The 16th Asian Games were held in Guangzhou, China (co-hosted by Shanwei, Foshan and Dongguan).
Guangzhou is the second city in China after Beijing to obtain the right to host the Asian Games.On November 12, 2010, the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games opened at Haixinsha Plaza.On November 27, 2010, the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games closed at Haixinsha Plaza, and Prince Ahmed Fahd, President of the Olympic Council of Asia declared the 16th Asian Games was closed. In the end, the Chinese sports delegation with 199 gold medals, 119 silver medals, 98 bronze medals, 416 medals, ranked first in the medal table and gold medal table.
2010 Guangzhou Asian Games ****42 competitions, including sports dance, dragon boat, roller skating, cricket, four major sports and Go, chess two sub-disciplines for the first time into the Asian Games.
Olympic events (***26): swimming, archery, track and field, badminton, boxing, basketball, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, soccer, gymnastics (competitive gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, trampoline), handball, field hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling.
Event Culture
The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games emblem is based on the five-goat sculpture of the city of Guangzhou and the logo of the Olympic Committee of Asia (OCA), which is beautifully shaped, full of dynamics, and leaves plenty of space for visual association. The design concept of the Guangzhou Asian Games emblem is based on the Five Sheep statue, the emblem of the city of Guangzhou. It forms a torch-like outline of the five sheep with soft rising lines, symbolizing that the sacred fire of the Asian Games is burning and will never be extinguished.
Traditional Chinese culture, "sheep" means good luck, harmony and beauty. Guangzhou's five sheep statue of the city emblem symbolizes a good harvest and good luck. Emblem to "sheep" as the creative idea, expressed the people of Guangzhou look forward to the Asian Games a complete success, blessing Asia and people around the world to live a happy life of good intentions. 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games mascots *** five, for the Asian Games in the largest number of mascots, named "peaceful and as you wish to Leyangyang
The mascots of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou **** five, the largest number of mascots in the Asian Games, named "peaceful and happy happy sheep sheep".
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - 16th Asian Games