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The 2014 Asian Games ( korean : 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, romanized : Icheon sibsa-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sibsa-nyeon Asian Geim ), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( korean : 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 아시안 게임, romanized : Jesibchilhoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesibchilhoe Asian Geim ), was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea. [ 1 ] This was the third clock time South Korea hosted the asian Games since 2002. previously, it hosted the 1986 version of the Games and the 2002 asian Games. On 17 April 2007 Incheon was awarded the correct to host the games, defeating Delhi, India and was the third gear city in South Korea after Seoul ( 1986 ) and Busan ( 2002 ). The games were held from 19 September to 4 October 2014, although several events began on 14 September 2014. approximately 9,501 athletes participated in the event which featured 439 events in 36 sports. It was opened by the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.
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The final decoration reckoning was led by China, followed by the host South Korea and Japan, while Cambodia won its first-ever asian Games gold decoration. During the games, 14 earth and 27 asian records were broken. [ 2 ] japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino was announced as the most valuable player ( MVP ) of the Games. [ 3 ] Though there were respective controversies, the Games were deemed by and large successful with their broken host price and with the rising standard of competition amongst the asian nations. [ 4 ]
Bidding action [edit ]
New Delhi and Incheon submitted their dinner dress bid by the official deadline, 30 June 2005. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A 5-member evaluation committee of the Olympic Council of Asia, headed by then vice-president of the affiliation Celso Dayrit inspected New Delhi from 9 to 11 November 2006 and Incheon from 12 to 14 November 2006. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
2014 Asian Games bidding results
City
NOC
Round 1
Incheon
South Korea
32
New Delhi
India
13
The vote was held on 17 April 2007 at the Marriott Hotel in Kuwait City, Kuwait, during the 26th Olympic Council of Asia ( OCA ) General Assembly. During the final presentation before vote, Incheon made a new put up, raising US $ 20 million in funds to support countries that had so far to win a decoration in the Games. It besides offered free flight tickets and adjustment to all participants ; India, however, made no changes to its offer. [ 10 ] All 45 members voted, with voting held in secret ballot. late that day, it was announced that Incheon won the rights. Though the vote results were not released, it was revealed that Incheon won by 32 to 13. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It was widely felt that Delhi ‘s lack of exuberance to host the event was the primary reason for its personnel casualty. then Union Sports Minister of India, Mani Shankar Aiyar, spoke powerfully against Delhi hosting the games, arguing that the money allocated by India ‘s government to the dissipated event would be better spend on construction facilities for the poor. [ 13 ] The Indian Olympic Association ( IOA ) president of the united states revealed that India ‘s Sports Minister ‘s remarks against hosting the Games was the main reason for New Delhi ‘s loss. [ 14 ] The IOA deputation added that the evaluation committee was concerned about befoulment and traffic in Delhi. [ 15 ] Delhi ‘s put up of US $ 2 million to each team for games support against Incheon ‘s offer of US $ 20 million to all 45 nations participating in the event could besides have contributed to the get the better of. [ 10 ] Unlike Delhi, Incheon emphasized the high-tech facilities that would be available to the athletes. [ 16 ]
Development and preparations [edit ]
Costs [edit ]
