The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors -- more than the Olympics -- will open on Saturday, Sept. 23, in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year's delay because of Covid.
The official 2022 Asian Games mascots Chenchen, Congcong and Lianlian pose for photographs at the main media center in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Thursday, Sept. 21.
The Games were supposed to take place last September but were postponed because of China's strict zero-Covid rules, before China's ruling Communist Party abruptly abandoned the policy. "We have overcome a lot of challenges but we are now fully conditioned to hold a successful Games," Chen Weiqiang, chief spokesperson for the Games, said on Wednesday.The Games will be staged at 54 venues -- 14 newly constructed -- mostly in Hangzhou but also extending to cities as far afield as Wenzhou, 300 kilometers south.
Hangzhou, a city of 12 million people an hour's bullet train from Shanghai, is famed in China for its ancient temples, gardens and its beloved West Lake. They should reign in swimming, with Qin Haiyang fresh from his heroics at the world championships, where he announced himself as the new undisputed breaststroke king.In athletics, another of the most closely watched sports, India's Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra will defend his Asian Games javelin crown.
Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as"Faker", has god-like status in League of Legends and will lead the South Korean charge at the futuristic-looking China Hangzhou Esports Centre.
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