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XVI Asian Games

Logo of the 2010 Asian Games
Host city Guangzhou, China
Motto Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia
Nations participating 45
Athletes participating 9,704
Events 476 in 42 sports
Opening ceremony 12 November
Closing ceremony 27 November
Officially opened by Wen Jiabao
Athlete's Oath Fu Haifeng
Judge's Oath Yan Ninan
Torch Lighter He Chong
Main Stadium Haixinsha Island
2010 Asian Games
Venues
Torch relay
Opening ceremony
Participating nations
Medal table
Closing ceremony

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The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, is a multi-sport event in Guangzhou, China that began on 12 November and finishes on 27 November 2010. Guangzhou is the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990. A total of 476 events in 42 sports will be contested by athletes, making it the largest event in the history of the Games. It will also be 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 will also be co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, the three neighbouring cities.

Contents
1 Organisation
1.1 Bid
1.2 Marketing
1.3 Costs
1.4 Venues
1.5 Transport
2 Torch relay
3 Calendar
4 Games
4.1 Opening ceremony
4.2 Sports
4.3 Closing ceremony
4.4 Medal table
5 Participation
6 Concerns and controversies
7 References
8 External links


Organisation
Bid
On July 1, 2004, The Guangzhou was awarded the right to host the Games; the decision was announced in Doha, Qatar.[1] This decision came after several other cities withdrew due to separate reasons. Seoul withdrew after considering the short span of time between 2002 and 2010, because South Korea hosted the 2002 Games eight years before in Busan.[2] Kuala Lumpur was forced to withdraw its bid after it was boycotted by the cabinet due to the high cost of hosting the Games, leaving Guangzhou as the sole bidder.[3][4]

Marketing

Le Yangyang, official mascot of the gamesThe 2010 Asian Games' official emblem was unveiled at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on November 26, 2006. It is a stylized goat, which, in Chinese tradition, is a blessing and brings people luck. It is also a representative symbol of the host city Guangzhou, which is called the "City of Rams" or "City of the Five Rams".[5]

Five sporty rams, dubbed "Le Yangyang," will serve as the mascots of the Games. They were unveiled on April 28, 2008 at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention and Exhibition Center.[6][7] The five rams are named A Xiang (祥), A He (和), A Ru (如), A Yi (意) and Le Yangyang (樂洋洋), and are a play on Guangzhou's nickname, "City of Goats". Moreover, the Chinese character "yang," or "goat," is also an auspicious symbol because, when read together, the Chinese names of the five rams are a message of blessing, literally meaning "harmony, blessings, success and happiness" (祥和如意樂洋洋).[8]

The official theme song was released on September 30, 2010, and is called "Reunion" (in Chinese, "Chongfeng" [重逢]), and was composed by Wu Liqun, with lyrics written by Xu Rongkai, while the English version was translated by Chen Ning Yang, a Chinese-American physicist, and his wife, Weng Fan. The song was also performed by Sun Nan and Bella Yao (姚贝娜).[9] Sun Nan then performed it again with Mao Amin for a music video.[10]

Costs
Several statements were made prior to the official statement about the cost. On March 11, 2005, Lin Shusen of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said the Games "will not cost more than ￥2 billion",[11] in stark contrast to an earlier report, which had claimed that the cost could exceed ￥200 billion.[12]

In March 2009, the director of the marketing department of the Games, Fang Da’er, claimed that the Games were short of funds, due to lack of sponsorship and the global financial crisis.[13] An informal estimate put the Games' expenditure at about US$420 million and revenue at US$450 million.[14]

On October 13, 2010, Mayor of Guangzhou Wan Qingliang officially revealed in a press conference that the total cost of staging the Asian Games and Asian Para Games is about ￥122.6 billion ($17 billion), with ￥109 billion spent on infrastructure, ￥6.3 billion on the venues and some ￥7.3 billion spent on Games' operation.[15]

Venues

Guangdong Olympic StadiumMain article: Venues of the 2010 Asian Games
There are 53 competition venues and 17 training venues available for the Games, with four venues held outside the Guangzhou. These include the Asian Games Town, which consists of the Athletes' Village, Technical Officials' Village, Media Village, Main Media Center and International Broadcast Center.[16] Organisers revealed that the total investment is over ￥15 billion.[17]

On April 19, 2009, organisers chose Haixinsha Island, along with the Pearl River, as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, the only venue which not serve as purpose for competition.[18]

Transport

MTR Ktt with Games advertismentTo prepare for the Games, the public infrastructure has been upgraded significantly.[19] Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had been upgraded, in contracted to Crisplant, to support massive volume of passengers.[20] A new Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway was opened on December 26, 2009, shorten the travel time between two destinations.[21]

In order to ease the traffic congestion and air pollution, the government had ordered to reduce 40 percent of vehicles,[22] and offered 1,000 buses during the Games and Para Games.[23] Government also had free-ride offer for public transportation during the month of Games,[24] but cancelled one week prior to the Games due to overwhelming response from the citizens.[25] Instead, government offered ￥150 ($21) cash subsidies to each household with permanent residence for commuting purposes.[26]

