For sports fans in the Asian region often wonder: What is ASIAD? This is a prestigious sporting event held annually for countries in the Asian region. Attracting a large number of interested sports fans and is a gathering place for top athletes. Ph365 will provide interesting and detailed information.
What is ASIAD? Overview of ASIAD
It is a sporting event held on a pan-Asian scale. There are many competitions at this event. ASIAD is also known by its pure Vietnamese name, the Asian Games. The name says it all, this will be a sporting event for Asian countries and a gathering place for professional athletes from a variety of sports competitions.
The first Asian Games were held in 1951 in New Delhi, India. At this first congress, only 11 Asian countries participated. ASIAD is held every 4 years and is organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, abbreviated as OCA.
The Asian Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the second largest multi-sport event in the world, after the World Olympic Games.
Up to now, 9 countries have hosted this ASIAD and 46 countries have participated. Since 2010, after the end of the Asian Games ASIAD. The host country will organize the Asian Paralympic Games.
Up to now, ASIAD has been successfully organized 19 times. And the most recent was the 19th ASIAD held in Hangzhou, China. And the next congress will be held in Nagoya, Japan.
Information About ASIAD 19 In Hangzhou, China
ASIAD 2023 is the 19th edition of the Asian Games. The Asian Games are held in Hangzhou, China. According to tradition, this event was supposed to take place in 2022. However, due to concerns about the Covid epidemic, the host country decided to postpone it to 2023.
The event will take place on September 23, 2023 in China. This is the third time China has hosted the event. The first two times it was held in China were in Beijing in 1990 and in Guangzhou in 2010.
At the 19th ASIAD, 45 member countries competed. Including the Vietnamese sports delegation. This is the event with the largest number of athletes with more than 12,500 athletes participating.
In total, there are more than 40 sports competitions at this Asian Games. This congress marks the fact that Esports has become an official sport. In particular, Break dance (street dancing) is also participating in the competition at this congress.
At this congress, the Chinese sports delegation is the leader with 201 gold medals, 111 silver medals, 71 bronze medals. It is far ahead of the other sports delegations in terms of the number of gold medals won, such as Japan (52 gold medals), Korea (42 gold medals), India (28 gold medals), Uzbekistan (22 gold medals), …
Summary
The question of what is Asiad has been answered – a place that gathers diverse, attractive and highly professional sports matches.
