Over 12000 athletes have signed up, setting a record! What are the highlights of the Hangzhou Asian Games? Job | Scale | Registration
Recently, the registration process for the Hangzhou Asian Games competition has been completed. The 45 National Olympic Committees of the Asian Olympic Council have all registered, with over 12500 athletes, making the registration scale the largest in history.
The number of athletes registered for six delegations, including China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, and Hong Kong, exceeded 600. The most registered event is athletics, with a total of 43 delegations registering. More than 30 delegations have registered for 11 events, including boxing, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, and esports. The most registered athletes for a single event are football, with over 300 athletes registered for 11 events such as athletics, swimming, and fencing.
The Three "Most" of the Hangzhou Asian Games
The registration scale of over 12500 athletes has set a record high in history. The number of athletes registered for six delegations, including China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, and Hong Kong, exceeded 600. The most registered event is athletics, with a total of 43 delegations registering. More than 30 delegations have registered for 11 events, including boxing, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, and esports. The most registered athletes for a single event are football, with over 300 athletes registered for 11 events such as athletics, swimming, and fencing.
In addition to the largest registration scale in history, the Hangzhou Asian Games is also the Asian Games with the most projects, consisting of 40 major events, 61 sub items, and 483 sub events.
At the same time, the coverage of the Hangzhou Asian Games is also the widest in history, with one host city, five co host cities, a total of 56 competition venues, 31 independent training venues, one Asian Games village, and five Asian Games sub villages. The complexity of event organization far exceeds previous years.
Hangzhou Asian Games project also has many "most"
Yang Liujing and Wang Kaihua respectively won the women's men's 20 public race walking championship and runner up at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships
Track and field: the event with the most gold medals
Track and field has always been a beloved sport, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is also the most spectator sport. Many people experience the joy and charm of sports through running, jumping, and pitching on the playground.
On July 14th, tickets for the second batch of events at the Hangzhou Asian Games went on sale. In less than 2 minutes, pre-sale tickets for the final of the "100 meter Flying Man" athletics event were sold out. The popularity of athletics, known as the "mother of sports," is evident.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, the athletics event will produce 48 gold medals, making it a reliable gold medal producer and the event with the most gold medals produced in this competition.
At the Asian Games, the Chinese team has always been the leader in track and field events. As of the previous Jakarta Asian Games, the Chinese track and field team has won the first place in the gold medal table of eight Asian Games track and field events.
On May 20th, the "Charm Hangzhou" Dynamic Zone Cup National Invitational for Esports opened at the Hangzhou Esports Center in China.
Esports: The Most Popular Project
How hot is esports? Several times I saw the "Asian Games" entry that rushed to the hot search, and when I clicked on it, it was definitely related to esports. It can be said that hot searches on other projects are definitely a big deal, but when it comes to esports, even a small movement can directly lead to hot searches. From confirming entry into Asia to announcing sub projects, from the training list to the final public announcement list, almost every time news about esports is released, it will cause heated discussions on the internet.
The popularity of esports in China has been around for a long time. This is because China has a huge group of esports enthusiasts, and several events selected for the Asian Games are also phenomenon level national games. League of Legends, Honor of Kings, Knife Tower 2 and other events have hundreds of millions of players, and professional leagues and international competitions in several events are usually packed. Even the home tickets for regular season games are mostly empty.
Electronic sports are not only popular in China, but also very popular overseas. According to data, in the first round of the Asian Games, over 700 athletes from 45 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia and over 400 media outlets signed up to participate. Although esports is a newcomer to the Asian Games stage, it can be foreseen that it will be the most popular event in this year's Asian Games.
From July 1st to July 2nd, the 2023 WDSF Asian Breakdance Championships of the "Charm Hangzhou" National Quality Life Cup will be held at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou.
Breakdancing: the youngest and coolest project
In 2020, the International Olympic Committee agreed to add breakdancing to the 2024 Paris Olympics. In the same year, the 39th plenary session of the Asian Olympic Council clarified that the Hangzhou Asian Games would add a new breakdance event, and breakdance officially joined the Asian Games family, successfully stepping onto the world sports stage.
The breakdancing competition takes place in the form of alternating performances between the red and blue sides on the field, with each side completing one showdown, and each performance time shall not exceed 60 seconds.
The dance movements of breakdancing extensively incorporate elements and movements from different sports and artistic forms such as Brazilian war dance, gymnastics, and Chinese martial arts. In dance, there will be a lot of hand support, rapid foot movements, various inverted frames, and high difficulty rotations on the floor or in the air, making breakdancing full of visual impact.