Torch relay

Torch relay routeMain article: 2010 Asian Games torch relay
Two torch designs were short-listed in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. A design named The Tide was chosen over one named Exploit by the organisers as the torch of the Games. The Tide weighs 98g and is 70 cm long, and is tall and straight in shape, while dynamic in terms of image.[27]

The torch relay route was unveiled on March 4, 2010. For financial reasons,[28] the torch relay duration around Guangdong and two other cities off Guangdong are 30 days. The flame of the torch was lit in the Great Wall of China on October 9, 2010, and travelled around the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. 21 cities were present in the list of relay, with 2,010 torchbearers expected to carry it from October 12 to November 12, 2010;[29][30] however, two cities were added later in the route for a single day on October 15, 2010, the host of 2007 Asian Winter Games and 2012 Asian Beach Games, making the number of torchbearers increase to 2,068 people.[31]

The relay in Harbin was held in the main venue of the 1996 Asian Winter Games, the Harbin Ice Hockey Rink, while the relay on October 22, 2010 was affected by Typhoon Megi as it was held under the rain.[32] The relay from November 6–8 was acted as demonstration relay.

Calendar
In the following calendar for the 2010 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held.

● Opening ceremony   Event competitions ● Event finals ● Closing ceremony
November 2010 7th
Sun 8th
Mon 9th
Tue 10th
Wed 11th
Thu 12th
Fri 13th
Sat 14th
Sun 15th
Mon 16th
Tue 17th
Wed 18th
Thu 19th
Fri 20th
Sat 21st
Sun 22nd
Mon 23rd
Tue 24th
Wed 25th
Thu 26th
Fri 27th
Sat Gold
medals
Aquatics – Diving 2 2 2 2 2 10
Aquatics – Swimming 6 6 7 7 6 6 38
Aquatics – Synchronized swimming 1 1 1 3
Aquatics – Water polo 1 1 2
Archery 1 1 1 1 4
Athletics 6 6 8 4 11 10 2 47
Badminton 2 1 2 2 7
Baseball 1 1
Basketball 1 1 2
Board games – Chess 2 2 4
Board games – Weiqi 1 2 3
Board games – Xiangqi 2 2
Bowling 2 2 2 4 2 12
Boxing 6 7 13
Canoeing – Slalom 2 2 4
Canoeing – Sprint 6 6 12
Cricket 1 1 2
Cue sports 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 10
Cycling – BMX 2 2
Cycling – Mountain bike 2 2
Cycling – Road 2 1 1 4
Cycling – Track 1 3 2 4 10
Dancesport 5 5 10
Dragon boat 2 2 2 6
Equestrian 1 1 2 1 1 6
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Football 1 1 2
Golf 4 4
Gymnastics – Artistic 1 1 2 5 5 14
Gymnastics – Rhythmic 1 1 2
Gymnastics – Trampoline 2 2
Handball 2 2
Hockey 1 1 2
Judo 4 4 4 4 16
Kabaddi 2 2
Karate 5 4 4 13
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Roller sports 4 2 3 9
Rowing 7 7 14
Rugby union 2 2
Sailing 6 8 14
Sepaktakraw 2 2 2 6
Shooting 6 4 8 4 6 4 4 4 2 2 44
Softball 1 1
Soft tennis 2 1 2 2 7
Squash 2 2 4
Table tennis 2 3 2 7
Taekwondo 4 4 4 4 16
Tennis 2 3 2 7
Triathlon 1 1 2
Volleyball – Beach 1 1 2
Volleyball – Indoor 1 1 2
Weightlifting 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 15
Wrestling 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
Wushu 2 2 2 2 7 15
Ceremonies ● ●
Total gold medals 28 35 30 37 39 33 36 30 31 26 30 29 39 48 5 476
Cumulative Total 28 63 93 130 169 202 238 268 299 325 355 384 423 471 476
November 2010 7th
Sun 8th
Mon 9th
Tue 10th
Wed 11th
Thu 12th
Fri 13th
Sat 14th
Sun 15th
Mon 16th
Tue 17th
Wed 18th
Thu 19th
Fri 20th
Sat 21st
Sun 22nd
Mon 23rd
Tue 24th
Wed 25th
Thu 26th
Fri 27th
Sat Gold
medals

Games

Firework displays at the Canton TowerOpening ceremony
Main article: 2010 Asian 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 the stadium; instead, it was held along the Pearl River on Haixinsha Island.[33] The ceremony was directed by Chen Weiya, who also the assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and featured the cast of about 6,000 performers.[34] It was attended by the Premier of the People's Republic of China, Wen Jiabao,[35] President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari,[36] Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva,[37], Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Henry Tang,[38] 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.[39] The ceremony lasted for four hours, and spent ￥380 million ($53 million), the fee including the closing ceremony.[40]

Athletes were paraded by boats along the Pearl River.[41] The ceremony featured the water-themed arts show and culture of Guangzhou. The last torchbearer, diver He Chong lit up the cauldron, after ignited the traditional Chinese firecrackers whose flare shot up until the tower.[42]