The monetary value of the Games was estimated at approximately US $ 1.62 billion, with the korean government and Incheon government covering 19 % and 78.9 % respectively. Of the sum budget, some US $ 1.39 billion was used for construction of venues and infrastructure, while approximately US $ 11 million covered the build and sustenance of training grounds. Around US $ 103 million was allocated for road and transportation projects. [ 17 ] A report in April 2012, however, suggested the city was under fiscal atmospheric pressure from increasing debt. [ 18 ] The Incheon asian Games Organising Committee ( IAGOC ) saved US $ 34 million after agreeing to reduce from 15,000 to 2,025 athletes to be provided barren transportation and adjustment. [ 19 ]
Volunteers [edit ]
The tennessean platform of Incheon 2014 Asian Games began on 1 November 2013 with a target to recruit 13,500 volunteers. As of 16 March 2014, 25,827 applications were received and 21,237 applicants were selected for trail. [ 20 ]
Torch relay [edit ]
The flashlight was revealed in October 2013, with a purpose motif based on the Crane, the official dame of Incheon Metropolitan City. The common mullein ‘s blue inner cylinder signified the flip and the ocean of Incheon. Another four colors ( park, scandalmongering, bolshevik, violet ) were intended to represent the five regions of Asia. [ 21 ] The torch was lit at Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, India on August 9, 2014. This marked the first time the torch had been lit outside the host area, [ 22 ] and that Weihai, a city in Shandong Province of the People ‘s Republic of China, had hosted the relay, on August 12, 2014. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The domestic fall ceremony was held at Manisan on Ganghwa Island on August 12, 2014. [ 25 ] The domestic relay begin August 13, 2014 and traveled through 70 cities for 5,700 kilometer. to reach the hatchway ceremony. [ 26 ]
marketing [edit ]
emblem [edit ]
The official emblem was besides revealed on the ignition ceremony, representing a wing shape of the letter “ A ”, for “ Asia “, with a shining sun at its amphetamine left, symbolizing the asian people holding hands in the flip. [ 27 ]
mascot [edit ]
The Spotted Seals, the Games ‘ mascots. Named from left to right : Barame, Vichuon, and Chumuro. The mascot statues at the Incheon Asiad Park .
The double of the mascots. On November 4, 2010, three Spotted cachet siblings were unveiled as the official mascots of the Games in Songdo Island, Incheon. The three seals, known as “ Barame ( 바라메 ) ”, “ Chumuro ( 추므로 ) ” and “ Vichuon ( 비추온 ) ”, meaning wind, dance and light in korean, were chosen under the theme of the independent venue. The prototype was taken from Baengnyeongdo. According to the organizers, the mascots were chosen to symbolise the future peace between South Korea and North Korea. [ 27 ] [ 28 ]
Medals [edit ]
The decoration design was approved by OCA on August 19, 2013. It features a pentagon-shaped symbol representing the five ports of Incheon — Airport, Seaport, Teleport, Leisureport, and Businessport, with the emblem of the Games inside. It symbolises the city as the hub of Northeast Asia. [ 29 ]
motto [edit ]
Unveiled on September 16, 2010, “ Diversity Shines Here “ was the official English motto of the Games, celebrating the meaning of Asia ‘s fantastic diverseness in history, cultures, and religions. [ 30 ] The official motto in Korean, “ 평화의 숨결, 아시아의 미래 ” ( RR : Pyeonghwaui sumgyeol, asiaui mirae ), literally means “ Breath of Peace, Future of Asia ” .
promotion [edit ]
The six official posters for the Incheon asian Games were released on March 31, 2011. The invention represents the 28 Olympic sports categorized into five groups : racket sports, ball sports, water sports, acrobatic sports and weight unit class. In diverse ways, the values and philosophy of the seventeenth asian Games is represented in these posters. [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
Merchandising [edit ]
Organisers began selling trade in July 2012. [ 17 ] IB Worldwide was the exclusive on-line merchant of the event ‘s accredited products. [ 33 ]
music [edit ]
The official album was released by Universal Music on June 20, 2014, which featured “ merely One ”, performed by JYJ as the Games ‘ official root song. [ 34 ] [ 35 ]
Venues [edit ]
