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2010 Asian Games

May 20, 2023

"Guangzhou 2010" redirects here. For the Asian Para Games, see 2010 Asian Para Games.

The 2010 Asian Games (Chinese: 2010年亚洲运动会; pinyin: Èr líng yī líng nián yǎzhōu yùndònghuì), officially known as the XVI Asian Games (Chinese: 第十六届亚洲运动会; pinyin: dì shíliù jiè yǎzhōu yùndònghuì) and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (Chinese: 广州2010; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Èr líng yī líng), were a regional multi-sport event that had taken place from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced earlier on November 7, 2010). It was the second time China hosted the Asian Games, with the first one being Asian Games 1990 in Beijing.

XVI Asian Games
Host cityGuangzhou, China
MottoThrilling Games, Harmonious Asia
(Chinese: 激情盛会，和谐亚洲)
(Jīqíng shènghuì, héxié yǎzhōu)
Nations45
Athletes9,704
Events476 in 42 sports (57 disciplines)
OpeningNovember 12, 2010
ClosingNovember 27, 2010
Opened byWen Jiabao
Premier of China
Closed byAhmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's OathFu Haifeng
Judge's OathYan Ninan
Torch lighterHe Chong
Main venueHaixinsha Island
Website
Summer
Winter

Guangzhou's three neighboring cities, Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei co-hosted the Games. Premier Wen Jiabao opened the Games along the Pearl River in Haixinsha Island. A total of 53 venues were used to host the events. The design concept of the official logo of the 2010 Asian Games was based on the legend of the Guangzhou's Five Goats, representing the Five Goats as the Asian Games Torch.[1]

A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events of 42 sports and disciplines (28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports), making it the largest event in the history of the Games. Due to reductions in the number of sports for competition in the 2014 Asian Games, these Games marked the final time that six non-Olympic events would be held during the Asian Games.

China led the final medal tally, followed by South Korea in second place, and Japan in third place. China set a new Games record with 199 gold medals.[2] Three world and 103 Asian records were broken.[3] Macau and Bangladesh won their first ever Asian Games gold medals. In addition, the badminton men's singles gold medalist Lin Dan was voted as the most valuable player (MVP).[4] The President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah hailed the Games as "outstanding" and "one of the best ever."[5]

Bidding process

Main article: Bids for the 2010 Asian Games

Seoul and Amman dropped out before their bids were officially selected by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), leaving only two candidate cities—Guangzhou and Kuala Lumpur—by March 31, 2004.[6][7] Seoul withdrew after considering that South Korea hosted the 2002 Games in Busan[8] only eight years earlier. The evaluation committee of the OCA inspected Kuala Lumpur from April 12 to 14 and Guangzhou from April 14 to 16, 2004.[6][9][10] On April 15, 2004, the Government of Malaysia declared that it would not support the Olympic Council of Malaysia with a Kuala Lumpur bid due to the high cost of hosting the Games, estimated at US$366 million, forcing Kuala Lumpur to withdraw its bid and leaving Guangzhou as the sole bidder.[11][12] The OCA unanimously selected Guangzhou to host the 2010 Games during their 23rd General Assembly session in Doha, Qatar, site of the 2006 Asian Games, on July 1, 2004.[13][14]

2010 Asian Games bidding results
City NOC Votes
Guangzhou   China Unanimous

Development and preparations

Costs

On March 11, 2005, Lin Shusen, then party secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said the Games "will not cost more than ￥2 billion",[15] in stark contrast to an earlier report, which had claimed that the cost could exceed ￥200 billion.[16]

In March 2009, the director of the marketing department of the Games, Fang Da'er, claimed that the Games were short of funds, due to the lack of sponsorship and the global financial crisis.[17] An informal estimate put the Games' expenditure at about US$420 million and revenue at US$450 million.[18]

On October 13, 2010, Wan Qingliang, mayor of Guangzhou at the time, officially revealed in a press conference that the total cost of staging the Asian Games and Asian Para Games was about ￥122.6 billion ($18.37 billion), with ￥109 billion spent on the city's infrastructure, ￥6.3 billion on the venues and some ￥7.3 billion spent on the Games' operations.[19]

The full spending details would be released before 2013, according to the city's finance chief Zhang Jieming.[20] It was later reported that Guangzhou accumulated US$32 billion (￥210 billion) in debt after staging the Games.[21][22]

Volunteers

The volunteer recruitment program for the 2010 Asian Games began at 9 pm on April 21, 2009, with a target of 60,000 games-time volunteers. The volunteers were given a green short-sleeve t-shirt, a green long-sleeve t-shirt, a sport jacket, a pair of trousers, a hat, a water bottle, a pair of sport shoes and a waist bag.[23][24]

Torch relay

 
Torch relay route
Main article: 2010 Asian Games torch relay

Two torch designs were shortlisted in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. The organizers chose a design named "The Tide" over one named "Exploit" as the torch of the Games. "The Tide" weighed 98 g and was 70 cm long. It was tall and straight in shape, while dynamic in terms of image.[25][26]

