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Sunday, October 17, 2010

All Asian Games 2010 medals arrive in Guangzhou



All Asian Games 2010 medals arrive in Guangzhou

Guangzhou, October 17 - A total of 3,989 medals for the upcoming November 12 - 27 Asian Games escorted by 10 armed police officers from Shanghai arrived in the host city Guangzhou on Saturday morning.

Upon the arrival in Guangzhou East Railway Station after a 15-hour journey by train, Asian Games medals were transferred to and kept at the vault of Guangzhou Sui Bao Escorts & Convoy Company. As scheduled, they will be dispatched to Games competition venues by the end of October.

It took the Guangzhou Asian Organsing Committee (GAGOC) nearly three years to see the delivery of Games medals themed Haishang Silu, or "Maritime Silk Road" from a solicitation campaign to the final production.

During Games-time, 476 victory ceremonies are going to be held in 42 competition venues and a total of 3,989 medals (scheduled) are required. Besides, a number of spare ones (10 percent of scheduled ones) are also made in case of dead heats during the Games.

Spare medals will be kept in the vault until a dead heat finish occurs. Then Guangzhou Sui Bao Escorts & Convoy Company will be in charge of its delivery to the competition venue immediately.

Wu Zhaogang, an official from GAGOC Ceremonies & Cultural Events Department, said all of the 3,989 medals are packed in 72 boxes; it requires a special tool to open the box; and once the box is opened, it can not be sealed and reused for the sake of security. "We are trying our best to ensure the safety of medals during the delivery and it shows our respect to the sacred duly of the Games medals," added Wu.

The Olympic Council of Asia, in compliance of OCA Chapter, will monitor the awarding of Asian Games medals and retrieve spare ones when the Games close.

(Zhu Runfang)

Source: GAGOC


Saturday, October 16, 2010

16th Asian Games 2010 Calendar & Schedule

16th Asian Games 2010 Calendar & Schedule

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Information about 16th Asian Games 2010

Information about 16th Asian Games 2010



The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, are scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is the second city in China 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 history of the Games. It will also be the last one to have presented 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 on July 1, 2004, as the sole bidding city. This came after the withdrawal of several cities, from Amman, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. The games will also be co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, the three neighbouring cities.


Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony will be held on November 12, 2010 on Haixinsha Island in the Pearl River. It will be directed by Chen Weiya, who was also the assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chen revealed in a special interview that the ceremony "will surprise the world".[22] Opening ceremony will begin at 20:04 (UTC+8), with some 7,000 people contributing to the ceremony, the team parade will be held at 21:00 (UTC+8), while a "mysterious" lightning ceremony will be held at 21:42 (UTC+8). The ceremony will be held separately: at the sea and land

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. Football will be held before the opening ceremony, 28 and 5 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.[24] Twenty20 cricket is among the debutant sports,[25] with dancesport, dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport added as unique to the Games.[26] Bodybuilding was dropped due to judging controversy in the 2006 Games.[27]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony will be held on November 27, 2010, with the performances will begin at 20:06 (UTC+8), performing operatic to shown the culture across the Asia. A flag handover to 2014 Games will be included in this ceremony

Participation

It is expected that 45 members of Olympic Council of Asia participating in the Games. Organisers set July 31, 2010 as deadline for National Olympic Committees to submit their entry. As of July 22, 2010, 32 NOCs already submitted their entry, with total of 7,987 athletes and almost 4,500 officials will be committed to the Games, leaving only 13 NOCs yet to do so.[28] Each NOC finalised their contingents on September 30, 2010, with host nation, South Korea, India and Japan send the largest contingents. Some 4,600 officials and 2,600 members of OCA will take part in the Games





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Celebrating 30-day countdown with music.

Celebrating 30-day countdown with music.
Guangzhou , October 13 - October 13 marks the 30-day countdown to the 16th Asian Games. A ceremony was held at Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic to celebrate the special occasion and launch the 10th China Choral Festival and the 2nd Xinghai International Choral Festival.

Choruses participating in the two festivals presented Guangzhou 2010 themed songs and several music pieces originated in Panyu District during the ceremony.

Lin Yiping, a Moral Model of Guangzhou, read a proposal which calls on fellow citizens to learn proper etiquette for the Asian Games.

Forty-nine choruses with nearly 3,000 contestants from Mainland China , Hong Kong, Macau , Taiwan , Germany and Malaysia take part in the two festivals which will close on October 16.Panyu boasts the Guangzhou Asian Games Town and 27 competition and non-competition venues which account for 39 per cent of all Asiad venues. It is also the hometown of renowned Chinese musician Xian Xinghai who was referred to as "People's Musician" by Tian Yubin, President of China Chorus Association.

(Wang Lei)
Source: GAGOC