When will the down payment be made?, Hangzhou Asian Games is approaching, table tennis | sports | first gold medal

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The 19th Hangzhou Asian Games will officially open on September 23, marking the third time the Asian Games have arrived in China, following Beijing and Guangzhou. In this 15 competition days, 481 gold medals will be generated. What are the highlights of the Hangzhou Asian Games? When will the down payment be made? Which experts are participating in the competition? With these questions in mind, please keep this viewing guide.

Picture China's "sisters flowers" hit the first gold medal of the Asian Games

This year's Hangzhou Asian Games consists of 40 major events, 61 sub events, and 481 sub events. Cricket, football, volleyball and other events will take the lead before the opening ceremony. September 24th is the first competition day after the opening ceremony, and the first gold medal will also be born on that day.

On this day, a total of 31 gold medals will be won in swimming, fencing, gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, taekwondo, and martial arts. According to the latest released version 3.0 of the overall schedule, units, and events schedule for the Hangzhou Asian Games, the inaugural gold medal will be held on the morning of September 24th at the Fuyang Water Sports Center in the women's lightweight double sculls event.

Unless unexpected, Zou Jiaqi from Hangzhou, Zhejiang will partner with Guangdong athlete Qiu Xiuping to represent the Chinese rowing team in this event. It is reported that this pair once won the runner up in women's lightweight double sculls at the 2022 Rowing World Cup Belgrade station, and won the championship in this event at the 2023 National Rowing Spring Championships held in April this year.

In the previously concluded 2023 World Rowing Championships, Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping successfully won China's first ticket to the Paris Olympics in rowing. In the face of the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, the "sisters flowers" are also eager to continue to win glory for their country at home.

Celebrity players engage in peak battles

At the 30 day countdown press conference for the Hangzhou Asian Games, it was announced that all three registration processes for the games, including number of participants, events, and names, have been completed. After the final registration confirmation, all 45 Olympic Committees from Asian countries and regions will register to participate, with a total of 12417 athletes.

According to the full list of Chinese sports delegations participating in the Asian Games, multiple Olympic champions have gathered in events such as table tennis, athletics, swimming, and diving.

As an advantageous event of the Chinese sports delegation, the table tennis competition will be held from September 22 to October 2 at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium, generating a total of 7 gold medals. In the list of players, all famous Chinese table tennis players include Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and others. Let's wait and see if the Chinese team can win all 7 gold medals in this event.

In addition to the hot table tennis event, swimming competitions should also not be missed. This year at the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships, the Chinese swimming team achieved outstanding results of 5 gold, 3 silver, and 8 bronze medals. Whether newcomers such as "Frog King" Qin Haiyang and "Butterfly Queen" Zhang Yufei can continue their hot state is worth continuous attention from swimming fans.

Diving, athletics, football, basketball and other sports are also popular events at this Asian Games. Can the vanishing technique of the Chinese diving "Dream Team" reappear, who will win the "Hundred meter Flying Man Battle", whether the women's football "sonorous rose" can make up for the regret at home, and whether Chinese basketball can achieve a Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables)

These suspense will also be revealed one by one as the schedule of the Hangzhou Asian Games advances.

Witness the history of the Asian Games by the banks of the Qiantang River

The electronic sports and breakdancing, which are popular among young people, are two new events added to this Asian Games, injecting new vitality into the competition. Among them, esports will produce 7 gold medals, and breakdancing will have one event for both men and women, totaling 2 gold medals.

As the Asian Games approach, the Chinese team is also striving to stand on the podium in these two events. Shang Xiaoyu, Qi Xiangyu, Liu Qingyi, and Zeng Yingying will represent the Chinese team in the men's and women's breakdancing competition at the Asian Games. Through preparation training, these team members have already shown their talents on the international stage. Liu Qingyi won two championships in this year's Olympic points competition at Kitakyushu Station in Japan and Montpellier Station in France. Shang Xiaoyu recently won the runner up in the men's group at the 2023 Asian Breakdance Championships.

Among the 7 sub events of esports, the Chinese team has the ability to compete for gold in the King of Glory Asian Games version, Peace Elite Asian Games version, and Dream Three Kingdoms 2 events. It is worth mentioning that e-sports tickets have become one of the most expensive tickets for the Asian Games, with the highest ticket price for the finals reaching up to 1000 yuan, making it the only event that requires drawing lots to purchase tickets.

The first official esports competition in the history of the Asian Games will start on September 24th, and the breakdance competition will take place between October 6th and 7th.