The torch relay route was unveiled on March 4, 2010, and due to budgetary issues and the problems related to 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, the organizers decided to carry it out on a smaller scale than those carried out previously.[27] The torch was lit at the Great Wall of China on October 9, 2010 and traveled around the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. As originally scheduled, 21 cities were present on the relay route, with 2,010 torchbearers expected to carry it from October 12 to November 12, 2010. Two more cities — Changchun in Jilin and Haiyang in Shandong, the host cities of 2007 Asian Winter Games and 2012 Asian Beach Games respectively, were also later added to the route for a single day on October 15, 2010, increasing the number of torchbearers to 2,068 people.[28][29][30]

Marketing

Emblem

 
Official mascot of 2010 Asian Games. From left to right: A Xiang, A Ru, Le Yangyang, A Yi and A He.

The official emblem of the Games was unveiled at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on November 26, 2006, to prepare the city to succeed Doha 2006 as Asian Games host city. It was a stylized representation of Guangzhou's "Statue of the Five Goats" (Chinese: 五羊雕像; pinyin: Wǔ yáng diāoxiàng; Jyutping: ng5 joeng4 diu1 zoeng6) fused with a running track. In Chinese tradition, the goat is a blessing and brings people luck, and the host city Guangzhou is known as the "City of Goats".[31] The orange and yellow emblem also resembles a flame.

Mascots

The mascots of the Games were five goat rams. They were unveiled on April 28, 2008, at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention and Exhibition Center.[32][33] The five goat rams, four small and one large, were named A Xiang (阿祥), A He (阿和), A Ru (阿如), A Yi (阿意) and Le Yangyang (乐羊羊). The Chinese character "yang" (羊) or "goat" is an auspicious symbol. When read together, the Chinese names of the five rams are a message of blessing, literally meaning "Peace, Harmony and Great Happiness, with everything going as you wish." (Chinese: 祥和如意乐洋洋; pinyin: Xiánghé rúyì lè yángyáng) This represents the hopes that the Games will bring peace, auspiciousness, and happiness to the people of Asia.[34]

A Xiang is described as a handsome, stylish, sincere and brave goat. A Xiang wears a blue outfit that resembles the blue ring of the Olympic emblem, symbolizes the ever-running Pearl River and the gentle and kind character and broad and welcoming heart of the people of Guangzhou.

A He is described as an earthy, modest, serene and decisive goat. A He wears a black outfit that resembles the black ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the grand heritage and long history of the Lingnan culture.

A Ru is described as a beautiful, fashionable, smart and passionate goat. A Ru wears a red outfit that resembles the red ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the red kapok (Bombax ceiba)—the city flower of Guangzhou, which gives Guangzhou its nickname of The City of Flowers.

A Yi is described as a nifty, cute, lively and outgoing goat. A Yi wears a green outfit that resembles the green ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the city's famous Baiyun Mountain.

Le Yangyang is described as the tall, handsome, sunny and confident leader of the goat ram mascot team. Le Yangyang wears a yellow outfit that resembles the yellow ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the color of rice grains, as Guangzhou has the nickname, The City of Rice Grains.

Medals

The medal designs were unveiled at Guangzhou No. 2 Children's Palace on 29 September 2010. The theme of the design was the "Maritime Silk Road." They featured the Emblem of the Olympic Council of Asia and Guangzhou's kapok flower on the obverse and the Maritime Silk Road image and the games' logo on the reverse. The Maritime Silk Road image depicts a Chinese boat sailing on the sea, representing Guangzhou as the starting place of Maritime Silk Road, as the most important commercial center and entrepot of the Southern China, Hong Kong and Macau regions.[35][36]

Motto

The official motto of the 2010 Asian Games was "Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia" (Chinese: 激情盛会, 和谐亚洲; pinyin: Jīqíng shènghuì, héxié yàzhōu). It was chosen to represent the goal of the Asian Games which is based on Olympic ideals and values. The Games aimed to create a competitive atmosphere for participating athletes while promoting unity, peace and friendship among Asian people regardless of differences in race, nationality, religious beliefs and language.[37]

Promotion

Two years before the games, the "Road of Asia" tour was launched at Tianhe Sports Center to promote the games throughout the region.[38] A ceremony was held on 12 November 2009 at the Guangzhou Gymnasium to mark the one-year milestone before the Games.[39]

Merchandising

Organizers started selling licensed Asian Games products with introduction of first batch in January 2008.[40] On May 7, 2009, the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper signed a contract with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) and became the exclusive online retailer of licensed products.[41]

Music

The official theme song was released on September 30, 2010, and was called "Reunion" (Chinese: 重逢; pinyin: chóng féng). It was composed by Wu Liqun, with lyrics written by Xu Rongkai. The English version was translated by Chen Ning Yang, a Chinese-American physicist, and his wife, Weng Fan. The song was performed by Sun Nan and the late Yao Beina.[42] Sun Nan also performed it again with Mao Amin for a music video.[43] The song was selected based from a solicitation campaign for Asian Games songs which received more than 1,600 entries. 36 of them were released as selected songs for the Games.