The ceremony was regarded as successful, as IOC President Jacques Rogge describe it as "absolutely fantastic",[43] and have ability to host the Olympics.[44] OCA director general Husain Al-Musallam praises it as unique, fantastic and "just better than the Beijing Olympics".[45]

Sports
Compared to the 28 events in the Olympic Games, the 2010 Asian Games will feature 42 events throughout the 16 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. 28 and five gold medalists will emerge during the opening day and final day respectively, while a total of 48 gold medalists will be awarded on November 25, 2010, the most in single day.[46] Twenty20 cricket is among the debutant sports,[47] with dancesport, dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport added as unique to the Games.[48] Bodybuilding was dropped due to judging controversy in the 2006 Games.[49]

Aquatics
Diving
Swimming
Synchronized swimming
Water polo
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Board games
Chess
Weiqi
Xianqqi
Bowling
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
Cricket
Cue sports
Cycling
BMX
Mountain bike
Road
Track
Dancesport
Dragon boat
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Artistic
Rhythmic
Trampoline
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Kabaddi
Karate
Modern pentathlon
Roller sports
Artistic
Speed
Rowing
Rugby sevens
Sailing
Sepaktakraw
Shooting
Soft tennis
Softball
Squash
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wushu


Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony will be held on November 27, 2010, with performances beginning at 20:06 local time. A flag handover to the 2014 Games will be included in this ceremony.[50]

Medal table
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China (CHN) 43 16 14 73
2 South Korea (KOR) 16 11 14 41
3 Japan (JPN) 8 20 17 45
4 Hong Kong (HKG) 2 3 2 7
5 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 2 7 11
6 India (IND) 1 3 2 6
7 Macau (MAC) 1 0 0 1
8 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 3 7 10
9 Thailand (THA) 0 3 5 8
10 North Korea (PRK) 0 3 4 7
11 Uzbekistan (UZB) 0 3 3 6
12 Indonesia (INA) 0 1 5 6
13 Iran (IRI) 0 1 3 4
Malaysia (MAS) 0 1 3 4
Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 3 4
16 Myanmar (MYA) 0 1 1 2
Singapore (SIN) 0 1 1 2
18 Philippines (PHI) 0 0 2 2
19 Mongolia (MGL) 0 0 1 1
Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 1 1
Total 73 73 95 241

Participation
All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia are participating in the Games. All National Olympic Committees were ordered to have submitted their entry before September 30, 2010. Organisers allow 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.[51] 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.[52]

Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Afghanistan (64)[53]
Bahrain (89)[54]
Bangladesh (152)[55]
Bhutan (11)[56]
Brunei (9)[57]
Cambodia (21)[58]
China (967)[59]
North Korea (199)[60]
Hong Kong (406)[61]
India (674)[62]
Indonesia (178)[63]
Iran (381)[64]
Iraq (52)[65]
Japan (722)[66]
Jordan (88)[67]
Kazakhstan (388)[68]
South Korea (801)[69]
Kuwait (215)[70]
Kyrgyzstan (136)[71]
Laos (52)[72]
Lebanon (53)[73]
Macau (174)[74]
Malaysia (344)[75]
Maldives (85)[76]
Mongolia (244)[77]
Myanmar (68)[78]
Nepal (142)[79]
Oman (52)[80]
Pakistan (175)[81]
Palestine (41)[82]
Philippines (243)[83]
Qatar (292)[84]
Saudi Arabia (163)[85]
Singapore (241)[86]
Sri Lanka (108)[87]
Syria (46)[88]
Chinese Taipei (393)[89]
Tajikistan (76)[90]
Thailand (597)[91]
Timor-Leste (29)[92]
Turkmenistan (111)[93]
United Arab Emirates (99)[94]
Uzbekistan (268)[95]
Vietnam (259)[96]
Yemen (32)[97]
Concerns and controversies
A variety concerns and controversies took place over the Games. Like the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guangzhou also attempted to raise the air quality of the city. The authority had pledged ￥600 million to fight the problem, and had ordered around 32 chemical plants to stop production by the end of 2009.[98] A report shown on July 13, 2010 indicates that the air quality was rated at 95.07% in 2009, an increase of 12.01% since 2004;[99] this improvement eventually cost authorities ￥24 billion.[100] Later action from organisers to curb the pollution included decreasing the movement of vehicles up to 40 percent,[101] and banning barbeque stalls in 11 cities.[102]

In July 2010, the citizens of Guangzhou opposed the proposal suggested by the city committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to use Mandarin more in television news programmes, rather than Guangzhou's main language, Cantonese.[103] The debates eventually led to a series of public protests.

In late October 2010, in order to protest China government over the language policy in Tibetan area, the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) used Games as one of the channel to spat their intention.[104]

In the Games, Cricket is among the five debutant sports in the Games. However, India, despite its historical record, decided not to send its cricket team to the Games. According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the decision was due to earlier "international commitments".[105] However, its main rivals, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, confirmed their participation.[106] For ten-pin bowling, the Asian Bowling Federation decided to compete the Games behind the closed door, this drew the protest from the delegates.[107]

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