The preparatory work for the Hangzhou Asian Games has entered the final sprint stage

CCTV News: Currently, various preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games have entered the final sprint stage. Let's take a look at the coverage by CCTV reporters from the headquarters in the Olympic Sports Center Park.

CCTV reporter Liu Feng: At this moment, I am located at the headquarters of the Hangzhou Asian Games, where you can clearly see the iconic building of the Hangzhou Asian Games - the "Lotus of All Sizes". The close-up view of the camera is "Little Lotus", which is the tennis center of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. During the Asian Games, tennis competitions and training will be held here. Nearby from it is "Big Lotus", which is the main stadium and track and field competition venue of the Hangzhou Asian Games. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held in "Big Lotus". At present, "Da Lianhua" is closing for debugging and preparing for the upcoming rehearsal of the opening ceremony.

There are still a full 30 days until the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games today, and all preparations have entered the final sprint stage. We have learned from the General Administration of Sport of China that the list of athletes participating in some events has been determined and is currently being made public, such as cycling and fencing. In the list of participants announced by the Chinese gymnastics team, we can see that floor gymnast Xiao Ruoteng and famous athletes such as Zou Jingyuan, who have an absolute advantage in the parallel bars, are all among them.

We have also learned from the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee that many of the support work for the Hangzhou Asian Games has been basically completed, such as providing accommodation during the games. 72 official Asian Games reception hotels have updated and renovated their guest rooms, fire protection facilities, etc. The official offline ticketing channels for the Asian Games have been officially opened to the public since yesterday. In the past two days, the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee also conducted a "one-day competition" exercise centered around the venue group behind me, testing the operation and coordination of various stages during the competition. Further improvements and adjustments will be made in the future.

All the venues for the Asian Games have completed the functional acceptance of the competition and fully entered the pre competition preparation stage

The Hangzhou Asian Games has six major competition areas and 56 competition venues, hosting 40 major events and 61 sub events, with an expected total of 481 gold medals. At present, all 56 venues have completed the functional acceptance of the competition and fully entered the pre competition preparation stage.

The Hangzhou Asian Games is hosted by Hangzhou as the host city, with Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinhua as the five co hosting cities, jointly forming the six major competition areas of this year's Asian Games.

56 competition venues include 2 independent competition venues for the Asian Paralympic Games, including 12 newly built venues, 26 renovated venues, 9 continuing venues, and 9 temporary venues. There are also 31 training venues, 1 Asian Games village, and 5 Asian Games sub villages.

Hangzhou has 42 competition venues, a main Asian Games village, and 2 Asian Games sub villages, hosting 35 Asian Games events such as athletics, swimming, badminton, basketball, boxing, equestrian, and 22 Asian Paralympic Games events.

Among them, the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, also known as the "Big Lotus", is the main stadium and track and field competition venue of the Hangzhou Asian Games, and will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Hangzhou Asian Paralympic Games.

Ningbo has 2 venues and 1 Asian Games sub village to host sailing and beach volleyball events; Wenzhou has three venues and one Asian Games village to host football group matches and dragon boat events; Huzhou has two competition venues to host volleyball and three player basketball events; Shaoxing has four venues to host basketball, volleyball, rock climbing, and baseball and softball events; Jinhua has three venues and one Asian Games village to host football group matches and Tengqiu events.

CCTV reporter Ren Meimei: The Hangzhou Asian Games has set up a total of 8 competition venue clusters and 7 multi venue venues to improve venue utilization efficiency and make athlete participation more convenient. In addition, new technologies, processes, and materials are widely used to integrate green and low-carbon concepts into the design and operation of competition venues, aiming to create the first carbon neutral Asian Games and Asian Paralympics. At present, the Asian Games Village and its sub villages have met the conditions for occupancy, and the preparation work for the competition venues is also being comprehensively and orderly promoted.