Venues

 
Guangdong Olympic Stadium used for all the athletics events
Main article: Venues of the 2010 Asian Games

A total of 53 competition venues and 17 training venues were used for the Games, with four venues located outside of Guangzhou. Events took place at 42 pre-existing venues; eleven competition venues and one training venue were constructed for the Games, while the rest were renovated. Other venues included the Asian Games Town, which consisted of the Games Village with the Athletes, Officials and Media Buildings, the Main Media Center and the International Broadcast Center.[44]

Organizers revealed that the total investment was over ￥15 billion.[45]

On April 19, 2009, organizers announced that they had chosen Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River as the venues for the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the first time in the history of the Games that the ceremonies were held outside the Games' main venues.[46]

The villages at the Asian Games Town was built on a 329,024 square meters land space which had 3,598 apartments in 49 buildings.[47]

Transport

 
MTR KTT decorated to promote the Games.

Guangzhou's public transportation infrastructure was expanded significantly as a part of the preparation for the Games. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was upgraded, in contracted with Crisplant (formerly FKI Logistex), to support massive volume of passengers.[48] A new Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway was opened on December 26, 2009 to shorten the travel time between two destinations.[49]

In order to ease traffic congestion and air pollution, the government ordered a 40% reduction of vehicles and offered 1,000 buses for use during the Games and Para Games.[50][51] The government also had a free-ride offer for public transportation during the month of Games, but it was cancelled one week prior to the Games due to an overwhelming response from the citizens.[52][53] Instead, the government offered ￥150 (US$23.26) cash subsidies to each household with permanent residence for commuting purposes.[54]

The Games

 
Firework display at the Canton Tower

Opening ceremony

Main article: 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on November 12, 2010. For the first time in Asian Games history, the ceremony was not held in a traditional stadium setting. Instead, it was held at Haixinsha Island, using the Pearl River and Canton Tower as focal points.[55] The ceremony was directed by Chen Weiya, assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and featured a cast of about 6,000 performers.[56] It was attended by the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao,[57] President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari,[58] Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva,[59] Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Henry Tang,[60] as well as OCA president Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, and Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee.[61] The ceremony lasted for three hours, and together with the closing ceremony cost about ￥380 million (US$58.91 million).[62]

Athletes were paraded by boats along the Pearl River. The ceremony featured a water-themed arts show and the culture of Guangzhou. The last torchbearer, diver He Chong, lit up the cauldron after igniting traditional Chinese firecrackers, whose flare shot up to the top of the tower where the cauldron was held.[63][64]

The ceremony received positive reviews; Rogge was quoted as considering the ceremony to be "absolutely fantastic", and felt that it demonstrated the city's "ability to host the Olympics".[65][66] OCA director general Husain Al-Musallam also praised the ceremony, arguing that it was unique and "just better than the Beijing Summer Olympics [opening ceremony]".[67]

Sports

476 events were held across 42 sports (57 disciplines), including the 26 sports was to be played at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 16 additional non-Olympic sports. This marked an increase from the 424 events in 39 sports held in 2006.[68][69] The OCA approved Cricket (Twenty20) for inclusion in the main program, while events in dancesport (competitive ballroom dancing), dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport were also held.[70][71] Bodybuilding was dropped following criticism over the quality of judging in the competition at the 2006 Games.[72]

2010 Asian Games Sports Programme

Participating National Olympic Committees

 
Participating countries.

All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia that existed as of 2010 participated in the 2010 Asian Games. All National Olympic Committees were ordered to submit their entries before September 30, 2010. Organizers allowed each NOC to submit additional entries and injury replacements after the deadline. After the final registration deadline, some 9,704 athletes, as well as some 4,750 team officials, took part in the Games, an increase of 184 athletes from the previous Asian Games in Doha.[73] According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.[74]

Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Participating National Olympic Committees

Calendar

In the following calendar for the 2010 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. The left side of the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar.[120]

