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The 16th Asian Games (also known as the XVI Asiad) will be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou will be the second city in China to host the games after Beijing in 1990. 42 sports are scheduled to be contested, making it the largest Asian Games ever.

The inaugural 1st Asian Para Games, the parallel sport event for disabled Asian athletes, opens December 12 and closes December 19, 2010, two weeks after the conclusion of the 16th Asian Games. The gap in between the Games will be used by organizers to convert all athlete accommodations, meeting halls, training and competition venues used by the Asian Games into disability-accessible facilities.

Bid

Four cities bidded to host this event in early March 2004. They were Amman, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. However, Seoul withdrew after considering the short span of time between the 2002 (in Busan, South Korea) and the 2010 event.[1] With the withdrawal of Amman, soon after Seoul, Kuala Lumpur also quit the bid after the country's Sports Minister cited the high cost of hosting the Games.[2][3] With Guangzhou left, the Olympic Council of Asia announced the city won the bid to host the Asian Games on July 1, 2004.[4]

Marketing

The emblem of this Games from the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 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 Goats" or "City of the Five Rams".[5]

Five sporty goats, dubbed "Le Yangyang," will serve as the mascots of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.[6][7] The five goats - A Xiang (祥), A He (和), A Ru (如), A Yi (意) and Le Yangyang (樂洋洋), 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 goats are a message of blessing, literally means "harmony, blessings, success and happiness" (祥和如意樂洋洋).[8]

The mascot design is based on a legend about five immortals who took five goats to Guangzhou, each holding an ear of corn in its mouth. There, the immortals prayed for an end to famine, then flew into the sky as the five goats turned into fossils.

Venues

Guangdong Olympic Stadium

Organizers will update 32 existing stadiums and gymnasiums in addition to building eleven new ones, at a total cost estimate of 6 billion Yuan. The Athlete Village estimated cost is around 2 billion Yuan.[9]

  • Guangdong Olympic Stadium (Chief stadium)
  • Tianhe Sports Center
  • Guangzhou Gymnasium
  • Guangzhou Stadium
  • Huangpu Stadium
  • Guangdong International Rowing Center
  • Baiyun New City
  • Huadi New City
  • Guangzhou Bicycle Racing Course
  • Nansha Development Zone Beach Volleyball Ground
  • Nansha Stadium
  • Guangzhou Luogang district Stadium

Participating nations

Sports

Below is the list of sports which will be contested in 2010 Asian Games. Officially there are 43 sports, among them 28 are featured in Olympic Games while the rest added as unique to the Asian Games. Cricket, Dancesport, Dragon boat, Weiqi and Xiangqi will debut in this games,[10][11] while Bodybuilding was dropped because of the judging controversy during 2006 Asian Games.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Korea withdrew from 2010 Asian Games bidding
  2. ^ Kuala Lumpur quits, GZ becomes only bidding city
  3. ^ Kuala Lumpur drops Asian Games bid
  4. ^ Guangzhou wins Asiad bid
  5. ^ 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games' emblem unveiled
  6. ^ Mascot for 16th Asian Games unveiled
  7. ^ The story behind Le Yangyang and his Friends, the Official Mascots of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games
  8. ^ Mascot for 16th Asian Games to be held in 2010 unveiled
  9. ^ Guangzhou: Olympic Sports Center chosen as chief venue for 2010 Asian Games
  10. ^ New sports to be introduced at Asian Games 2010
  11. ^ Board Games
  12. ^ Bodybuilding Dropped From 2010 Asian Games
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