Friday, September 19, 2014

About Asian Games - General Knowledge

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Guys, Biggest sports event in Asia is started tonight and will ended up on 4th October 2014. here is some facts to know about Asian games. The first event organized at India - New Delhi on 1951. Asian games played on every four years, last Asian games were hosted on Guangzhou - China. the purpose of program is to multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent

XVII Asiad

Asian Games 2014 Event Information

Slogan of Asian games is "Diversity Shines Here" which was officially used on 2010 onwards. There are more than 45 countries which is participating with 439 events on XVII Asiad. 
South Korea is host country for 2014 Asian games which was nominted earlier with 32 points. India got 13 points amongst 45 nations.

Previous Asian Games Events List


1951
 New Delhi, India
1954
 Manila, Philippines
1958
 Tokyo, Japan
1962
 Jakarta, Indonesia
1966
 Bangkok, Thailand
1970
 Bangkok, Thailand
1974
 Tehran, Iran
1978
 Bangkok, Thailand
1982
 New Delhi, India
1986
 Seoul, South Korea
1990
 Beijing, China
1994
 Hiroshima, Japan
1998
 Bangkok, Thailand
2002
 Busan, South Korea
2006
 Doha, Qatar
2010
 Guangzhou, China
2014
 Incheon, South Korea
Sports Details 

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Board games
Bodybuilding
Bowling
Boxing
Canoeing
Cricket
Cue sports
Cycling
Dance sport
Dragon boat
Equestrian
Fencing
Field hockey
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Kabaddi
Karate
Modern pentathlon
Roller sports
Rowing
Rugby union
Sailing
Sepaktakraw
Shooting
Softball
Soft tennis
Squash
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wushu

Official Mascot 
Three Spotted seal siblings was unveiled on November 4, 2010 as official mascot of the Games.

Cost 
The cost of the Games was estimated at approximately US$1.62 billion, with the Korean government and Incheon government covering 19% and 78.9% respectively. Of the total budget, some US$1.39 billion will be used for the construction of venue and infrastructure, while approximately US$11 million will cover the building and maintenance of training grounds. Around US$103 million will be used for road and transportation projects. (source Wikipedia)

Participating Countries 

Afghanistan  
Bahrain 
Bangladesh  
Bhutan 
Brunei  
Cambodia 
China  
North Korea  
Hong Kong 
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
SouthKorea(hosts)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar
SaudiArabia
Singapore
SriLanka
Syria
ChineseTaipei
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
UnitedArabEmirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen

9535 athletes will participate in INCHEON Asian Games 2014  

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