All times are in China Standard Time (UTC+8)
 OC  Opening ceremony  ●   Event competitions  1  Gold medal events  CC  Closing ceremony
November 7th
Sun 		8th
Mon 		9th
Tue 		10th
Wed 		11th
Thu 		12th
Fri 		13th
Sat 		14th
Sun 		15th
Mon 		16th
Tue 		17th
Wed 		18th
Thu 		19th
Fri 		20th
Sat 		21st
Sun 		22nd
Mon 		23rd
Tue 		24th
Wed 		25th
Thu 		26th
Fri 		27th
Sat 		Events
  Ceremonies OC CC —
Aquatics   Artistic swimming 1 1 1 53
  Diving 2 2 2 2 2
  Swimming 6 6 7 7 6 6
  Water polo  ●  ●  ●  ● 1  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1
  Archery  ●  ● 1 1 1 1 4
  Athletics 6 6 8 4 11 10 2 47
  Badminton  ●  ● 2  ●  ●  ● 1 2 2 7
  Baseball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
  Basketball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1 2
Board games   Chess  ●  ●  ● 2  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 2 9
  Go  ●  ● 1  ●  ●  ● 2
  Xiangqi  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 2
  Bowling 1 1 1 1  ● 2  ● 4  ● 2 12
  Boxing  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●   6 7 13
Canoeing   Slalom ● 2 ● 2 16
  Sprint ● ● 6 6
  Cricket  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 2
  Cue sports  ● 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 10
Cycling   BMX 2 18
  Mountain biking 2
  Road cycling 2 1 1
  Track cycling 1 3  ● 2 4
  Dancesport 5 5 10
  Dragon boat 2 2 2 6
  Equestrian 1 ● 1 ● ● 2 1 1 6
  Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
  Football  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1  ● 1 2
  Golf  ●  ●  ● 4 4
Gymnastics   Artistic 1 1 2 5 5 18
  Rhythmic 1 1
  Trampolining  ● 2
  Handball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 2 2
  Field hockey  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1 2
  Judo 4 4 4 4 16
  Kabaddi  ●  ●  ●  ● 2 2
  Karate 5 4 4 13
  Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
  Roller sports 4 2  ● 3 9
  Rowing  ●  ●  ● 7 7 14
  Rugby sevens  ●  ● 2 2
  Sailing  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 14 14
  Sepak takraw  ●  ●  ●  ● 2  ●  ● 2  ●  ● 2 6
  Shooting 6 4 8 4 6 4 4 4 2 2 44
  Softball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
  Soft tennis  ● 2 1  ● 2  ● 2 7
  Squash  ●  ●  ● 2  ●  ●  ● 2 4
  Table tennis  ●  ●  ● 2  ●  ● 3 2 7
  Taekwondo 4 4 4 4 16
  Tennis  ●  ●  ● 2  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 3 2 7
  Triathlon 1 1 2
Volleyball   Beach volleyball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1 4
  Indoor volleyball  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ● 1 1
  Weightlifting 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 15
  Wrestling 3 3 3 3 3 3 18
  Wushu 2 2 2 2 7 15
Daily medal events 28 35 31 36 40 32 36 40 21 27 30 28 39 48 5 476
Cumulative Total 28 63 94 130 170 202 238 278 299 326 356 384 423 471 476
November 7th
Sun 		8th
Mon 		9th
Tue 		10th
Wed 		11th
Thu 		12th
Fri 		13th
Sat 		14th
Sun 		15th
Mon 		16th
Tue 		17th
Wed 		18th
Thu 		19th
Fri 		20th
Sat 		21st
Sun 		22nd
Mon 		23rd
Tue 		24th
Wed 		25th
Thu 		26th
Fri 		27th
Sat 		Total
events

Closing ceremony

 
Cultural performance of Incheon, host of the 2014 Games. On the stage were the local dance troupe "Arirang Party" and Taekwondo exponents.

The closing ceremony began on November 27, 2010, at 20:06 local time in front of 35,000 spectators.[121] The show had the theme "Leave Your Song Here", and had cultural displays from China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.[3] The ceremony featured songs from different cultures as follows: the Indian "Saajan ji Ghar Aaye" and "Aao re Jhumo re",[122] Indonesian "Sing Sing So" and Japanese "Sakura".[123] Various artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China performed "Triumphant Return", among them were Alan Tam, Leo Ku and Hacken Lee.[123]

After awarding host badminton player Lin Dan with the most valuable player award, the President of the Olympic Council of Asia Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah officially announced the Games closed. As per tradition, People's Liberation Army personnel lowered the OCA flag, and carried it out of the ceremony venue. Later, the South Korean flag was raised to the South Korean national anthem. The mayor of Incheon, Song Young-gil, received the Games flag as the city was scheduled to host the 2014 Games.[124] The ceremony then proceeded with an eight-minute segment from Incheon called "Arirang Party" led by traditional percussionist Choi So-ri in Korean traditional costume along with taekwondo exponents. Famous Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer and actor Rain also performed.[125] Rain sang a medley of three of his hit songs, "Rainism", "Hip Song" and "Friends".[126][127]

The closing ceremony ended with the flame being extinguished and the theme songs "Everyone" and "Cheer for Asia" being performed.[128]

Medal table

Main article: 2010 Asian Games medal table

China led the medal table for the eighth consecutive time, setting a new record for the most number of gold medals (at 199 gold medals) won in a single Games. This bested their previous record of 183 gold medals won by China at the 1990 games.[2] Macau[129] and Bangladesh won their first Asian Games gold medals in wushu and cricket, respectively.[130] Some 35 National Olympic Committees (except Kuwait who competed under the Olympic flag) won at least a single medal. 27 NOCs won at least a single gold medal, thus leaving nine NOCs that did not win any medal at the Games.