The Games had 49 competition venues and 48 training facilities. Among the rival venues, ten were in six cities of Gyeonggi Province while another two were in Chungju and Seoul. The rest of the venues were in eight districts and a county inside metropolitan Incheon. Ten venues were constructed for the Games. [ 36 ] The Games besides provided over 3,300 units and 9,560 rooms for athletes and media personnel. [ 36 ] The main stadium, known as Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, had a seat capability of 61,074 seats, with 30,000 seats varying after the Games. [ 17 ] [ 37 ] The US $ 400 million stadium, primitively planned for 70,000 seats, was designed by Populous, which had designed respective consequence venues around the world, including the Olympic Stadium of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 28, 2011 in Yeonhui-dong. construction began in June 2011 and finished in July 2014. [ 38 ] [ 39 ]
Flags at Asiad Park. An athletes ‘ greenwich village was built at Guwol, Namdong District, which had 2,220 units in 22 apartment buildings to accommodate around 14,500 athletes and officials. [ 40 ] [ 41 ]
ecstasy [edit ]
Incheon Subway ‘s structure period was shortened from a design 2018 completion. [ 18 ] due to the increasing popularity of Incheon International Airport during the Games, immigration procedures were improved for passenger appliance. [ 42 ]
The Games [edit ]
Opening ceremony [edit ]
The opening ceremony began on September 19, 2014 at 18:00 local prison term. The performance was directed by movie conductor Im Kwon-taek with dramatist and actor Jang Jin, entertainer Kim Seong-ju and KBS emcee Yun Su-yeong as hosts of the ceremony. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] It was attended by President of South Korea Park Geun-hye who opened the games, President of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, Tokyo Governor Yōichi Masuzoe and besides Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok. [ 43 ] Actors Jang Dong-gun and Kim Soo-hyun led the performance, consisting of four acts : “ Asia long clock time ago ”, “ Asia meeting through the ocean ”, “ Asia as class and friends ”, and “ Asia as one and future connect with nowadays ”, displaying the korean past and future with digital technology. early performers included chinese pianist Lang Lang, soprano Sumi Jo, [ 45 ] JYJ, Exo, and Psy, who wrapped up the ceremony with a operation of his hit song Gangnam Style. [ 46 ]
Unlike in the 2002 asian Games opening ceremony, South Korea as host marched individually from neighbor North Korea in the parade of nations .
Sports [edit ]
The 2014 asian Games featured 28 Olympic sports that would be contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In addition, eight non-Olympic sports were featured : baseball, ten-pin bowl, cricket, kabaddi, karate, sepak takraw, squash and wushu. The list was finalised on December 9, 2010 at the OCA ‘s executive display panel meeting in Muscat, Oman. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] This resulted in dropping six other sports : roller sport, board games ( chess, go, xiangqi ), clue sports, softball, dancesport and dragon boat, which had been held in former Games being dropped from the list. [ 49 ] The list was approved on July 13, 2011 during the thirtieth annual general assembly in Tokyo as softball was incorporated with baseball as one sport while soft tennis came under the discipline of tennis. [ 50 ] For the foremost prison term compound archery, mix relay triathlon, and judo team events were introduced. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Changes to the non-Olympic sports featured at the asian Games were influenced by discussions with organizers, who suggested cricket ‘s removal from the broadcast, as they felt besides few countries played it and that they lacked the infrastructure to host it. The OCA disputed the proposed removal of cricket, however, noting its popularity and viewer interest. [ 53 ]
Participating National Olympic Committees [edit ]
Participating countries. All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participated, including North Korea, which initially threatened to boycott the Games after disputes with South Korea over administrative issues about its deputation of athletes and officials. [ 54 ] Saudi Arabia was the lone NOC to not send female athletes to the Games. [ 55 ] Below is a list of all the participating NOCs ; the number of competitors per deputation is indicated in brackets .
