【Commentary】On October 10, the 8-day Hangzhou 15th Asian Games came to an end. In the past 19 days, 15,45 athletes from 11830 countries and regions in Asia have gathered in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing, Huzhou and other places to present a wonderful sports feast. In the Asian Games, the Chinese sports delegation ended with 201 gold.
Zhou Jinqiang, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation
After 15 days of competition, the Chinese sports delegation won a total of 201 gold, 111 silver, 71 bronze and a total of 383 medals, achieving the best results in the history of Asian Games. (Since the 9th Asian Games) topped the gold medal list of the Asian Games for the 11th consecutive time. The Chinese sports delegation has broken the world record three times, the Asian record 3 times, and the Asian Games record 18 times. Chinese athletes have worked tenaciously, bravely and made good achievements, and their overall performance is better than expected, consolidating and strengthening the overall advantages of Chinese competitive sports in Asia.
It is reported that at this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese sports delegation participated in 38 major events, 59 sub-events and 407 sub-events, winning gold medals in 45 disciplines and medals in 57 sub-events. Zhou Jinqiang, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation, said that in addition to continuing to make efforts in diving diving, shooting, table tennis, gymnastics and other advantageous events, the Chinese team has also shown a trend of stopping the decline and picking up in potential advantageous events.
Zhou Jinqiang, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation
Taekwondo won five gold medals this time, a record number of gold medals at the Asian Games, and won the men's (largest) division (gold) for the first time. He won five gold medals in boxing, the best result in history, and qualified for the Paris Olympics in two men's and five women's classes. Women's wrestling won 5 gold. (Judo Women's) Ma Zhenzhao in the 5kg category won the gold medal of the Asian Games again after 2 years in the final. The women's foil team won the Asian Games gold medal for the first time in 5 years.
【Commentary】Zhou Jinqiang introduced that the Hangzhou Asian Games are fiercely competitive and exciting, and it can be seen from the results of the Hangzhou Asian Games delegations that the Asian competitive sports pattern is quietly changing.
Zhou Jinqiang, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation
With the continuous improvement of the economic development level in Asia, various countries and regions have become more and more profound in understanding of the comprehensive value of competitive sports, continuously increased investment, strengthened scientific and technological research, improved training level, closely followed the trend of world development, hired foreign teachers, participated in foreign training, and naturalized foreign aid, all of which have made rapid progress. Among the 45 participating delegations of the Asian Games, a total of 27 delegations won gold medals and 41 delegations won medals, the largest number of delegations in the previous Asian Games. The Asian Games broke the world record 15 times, the Asian record 37 times, and the Asian Games record 170 times.
In the interview, Zhou Jinqiang said that the Hangzhou Asian Games conducted comprehensive training for the Chinese team to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, and after the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team will immediately transfer to the preparation work for the Paris Olympic Games, comprehensively improve the level of competition, and go all out to meet the Paris Olympic Examination.
Zhou Jinqiang, deputy head of the Chinese sports delegation
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, 201 Olympic gold medals were won by the Chinese sports delegation, accounting for 144%. 72 events such as water polo, hockey, tennis, boxing, synchronized swimming, sailing, archery, and modern pentathlon qualified for the Paris Olympic Games at the Hangzhou Asian Games, and 19 sports in swimming and 13 in athletics reached the standards of the Paris Olympic Games at the Hangzhou Asian Games. See Paris from Hangzhou, see the Olympics from the Asian Games. By participating in the Asian Games, we have achieved the purpose of training the team, discovering new people and finding problems, further clarifying the ideas, measures and work priorities for preparing for the Paris Olympic Games, and strengthening our confidence in achieving outstanding results in the Paris Olympic Games.
(Reporting by Yuan Chao and Hao Lingyu in Hangzhou)
Responsible Editor: [Liu Pai]