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)*19911998416
2  South Korea (KOR)766591232
3  Japan (JPN)487494216
4  Iran (IRI)20152459
5  Kazakhstan (KAZ)18233879
6  India (IND)14173465
7  Chinese Taipei (TPE)13163867
8  Uzbekistan (UZB)11222356
9  Thailand (THA)1193252
10  Malaysia (MAS)9181441
11–36Remaining58101135294
Totals (36 entries)4774796211577

Broadcasting

Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting Co., Ltd (GAB) (Chinese: 广州亚运会转播有限公司; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu yàyùn huì zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī), a broadcasting consortium established on December 31, 2008, served as the host broadcaster of the games.[131][132] The International Broadcast Centre was constructed within the Asian Games town.[133][134]

Concerns and controversies

Sports

Main article: Sockgate

Cricket was among the five debut sports in the Games. India, despite its historical record, decided not to send its cricket team to the Games. According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the decision was due to other international commitments.[135] However, its main rivals, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, confirmed their participation.[136]

In ten-pin bowling, the Asian Bowling Federation decided to hold matches without spectators, this resulted in protests from many delegates.[137]

On November 17, Yang Shu-chun of Chinese Taipei was abruptly disqualified with 12 seconds left in the first round of the taekwondo competition, while leading her opponent 9–0. She was accused of having installed illegal sensors on the heel of her socks.[138][139] The event quickly turned into an international incident, with officials, politicians and fans from Chinese Taipei, China and South Korea trading accusations of manipulation and fraud.[140]

About 1,400 random doping tests were carried out during the Games.[141] Two athletes tested positive; judoka Shokir Muminov on November 19, 2010, and Greco-Roman wrestler Jakhongir Muminov on November 24, 2010, both from Uzbekistan, tested positive for methylhexanamine.[142] On January 24, 2011, the OCA announced another two doping failures, Qatari Ahmed Dheeb who tested positive for exogenous testosterone metabolites and Palestinian Awajna Abdalnasser who tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone.[143]

Languages

In July 2010, the citizens of Guangzhou opposed the proposal suggested by the city committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to use Mandarin more in television news programs, rather than Guangzhou's main language, Cantonese.[144] The debates eventually led to a series of public protests.

In late October 2010, in order to protest over the government's language policy in Tibetan areas, the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) used the Games as a channel to voice their concerns.[145]

Environment

Like the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guangzhou also attempted to improve the city's air quality. The authority pledged ￥600 million to fight the problem and ordered around 32 chemical plants to stop production by the end of 2009.[146] A report from July 13, 2010, indicated that the air quality was rated at 95.07% in 2009, an increase of 12.01% since 2004;[147] this improvement eventually cost authorities ￥24 billion.[148] Subsequent action from organizers to curb pollution included decreasing the movement of vehicles up to 40% and banning barbecue stalls in 11 cities.[149][150]

Between 2005 and 2008 about 150 Guolang villagers survived by growing tomatoes, beans, and cabbages while fighting the government for fairer compensation after their homes were flattened for Asian Games infrastructure. The Panyu government set aside a date to listen to petitioners' complaint on October 18, 2010.[151]

Prior to the opening of the games, Conghua reported 429 cases of norovirus outbreak. The government officials stressed that the people affected recovered before November 12.[152]

