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 To know about asian games in brief.


 To get detail knowledge of asian games 2010 or 16th asian games.
INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN
GAMES

The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every


four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the
Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until
the 1982 Games. Since the 1982 they have been organized by the Olympic Council
of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are
recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the
second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
In its history, only nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. 46 nations have
participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games
after their last participation in 1974.
PARTICIPATION
All 45 members affiliated to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) are eligible to
take part in the Games. In history, 46 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have
sent competitors to the Games. Israel has been excluded from the Games since
1976, the reason cited as being due to security reasons. Israel requested to
participate in the 1982 Games, but the request was rejected by the organisers due
to incident in 1972 Summer Olympics.] Israel is now a member of the European
Olympic Committees (EOC).
There are only seven countries, namely India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Singapore and Thailand have competed in all editions of the games.

SPORTS
44 sports were presented in Asian Games history, including 2010
Games in Guangzhou.
ASIAN GAMES 2010

INTRODUCTION
 Date: November 12~27, 2010
 Host City: Guangzhou, China
 Co-host Cities: Shanwei, Dongguan, Foshan
 Vision: Thrilling Guangzhou Harmonious Asia

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport


event in Guangzhou, China that began on 12 November and finished on 27
November 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games,
after Beijing in 1990. A total of 476 events in 42 sports was contested by athletes,
making it the largest event in the history of the Games. It was also the last iteration
of the Games to have featured such big events, as the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA) have enforced new hosting rules for future games, beginning with
the 2014 Games.
Guangzhou was awarded the right to host the Games on July 1, 2004, as the sole
bidding city. This came after the withdrawal of several cities, Amman, Kuala
Lumpur and Seoul. The games were co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei,
the three neighbouring cities.
The opening and closing ceremonies were held along the Pearl River in Haixinsha
Island, and was the first time in history that the opening ceremony for a major
sports event was not held inside a stadium. The final medal tally was led by
traditional powerhouse China, followed by South Korea and third placeJapan.
China set a new Games record with 199 gold medals. Some three World and 103
Asian records were broke. In addition, the Badminton men's singles gold
medalist Lin Dan was voted as Most Valuable Player (MVP). The President of
Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah hailed the
Games as "outstanding" and "one of the best ever".
TICKETS
There will be more than 2,000,000 tickets sold publicly all over the world. The
tickets have five types, including the tickets for the Opening Ceremony, the
Closing Ceremony, accredited personnel, ordinary spectators and thermal tickets.

SPORTS AND SCHEDULE


42 competitions will be hold during 16 days of the 16th Asian Games, among
which there are 28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports. Several debutant
sports are added as unique to the Games, including Cricket, Dancesport, Dragon
Boat, Weiqi and Roller sport.

VENUES AND TRANSPORTATION


There are totally 70 venues for the Games, including 53 competition venues and 17
training venues. Altogether these venues, 12 venues are newly built while the
others are renovated. Guangdong
Olympic Sports Center is regarded
as the main venues, while Asian
Games Town is specially built for
the 16th Asian Games. Dongguan,
Foshan, Shanwei will also co-
operate with Guangzhou to run the
sailing, boxing, weightlifting and
synchronized swimming

EMBLEM: Emblem of Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games


The emblem design of the 16th
Asian Games is inspired by a time-honored legend about Guangzhou. Long ago,
this region of Guangzhou suffered from a horrible famine, but the local people
could do nothing. So, they prayed to the heavens sincerely. At this moment, five
immortals wearing colorful coats and riding on rams descended from the heaven to
this region. They gave ears of rice to the people and blessed the region from
famine forever. Finally, the immortals returned to sky, but left the five rams which
turn into stone. The people sowed the ears of rice in the earth and got a bumper
harvest every year. Thereupon, the Guangzhou City is also well-known as the City
of Rams and the City of Ears. Currently, people could find a Statue of Five Rams
in the Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou, which has been one of the city's landmarks.
The emblem's shape just imitates the contour of the Five Rams Statue, which is
also a contour of the Asian Games torch. The soft, vibrant and elegant design is a
combination of the concrete and the abstract. It combines the soul of Guangzhou
and the Asian Games.

GAMES
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony officially began on November 12, 2010 at 20:00 local time.
For the first time in history, the ceremony was not held inside a stadium; instead, it
was held along the Pearl River on Haixinsha Island. The ceremony was directed by
Chen Weiya, assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and
featured a cast of about 6,000 performers. It was attended by the Premier of the
People's Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, President of Pakistan Asif Ali
Zardari Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva , Chief Secretary for
Administration of Hong Kong Henry Tang, as well as President of the Olympic
Council of Asia (OCA), Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and
President of International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge. The ceremony
lasted for three hours, and together with the closing ceremony cost about ¥380
million ($53 million).
Athletes were paraded by boats along the Pearl River. The ceremony featured the
water-themed arts show and culture of Guangzhou. The last torchbearer, diver He
Chong lit up the cauldron, after igniting the traditional Chinese firecrackers whose
flare shot up to the top of the tower where the cauldron was held.
The ceremony was regarded as successful by IOC President Jacques Rogge who
described it as "absolutely fantastic",and said Guangzhou has the ability to host the
Olympics. OCA director general Husain Al-Musallam praised the games saying
that it was unique, fantastic and "just better than the Beijing Olympics".
Sports
Compared to the 28 events in the Olympic Games, the 2010 Asian Games featured
42 sports throughout the 16 days of the competition, with added disciplines in
some events. 28 and five gold medalists emerged during the opening day and final
day respectively, while a total of 48 gold medalists were awarded on November 26,
2010, the most in single day. Twenty20 cricket is one of the debut
sports, while dancesport, dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport is unique in the
Games. Bodybuilding was dropped due to judging controversy in the 2006 Games.
 Aquatics  Canoeing  Fencing
 Diving  Slalom  Football
 Swimming  Sprint  Golf
 Synchronized swimming  Cricket  Gymnastics
 Water polo  Cue sports  Artisti
 Archery  Cycling  Rhyth
 Athletics  BMX  Tramp
 Badminton  Mountain bike  Handball
 Baseball  Road  Hockey
 Basketball  Track  Judo
 Board games  Dancesport  Kabaddi
 Chess  Dragon boat  Karate
 Weiqi  Equestrian  Modern pent
 Xianqqi  Dressage  Roller sports
 Bowling  Eventing  Artisti
 Boxing  Jumping  Speed
 Rowing
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony began on November 27, 2010 at 8:06pm local time in front
of 35,000 spectators. The show began with the theme "Leave Your Song Here",
which included music and dance from
China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The singers
included the only Indian singer invited by Asian Games authority 'Ravi k Tripathi'
with Tanya, who sang "Saajan ji Ghar Aaye" and "Aao re Jhumo re",Indonesian's
"Sing Sing So" and Japanese "Sakura".
The ceremony also included an eight-minute segment from Incheon with singer
and actor Rain performing the segment. The Mayor of Incheon Song Young-gil
received the Games flag for 2014 Games.
The closing ceremony ended with the song "Kai Xuan”performed by various artists
from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, among them are Alan Tam, Leo
Ku and Hacken Lee.
PARTICIPATION
All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participated in the Games.
All National Olympic Committees were ordered to submit their entries before
September 30, 2010. Organizers allowed each NOC to submit additional entries
and injury replacements after the deadline. After the final registration deadline,
some 9,704 athletes, as well as some 4,750 team officials, took part in the Games,
an increase of 184 athletes from the previous Asian Games in Doha. According to
the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the
Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to
political interference in January 2010.

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