Story preview
Topics in this story
Continue reading on the publisher site for the full article.
Read on publisher →Japan Wire by Kyodo News
News Atlas is free and independent. If it’s useful to you, you can support it with a coffee. ☕ Buy me a coffee
Coverage
Tone
Context from Wikipedia on the organisations, people and places in this story.
Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
More on Wikipedia ↗
Capital of Zhejiang Province, China
Hangzhou is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang province, China, situated at the intersection of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and the head of Hangzhou Bay. Renowned as one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, Hangzhou is celebrated for its cultural heritage and its West Lake.
More on Wikipedia ↗Outlets covering it
8
in the last 3 days
First reported
45 hr. ago
7 outlets since
Countries
7 other outlets reported this story in the last 3 days.
Asian Games Turn into Chinese National Games with 151 Golds Chinas 151 golds dwarf Japan and South Koreas 74 combined in Aichi-Nagoya Games
Japan passed the 200-medal mark at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on September 30, with siblings Mitsuki and Hayato Kondo winning judo gold medals within half an hour of each other, Ami Ishii and Taizo Yoshida taking wrestling titles, Sorato Anraku defending his sport climbing crown, and the men
A little accident couldn’t stop EJ Obiena from soaring higher! The Filipino pole vaulter defended his title as Asia’s pole vault king, bringing home another gold medal for the Philippines at the Asian Games.