See also

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2010, asian, games, guangzhou, 2010, redirects, here, asian, para, games, 2010, asian, para, games, chinese, 2010年亚洲运动会, pinyin, líng, líng, nián, yǎzhōu, yùndònghuì, officially, known, asian, games, chinese, 第十六届亚洲运动会, pinyin, shíliù, jiè, yǎzhōu, yùndònghuì,. Guangzhou 2010 redirects here For the Asian Para Games see 2010 Asian Para Games The 2010 Asian Games Chinese 2010年亚洲运动会 pinyin Er ling yi ling nian yǎzhōu yundonghui officially known as the XVI Asian Games Chinese 第十六届亚洲运动会 pinyin di shiliu jie yǎzhōu yundonghui and also known as Guangzhou 2010 Chinese 广州2010 pinyin Guǎngzhōu Er ling yi ling were a regional multi sport event that had taken place from November 12 to November 27 2010 in Guangzhou Guangdong China although several events commenced earlier on November 7 2010 It was the second time China hosted the Asian Games with the first one being Asian Games 1990 in Beijing XVI Asian GamesHost cityGuangzhou ChinaMottoThrilling Games Harmonious Asia Chinese 激情盛会 和谐亚洲 Jiqing shenghui hexie yǎzhōu Nations45Athletes9 704Events476 in 42 sports 57 disciplines OpeningNovember 12 2010ClosingNovember 27 2010Opened byWen JiabaoPremier of ChinaClosed byAhmad Al Fahad Al SabahPresident of the Olympic Council of AsiaAthlete s OathFu HaifengJudge s OathYan NinanTorch lighterHe ChongMain venueHaixinsha IslandWebsitegz2010 cnSummer Doha 2006Incheon 2014 Winter Changchun 2007Astana Almaty 2011 Guangzhou s three neighboring cities Dongguan Foshan and Shanwei co hosted the Games Premier Wen Jiabao opened the Games along the Pearl River in Haixinsha Island A total of 53 venues were used to host the events The design concept of the official logo of the 2010 Asian Games was based on the legend of the Guangzhou s Five Goats representing the Five Goats as the Asian Games Torch 1 A total of 9 704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees NOCs competed in 476 events of 42 sports and disciplines 28 Olympic sports and 14 non Olympic sports making it the largest event in the history of the Games Due to reductions in the number of sports for competition in the 2014 Asian Games these Games marked the final time that six non Olympic events would be held during the Asian Games China led the final medal tally followed by South Korea in second place and Japan in third place China set a new Games record with 199 gold medals 2 Three world and 103 Asian records were broken 3 Macau and Bangladesh won their first ever Asian Games gold medals In addition the badminton men s singles gold medalist Lin Dan was voted as the most valuable player MVP 4 The President of the Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al Fahad Al Ahmed Al Sabah hailed the Games as outstanding and one of the best ever 5 Contents 1 Bidding process 2 Development and preparations 2 1 Costs 2 2 Volunteers 2 3 Torch relay 2 4 Marketing 2 4 1 Emblem 2 4 2 Mascots 2 4 3 Medals 2 4 4 Motto 2 4 5 Promotion 2 4 6 Merchandising 2 4 7 Music 2 5 Venues 2 6 Transport 3 The Games 3 1 Opening ceremony 3 2 Sports 3 3 Participating National Olympic Committees 3 4 Calendar 3 5 Closing ceremony 4 Medal table 5 Broadcasting 6 Concerns and controversies 6 1 Sports 6 2 Languages 6 3 Environment 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBidding process EditMain article Bids for the 2010 Asian Games Seoul and Amman dropped out before their bids were officially selected by the Olympic Council of Asia OCA leaving only two candidate cities Guangzhou and Kuala Lumpur by March 31 2004 6 7 Seoul withdrew after considering that South Korea hosted the 2002 Games in Busan 8 only eight years earlier The evaluation committee of the OCA inspected Kuala Lumpur from April 12 to 14 and Guangzhou from April 14 to 16 2004 6 9 10 On April 15 2004 the Government of Malaysia declared that it would not support the Olympic Council of Malaysia with a Kuala Lumpur bid due to the high cost of hosting the Games estimated at US 366 million forcing Kuala Lumpur to withdraw its bid and leaving Guangzhou as the sole bidder 11 12 The OCA unanimously selected Guangzhou to host the 2010 Games during their 23rd General Assembly session in Doha Qatar site of the 2006 Asian Games on July 1 2004 13 14 2010 Asian Games bidding results City NOC VotesGuangzhou China UnanimousDevelopment and preparations EditCosts Edit On March 11 2005 Lin Shusen then party secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party CCP said the Games will not cost more than 2 billion 15 in stark contrast to an earlier report which had claimed that the cost could exceed 200 billion 16 In March 2009 the director of the marketing department of the Games Fang Da er claimed that the Games were short of funds due to the lack of sponsorship and the global financial crisis 17 An informal estimate put the Games expenditure at about US 420 million and revenue at US 450 million 18 On October 13 2010 Wan Qingliang mayor of Guangzhou at the time officially revealed in a press conference that the total cost of staging the Asian Games and Asian Para Games was about 122 6 billion 18 37 billion with 109 billion spent on the city s infrastructure 6 3 billion on the venues and some 7 3 billion spent on the Games operations 19 The full spending details would be released before 2013 according to the city s finance chief Zhang Jieming 20 It was later reported that Guangzhou accumulated US 32 billion 210 billion in debt after staging the Games 21 22 Volunteers Edit The volunteer recruitment program for the 2010 Asian Games began at 9 pm on April 21 2009 with a target of 60 000 games time volunteers The volunteers were given a green short sleeve t shirt a green long sleeve t shirt a sport jacket a pair of trousers a hat a water bottle a pair of sport shoes and a waist bag 23 24 Torch relay Edit Torch relay route Main article 2010 Asian Games torch relay Two torch designs were shortlisted in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games The organizers chose a design named The Tide over one named Exploit as the torch of the Games The Tide weighed 98 g and was 70 cm long It was tall and straight in shape while dynamic in terms of image 25 26 The torch relay route was unveiled on March 4 2010 and due to budgetary issues and the problems related to 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay the organizers decided to carry it out on a smaller scale than those carried out