the countrys main gateway of Incheon airport with Pyeongchang in 90 minutes, will be up and running by January 2018.Despite a slow start, organizers say 90 percent of the domestic sponsorship target of $760 million will be met at the end of the year, when another round of test events will begin at Olympic venues.If the 1988 Summer Olympics marked the nations arrival on the world stage as a modern industrialized economy and fully fledged democracy, the significance of the Pyeongchang games for South Korea is harder to pinpoint. The country is currently ranked the worlds 11th largest economy by the International Monetary Fund and boasts a remarkable level of political stability despite the threat from communist North Korea. There is little obvious craving among the public for the recognition that large sports events bring.Excitement for the games has been tempered by concerns over the enormous costs involved, both for preparing and staging the Games and for maintaining the new facilities that might find little use once the party leaves town.Gangwon province, which governs Pyeongchang and drove the efforts to win the Games, has quarreled with the central government over who should pay the Olympic bills, which are now estimated at nearly $12 billion. The government has been eager to save money, but failed to convince Pyeongchang organizers and area residents to move some competitions and the opening and closing ceremonies to existing stadiums in other cities.Generating buzz is also a challenge because South Korea doesnt have a large footing in winter sports. While the country is competitive in speed skating, it remains a virtual unknown in skiing, snowboarding and ice hockey. It had an iconic winter sports figure in Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na, but she has retired and involved with Pyeongchang only as an honorary ambassador.Yet optimists say the Olympics will bring much-needed infrastructure to one of South Koreas less-developed regions, which could become a winter sports destination for Asian tourists.Pyeongchang is not all green lights at this point. It will be and its a very able country, IOC member Dick Pound of Canada said recently when asked if the IOC can relax now that Rio is out of the way and three Asian cities next.---TOKYO 2020: A `SAFE PAIR OF HANDS, EVEN WHILE COSTS SPIRALTokyo was clearly the most reassuring choice when it was selected over Istanbul and Madrid in 2013 for the 2020 Summer Games. Japans capital city even billed itself as a safe pair of hands at a time of global unrest and economic turmoil.Spain was still wrestling with the aftershocks of the previous decades financial crisis, and Turkey, with political unrest and the effects of the conflict in neighboring Syria. Also weighing on the minds of International Olympic Committee members were mounting concerns about construction delays in Rio, and security and astronomical cost overruns for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.The IOC opted to play it safe and go with a rich country with strong corporate sponsor support.That doesnt mean there havent been major hiccups. Last summer, spiraling construction costs drove the government to scrap a futuristic plan by the late world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid for the main Olympic Stadium, raising concerns a new design might not be ready in time. Then the logo chosen for the Tokyo Games was ditched after plagiarism allegations.But Tokyo has the advantage of being a city that is in most senses already complete. Theres no mad rush to build subway lines, or, as for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, elevated highways to unsnarl traffic. Its also one of the safest major cities in the world.Japan hopes the Olympics will boost tourism and the economy, as well as show off the countrys technology, from driverless cars to super-sharp 8K television.Ballooning costs remain an issue: Japanese media in December put the figure at about $18 billion, although organizers have not confirmed that. Newly elected Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has pledged to rein in costs, writing in a recent newspaper column that her team must become world-class cost accountants so that the Olympics dont hobble future generations with debt and mar Tokyos skyline with white elephants.Some events have already been moved to existing facilities in the suburbs to avoid the cost of building new ones. The competition sites are spread around Tokyo and the surrounding area, rather than being in Olympic parks.Its going to need a lot of careful planning to get people from venue to venue, said IOC Vice President John Coates. Its a more complex situation than Rio. On the positive side they have a very good transport infrastructure that connects all parts of the city. I think theyre up for it, no worry about that, but you cant say its going be easy.And then theres the heat. Tokyo in August is famously hot and humid, similar to Washington, D.C., and organizers are busy devising ways to keep athletes and fans cool. The 1964 Tokyo Games were held in October.