HANGZHOU, Sept 23 — The 19th Asian Games take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou from today after a delay of a year caused by China’s strict zero-Covid rules. Here is...
HANGZHOU, Sept 23 — The 19th Asian Games take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou from today after a delay of a year caused by China’s strict zero-Covid rules.
It sits on the Qiantang River and is the southern terminus of the Grand Canal, the longest canal in the world, which runs 1,800 kilometres from Beijing and is regarded as the second ancient wonder of China after the Great Wall. The nine non-Olympic sports in Hangzhou includes eSports, which will be an Asian Games medal event for the first time after being a demonstration sport in 2018.
54 with 14 newly constructed. The Hangzhou Olympic Sports complex is the centrepiece with venues for athletics, basketball, football, squash, swimming and tennis. The opening and closing ceremonies will be hosted at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, also known as “the Big Lotus”.The cities of Shaoxing and Ningbo will also host events, as will Wenzhou, a port city 300km to the south which will stage dragon boat racing and football.
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