previously 27 The torch was lit at the Great Wall of China on October 9 2010 and traveled around the Temple of Heaven in Beijing As originally scheduled 21 cities were present on the relay route with 2 010 torchbearers expected to carry it from October 12 to November 12 2010 Two more cities Changchun in Jilin and Haiyang in Shandong the host cities of 2007 Asian Winter Games and 2012 Asian Beach Games respectively were also later added to the route for a single day on October 15 2010 increasing the number of torchbearers to 2 068 people 28 29 30 Marketing Edit Emblem Edit Official mascot of 2010 Asian Games From left to right A Xiang A Ru Le Yangyang A Yi and A He The official emblem of the Games was unveiled at Sun Yat sen Memorial Hall on November 26 2006 to prepare the city to succeed Doha 2006 as Asian Games host city It was a stylized representation of Guangzhou s Statue of the Five Goats Chinese 五羊雕像 pinyin Wǔ yang diaoxiang Jyutping ng5 joeng4 diu1 zoeng6 fused with a running track In Chinese tradition the goat is a blessing and brings people luck and the host city Guangzhou is known as the City of Goats 31 The orange and yellow emblem also resembles a flame Mascots Edit The mascots of the Games were five goat rams They were unveiled on April 28 2008 at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention and Exhibition Center 32 33 The five goat rams four small and one large were named A Xiang 阿祥 A He 阿和 A Ru 阿如 A Yi 阿意 and Le Yangyang 乐羊羊 The Chinese character yang 羊 or goat is an auspicious symbol When read together the Chinese names of the five rams are a message of blessing literally meaning Peace Harmony and Great Happiness with everything going as you wish Chinese 祥和如意乐洋洋 pinyin Xianghe ruyi le yangyang This represents the hopes that the Games will bring peace auspiciousness and happiness to the people of Asia 34 A Xiang is described as a handsome stylish sincere and brave goat A Xiang wears a blue outfit that resembles the blue ring of the Olympic emblem symbolizes the ever running Pearl River and the gentle and kind character and broad and welcoming heart of the people of Guangzhou A He is described as an earthy modest serene and decisive goat A He wears a black outfit that resembles the black ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the grand heritage and long history of the Lingnan culture A Ru is described as a beautiful fashionable smart and passionate goat A Ru wears a red outfit that resembles the red ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the red kapok Bombax ceiba the city flower of Guangzhou which gives Guangzhou its nickname of The City of Flowers A Yi is described as a nifty cute lively and outgoing goat A Yi wears a green outfit that resembles the green ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the city s famous Baiyun Mountain Le Yangyang is described as the tall handsome sunny and confident leader of the goat ram mascot team Le Yangyang wears a yellow outfit that resembles the yellow ring of the Olympic emblem and symbolizes the color of rice grains as Guangzhou has the nickname The City of Rice Grains Medals Edit The medal designs were unveiled at Guangzhou No 2 Children s Palace on 29 September 2010 The theme of the design was the Maritime Silk Road They featured the Emblem of the Olympic Council of Asia and Guangzhou s kapok flower on the obverse and the Maritime Silk Road image and the games logo on the reverse The Maritime Silk Road image depicts a Chinese boat sailing on the sea representing Guangzhou as the starting place of Maritime Silk Road as the most important commercial center and entrepot of the Southern China Hong Kong and Macau regions 35 36 Motto Edit The official motto of the 2010 Asian Games was Thrilling Games Harmonious Asia Chinese 激情盛会 和谐亚洲 pinyin Jiqing shenghui hexie yazhōu It was chosen to represent the goal of the Asian Games which is based on Olympic ideals and values The Games aimed to create a competitive atmosphere for participating athletes while promoting unity peace and friendship among Asian people regardless of differences in race nationality religious beliefs and language 37 Promotion Edit Two years before the games the Road of Asia tour was launched at Tianhe Sports Center to promote the games throughout the region 38 A ceremony was held on 12 November 2009 at the Guangzhou Gymnasium to mark the one year milestone before the Games 39 Merchandising Edit Organizers started selling licensed Asian Games products with introduction of first batch in January 2008 40 On May 7 2009 the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper signed a contract with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee GAGOC and became the exclusive online retailer of licensed products 41 Music Edit The official theme song was released on September 30 2010 and was called Reunion Chinese 重逢 pinyin chong feng It was composed by Wu Liqun with lyrics written by Xu Rongkai The English version was translated by Chen Ning Yang a Chinese American physicist and his wife Weng Fan The song was performed by Sun Nan and the late Yao Beina 42 Sun Nan also performed it again with Mao Amin for a music video 43 The song was selected based from a solicitation campaign for Asian Games songs which received more than 1 600 entries 36 of them were released as selected songs for the Games Venues Edit Guangdong Olympic Stadium used for all the athletics events Main article Venues of the 2010 Asian Games A total of 53 competition venues and 17 training venues were used for the Games with four venues located outside of Guangzhou Events took place at 42 pre existing venues eleven competition venues and one training venue were constructed for the Games while the rest were renovated Other venues included the Asian Games Town which consisted of the Games Village with the Athletes Officials and Media Buildings the Main Media Center and the International Broadcast Center 44 Organizers revealed that the total investment was over 15 billion 45 On April 19 2009 organizers announced that they had chosen Haixinsha Island on the Pearl River as the venues for the opening and closing ceremonies This was the first time in the history of the Games that the ceremonies were held outside the Games main venues 46 The villages at the Asian Games Town was built on a 329 024 square meters land space which had 3 598 apartments in 49 buildings 47 Transport Edit MTR KTT decorated