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The 16th Asian Games (XVI Asiad) is all set to begin on November 12 at the Guangdong Aoti Sports Centre, Huangcun, Guangzhou. This is the second time China hosts the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990. This will be the largest event in history of the Games with a total of 476 events in 42 sports will be contested by athletes. Guangzhou won the bid to host the games on July 1, 2004, this came after the withdrawal of several cities like Amman, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. The games will also be co-hosted by three neighbouring cities Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei.
There are 53 competition venues and 17 training venues available for the Games. These include the Asian Games Town which consists of the Athletes’ Village, Technical Officials’ Village, Media Village, Main Media Center and International Broadcast Center. The opening ceremony will be held on November 12, 2010 on Haixinsha Island in the Pearl River. It will be directed by Chen Weiya, who was also the assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Chen revealed in a special interview that the ceremony “will surprise the world”.[23] Opening ceremony will begin at 20:04 (UTC+8), with some 7,000 people contributing to the ceremony, the team parade will be held at 21:00 (UTC+8), while a “mysterious” lightning ceremony will be held at 21:42 (UTC+8). The ceremony will be held separately: at the sea and land.
Compared to the 28 events in the Olympic Games, the 2010 Asian Games will feature 42 events throughout the 16 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. Football will be held before the opening ceremony, 28 and 5 gold medalists will emerge during the opening day and final day respectively, while a total of 48 gold medalists will be awarded on November 25, 2010, the most in single day. Twenty20 cricket is among the debutant sports, with dancesport, dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport added as unique to the Games. Bodybuilding was dropped due to judging controversy in the 2006 Games
“Le Yangyang” is name of the leader of our five Goats and the name which refers to all of the 16th Asian Games Mascots
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