- Number of Athletes by National Olympic Committees (highest to lowest)
calendar [edit ]
In the follow calendar for the 2014 asian Games, each bluing box represents an event competition, such as a reservation turn, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held, which numeric representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the entrust, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that mutant. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reviewer. [ 101 ]
- All times are in Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)
closing ceremony [edit ]
The close ceremony was held on October 4, 2014 at 7:00 post meridiem local anesthetic clock. [ 102 ] The ceremony ‘s theme was “ Our Cherished Memories of Incheon “. OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of South Korea Jung Hong-won, and Mayor of Incheon Yoo Jeong-bok were guests at the ceremony. The events featured the performances of National Dance Company of Korea, Gugak Center Dance Troupe and Kukkiwon. Soprano Im Sun-hae then sang the national anthem, whereupon the athletes entered the stadium with volunteers and poster bearers. [ 103 ] CNBLUE performed “ I ‘m deplorable ” and “ Ca n’t Stop ” before Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah presented Kosuke Hagino the Samsung MVP award and declared the Incheon 2014 Asian Games closed. The OCA Flag was lowered and the flag of Indonesia, the next games ‘ host state, was raised as the indonesian home hymn was played. IOC member Rita Subowo, Governor of South Sumatra Alex Noerdin, and the Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama received the Games flag for the 2018 Games. The ceremony proceeded with a segment from the following asian Games horde cities, Jakarta and Palembang. It began with “ The Colours of Jakarta “, featuring Ronggeng, a javanese dancing. This was followed by “ The Spirit of South Sumatra “, featured a Malay dance complement of Rampak Nusantara drums. [ 104 ] The K-Pop star Big Bang who performed “ Hands up ” and “ fantastic Baby ” wrapped up the conclude ceremony, while Sistar performed during the pre-ceremony concert. [ 103 ]
Medal table [edit ]
China led the decoration table for the ninth consecutive time. Cambodia won their foremost asian Games amber decoration in tae kwon do. [ 105 ] A total of 37 NOCs won at least one decoration, and 28 NOCs won at least one gold decoration. Eight NOCs failed to win any medals at the Games. The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host state, South Korea, is highlighted .
* Host nation ( South Korea )RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1
China ( CHN )151109853452
South Korea ( KOR )*7970792283
Japan ( JPN )4777762004
Kazakhstan ( KAZ )282333845
Iran ( IRI )211818576
Thailand ( THA )12728477
North Korea ( PRK )111114368
India ( IND )111036579
Chinese Taipei ( TPE )1018235110
Qatar ( QAT )10041411–37Remaining5997179335Totals (37 nations)4394405751454
Broadcasting [edit ]
Incheon asian Games Host Broadcasting Management ( IHB ) ( korean : 인천 아시아 경기대회 주관방송, romanized : Incheon Asia gyeonggi daehoe jugwanbangsong ), a joint venture between Korean Broadcasting System ( KBS ) and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation ( MBC ), launched on 8 May 2013, served as the host broadcaster of the Games. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 108 ] The International Broadcasting Centre was constructed in Songdo Convensia in Yeonsu District. [ 109 ] [ 110 ]
Concerns and controversies [edit ]
Before the Games, there were several controversies arose over finances, miss of public pastime, [ 111 ] transportation shortages for journalists, [ 112 ] and several administrative decisions about the open ceremony and gala prove. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Organizers were able to generate pastime however a few hundred empty seats remained in the 61,000-capacity stadium at the start of the opening ceremony. [ 116 ] Organizers besides supplied extra shuttle buses for the late-night switch personnel at the request of diverse international media organizations. [ 117 ] The OCA and FIBA besides failed to compromise on a couple of policies, which caused one team to boycott the event and forced three teams to find surrogate players. The Qatari women ‘s basketball team withdrew from the Games when FIBA reaffirmed its banish on hijab, citing safety concerns. [ 118 ] Basketball was the only frolic to enforce a hijab prohibition in the Games. On the other hand, OCA policy on naturalize players contradicted the eligibility rules set by FIBA. The OCA disqualified United States -born players Quincy Davis, Andray Blatche, and Aaron Haynes from the chinese Taipei, Filipino, and confederacy korean teams. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] several controversies erupted during the Games, largely surrounding poor officiate. The majority of poor judging allegations occurred in box, highlighted by the controversial semifinal loss of indian lightweight boxer Laishram Sarita Devi against eventual silver medal medalist Park Jina of South Korea. [ 121 ] The judge of the match, Sarita Devi ‘s refusal to accept the bronze decoration, and her questionable behavior at the decoration ceremony received far-flung external attention and sparked numerous debates. [ 122 ] The high bulk of controversial boxing decisions led to accusations of widespread incompetence and host discrimination against the judges. Criticisms of the modern marking system were besides raised. [ 123 ] Shooting, [ 124 ] and wrestling examine initial rulings by officials being overturned upon appeals. [ 125 ] Some 1,920 fluid samples from 1,600 athletes were tested during the Games. Six athletes tested positive for banned substances and were expelled from the Games, including two gold medalists who were stripped of their medals. [ 126 ]
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