---BEIJING 2022: EXPERTISE, FACILITIES, THOUGH NATURAL SNOW A RARITYHanding the 2022 Winter Olympics to Chinas capital Beijing was arguably one of the IOCs most pragmatic decisions.When the time came to vote, the pool of candidates had been reduced to just two: Beijing and Almaty, the capital of the landlocked Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, which had never hosted an event on such a scale and whose dependence on hydrocarbon exports was a worry.Beijing, meanwhile, could skate on its record of hosting the highly praised 2008 Summer Olympics that equipped it with almost all the facilities needed to stage the indoor events for the Winter Games, such as ice hockey and figure skating.That allowed the bid organizers to cater to IOC Chairman Thomas Bachs drive for lower coasts and greater sustainability after the scandal over the $51 billion overall price tag associated with Sochi. Beijing estimates the total cost for operations and infrastructure at just $3 billion, while robust economic projections ensure strong support from the government and domestic sponsors.In keeping with the theme of re-use, the Beijing Games organizing committees new offices are located in former iron ore storage silos at the former Capital Iron and Steel Works sprawling factory site in the capitals western suburbs.The Beijing Games have not been without their controversies, chief among them the lack of steep mountains and natural snowfall in the area directly surrounding the typically bone-dry capital. That has required organizers to locate some of the skiing events in the adjacent province of Hebei, with travel eased by new high-speed rail links.Beijings heavy winter air pollution is also a concern, although city planners say the closure of factories and retirement of smoke-spewing vehicles will help. And while Chinas ruling Communist Party continues to silence its opponents and repress Tibetans and other minorities, human rights doesnt appear to be a major factor in the run-up to the games, just as they were mostly cast aside during the 2008 events.Although China doesnt have much of a Winter Olympics tradition, games organizers have touted the games as a driving force for public participation in hockey, skiing and other winter sports.---Associated Press reporters Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, Ken Moritsugu in Tokyo and sports writer Stephen Wilson in Rio de Janeiro contributed to this report. Melvin Frazier Jersey . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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LOUIS -- It was a night of firsts for Robert Gsellman, who made his major league debut for the New York Mets on Tuesday night.Wilmer Flores and Justin Ruggiano homered as the Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4.The offense helped Gsellman (1-0) get the decision. Gsellman, pressed into action after starter Jonathon Niese left with an injury in the first inning, pitched 3 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run.It was my first time ever coming out of the bullpen so it felt kind of awkward, but you still have to take the mound the same way when youre starting, Gsellman said. I just thought I was starting the game all over and just tried to make some pitches.Niese had been dealing with knee discomfort this season. Gsellman was ready.Thats a tough spot even for a veteran to come out in the first inning, guys on, I tell you very, very, very impressive, Mets manager Terry Collins said. They always talked about the stuffs there. I was impressed that he came in and threw strikes for the most part and kept us in the game.Jose Reyes reached four base times and scored three runs. Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits, drove in a run and scored once.Ive been working on my swing on both sides of the plate to try to get it where I need to be, Reyes said. Right now I feel like its there.Collins said Reyes changes the energy of the team.Youre talking about one of the premier players in the game, Collins said. We know Joses got a lot to prove right now and hes doing it.Jeurys Familia earned his 42nd save, one shy of the Mets season record set by Familia last year and Armando Benitez in 2001.Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia (10-9) gave up a season-high six runs at home, in just four innings. New York broke a 22 1/3-inning streak in which Garcia hadnt given up an earned run at home to the Mets.He just didnt have that movement, didnt get to work ahead in counts, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. Just kind of one of those tough ones.Brandon Moss reached three times and drove in a run while Randaal Grichuks solo homer in the sixth extended the Cardinals home run streak to 12 games.dddddddddddd.Yadier Molina had three hits and an RBI for St. Louis.WEB GEMSCabrera made a diving stop on a grounder up the middle by Jhonny Peralta to end the third. Cabreras stop and subsequent force out saved at least one run.Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets robbed Stephen Piscotty of a solo homer in the sixth with a leaping catch over the left field wall.EARLY EXITNiese left the game after facing four batters with left knee pain.Niese retired just one of the four hitters he faced, walking two and giving up an RBI single to Moss before being lifted for Gsellman. All three runners he allowed eventually scored.Niese and Collins acknowledged that a trip to the disabled list is a possibility.Ive got to get it fixed, Niese said. I cant keep going out there like that. Theres a lot of pain, Im altering my mechanics, Im not able to stay behind each pitch, Im not able to locate and Im not helping myself out or the team.TRAINERS ROOMMets: LHP Steven Matz (left shoulder tightness) was placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to Aug. 15 and INF Neil Walker was placed on the paternity leave list. Gsellman and IF T.J. Rivera were recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.Cardinals: INF Aledmys Diaz (right thumb fracture) took ground balls for the first time since being placed on the DL on Aug. 1 and INF Matt Adams (right shoulder inflammation) expects to go on a rehab assignment this week.UP NEXTMets: RHP Jacob deGrom (7-6, 2.73 ERA) is looking to bounce back after allowing a career-high eight runs and 13 hits in a 10-7 loss to San Francisco on Aug. 18. He is 1-1 with a 4.38 ERA in two career games against St. Louis.Cardinals: RHP Carlos Martinez (11-7, 3.24 ERA) allowed one run over seven innings in an 8-2 win over Houston on Aug. 17. 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