Opening date:
12 November 2010

Closing date:
27 November 2010

Country of the host city:
China (CHN)

Guangzhou 2010

Participating Nations

45

Participants

Expected 12000

 

Sports

42

 

Guangzhou Sports Program

1. Aquatic (Swimming, Diving, Water Polo & Synchronized Swimming);

2. Archery;

3. Athletics;

4. Badminton;

5. Baseball;

6. Basketball;

7. Boxing;

8. Canoeing & Kayaking;

9. Cricket;

10. Cycling;

11. Equestrian;

12. Fencing;

13. Football;

14. Gymnastic;

15. Handball;

16. Hockey;

17. Judo;

18. Modern Pentathlon;

19. Rowing;

20. Sailing;

21. Shooting;

22. Softball;

23. Table Tennis;

24. Taekwondo;

25. Tennis (soft Tennis to be a discipline of Tennis);

26. Triathlon;

27. Volleyball;

28. Weightlifting;

29. Wrestling;

30. Bowling;

31. Cue Sports;

32. Dance Sports;

33. Dragon Boat;

34. Golf;

35. Kabaddi;

36. Karate;

37. Roller Sport;

38. Rugby;

39. Sepak Takraw;

40. Squash;

41. Wu Shu;

42. Weiqi to be a discipline of Chess.

 

Emblem  
The emblem is the result of elaborate selection from 2,555 bidding works through an international solicitation campaign by Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC). In September, GAGOC invited renowned experts in China to assess the bidding works and 10 designs were short-listed. After repeated amendments and revisions, the emblem was approved by the 2nd GAGOC EB meeting on September 27, 2006.

 

The design of the emblem is originated from a beautiful legend. As the legend goes: Ages ago, the farm lands in Guangzhou ran deserted and the people were suffering from famine. The people could do nothing but pray to the heaven for luck. Moved by their piety, five immortals descended from the heaven, riding on goats with wool of various colors and holding rice ears in their hands. The immortals gave the rice ears to the local people and prayed this land “free from famine”. Afterwards, the five immortals disappeared into the sky. Five goats were left behind and turned into stones. From then on, Guangzhou has been bestowed with bumper harvest of grain every year and known as the City of Goats and the City of Rice Ear. Today, the Five-goat Statue standing in Yue Xiu Park is regarded as the symbol of Guangzhou city.

 

In the traditional Chinese culture, the “goat” is an auspicious animal that brings luck. In the ancient Chinese language, the character “羊” (yang, goat) is identical to the character “祥” (xiang, luck). The character “美” (mei, beauty) is composed of the characters “羊” (yang, goat) and “大” (da, big), revealing the traditional Chinese aesthetics of regarding the “goat” and “big” as “beauty”. In the Chinese language, many words and characters associated with the meaning of beauty are often related to the character “羊” (yang, goat). The concept of the goat is embodied in the emblem design, expressing Guangzhou citizens’ readiness to embrace the 2010 Asian Games and to present the best of Guangzhou to the people of Asia and across the world.

 

The soft and uplifting lines in the emblem design outlines a contour of the Five Goats that is identical to the shape of a torch. The design of the emblem, a combination of the concrete and the abstract, of grace and ease, manifests the ever-burning sacred flame of the Asian Games. The design of the emblem can leave a large room for a variety of  associations and imaginations with desirable implications. The emblem represents a perfect symbol of Guangzhou, the best wishes of its people, and the dynamics of the Asian Games.

 

Asian Games Fun Run

1st in Bali, Indonesia
2nd in Yemen
3rd in  Kyrgyz
4th in Hiroshima, Japan
5th in Macau
6th in Hanoi, Vietnam

Contact Information:
website: http://www.gz2010asiangames.org