to promote the Games Guangzhou s public transportation infrastructure was expanded significantly as a part of the preparation for the Games Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was upgraded in contracted with Crisplant formerly FKI Logistex to support massive volume of passengers 48 A new Wuhan Guangzhou High Speed Railway was opened on December 26 2009 to shorten the travel time between two destinations 49 In order to ease traffic congestion and air pollution the government ordered a 40 reduction of vehicles and offered 1 000 buses for use during the Games and Para Games 50 51 The government also had a free ride offer for public transportation during the month of Games but it was cancelled one week prior to the Games due to an overwhelming response from the citizens 52 53 Instead the government offered 150 US 23 26 cash subsidies to each household with permanent residence for commuting purposes 54 The Games Edit Firework display at the Canton Tower Opening ceremony Edit Main article 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held on November 12 2010 For the first time in Asian Games history the ceremony was not held in a traditional stadium setting Instead it was held at Haixinsha Island using the Pearl River and Canton Tower as focal points 55 The ceremony was directed by Chen Weiya assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and featured a cast of about 6 000 performers 56 It was attended by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao 57 President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari 58 Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva 59 Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Henry Tang 60 as well as OCA president Ahmed Al Fahad Al Ahmed Al Sabah and Jacques Rogge president of the International Olympic Committee 61 The ceremony lasted for three hours and together with the closing ceremony cost about 380 million US 58 91 million 62 Athletes were paraded by boats along the Pearl River The ceremony featured a water themed arts show and the culture of Guangzhou The last torchbearer diver He Chong lit up the cauldron after igniting traditional Chinese firecrackers whose flare shot up to the top of the tower where the cauldron was held 63 64 The ceremony received positive reviews Rogge was quoted as considering the ceremony to be absolutely fantastic and felt that it demonstrated the city s ability to host the Olympics 65 66 OCA director general Husain Al Musallam also praised the ceremony arguing that it was unique and just better than the Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremony 67 Sports Edit 476 events were held across 42 sports 57 disciplines including the 26 sports was to be played at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 16 additional non Olympic sports This marked an increase from the 424 events in 39 sports held in 2006 68 69 The OCA approved Cricket Twenty20 for inclusion in the main program while events in dancesport competitive ballroom dancing dragon boat weiqi and roller sport were also held 70 71 Bodybuilding was dropped following criticism over the quality of judging in the competition at the 2006 Games 72 2010 Asian Games Sports ProgrammeAquatics Diving Swimming Artistic swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Board games Chess Go Xiangqi Bowling Boxing Canoeing Slalom Sprint Cricket Cue sports Cycling BMX Mountain bike Road Track Dancesport Dragon boat Equestrian Dressage Eventing Jumping Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Handball Judo Kabaddi Karate Modern pentathlon Roller sports Artistic Speed Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Sepak takraw Shooting Soft tennis Softball Squash Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach Indoor Weightlifting Wrestling WushuParticipating National Olympic Committees Edit Participating countries All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia that existed as of 2010 participated in the 2010 Asian Games All National Olympic Committees were ordered to submit their entries before September 30 2010 Organizers allowed each NOC to submit additional entries and injury replacements after the deadline After the final registration deadline some 9 704 athletes as well as some 4 750 team officials took part in the Games an increase of 184 athletes from the previous Asian Games in Doha 73 According to the Games official website Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010 74 Below is a list of all the participating NOCs the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets Participating National Olympic Committees Afghanistan 66 75 Bahrain 82 76 Bangladesh 150 77 Bhutan 11 78 Brunei 9 79 Cambodia 22 80 China 960 81 host Hong Kong 401 82 India 626 83 Indonesia 216 84 Iran 362 85 Iraq 42 86 Japan 726 87 Jordan 86 88 Kazakhstan 365 89 North Korea 188 90 South Korea 788 91 Athletes from Kuwait 184 92 Kyrgyzstan 135 93 Laos 53 94 Lebanon 49 95 Macau 168 96 Malaysia 325 97 Maldives 82 98 Mongolia 219 99 Myanmar 69 100 Nepal 140 101 Oman 52 102 Pakistan 169 103 Palestine 41 104 Philippines 188 105 Qatar 250 106 Saudi Arabia 164 107 Singapore 240 108 Sri Lanka 104 109 Syria 44 110 Chinese Taipei 399 111 Tajikistan 67 112 Thailand 593 113 East Timor 23 114 Turkmenistan 111 115 United Arab Emirates 84 116 Uzbekistan 220 117 Vietnam 260 118 Yemen 32 119 Calendar Edit In the following calendar for the 2010 Asian Games each blue box represents an event competition such as a qualification round on that day The yellow boxes represent days during which medal awarding finals for a sport were held Each bullet in these boxes is an event final the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day The left side of the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport There is a key at the top of the calendar 120 All times are in China Standard Time UTC 8 OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremonyNovember 7thSun 8thMon 9thTue 10thWed 11thThu 12thFri 13thSat 14thSun 15thMon 16thTue 17thWed 18thThu 19thFri 20thSat 21stSun 22ndMon 23rdTue 24thWed 25thThu 26thFri 27thSat Events Ceremonies OC CC Aquatics Artistic swimming 1 1 1 53 Diving 2 2 2 2 2 Swimming 6 6 7 7 6 6 Water polo 1 1 Archery 1 1 1 1 4 Athletics 6 6 8 4 11 10 2 47 Badminton 2 1 2 2 7 Baseball 1 1 Basketball 1 1 2Board games Chess 2 2 9 Go 1 2 Xiangqi 2 Bowling 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 12 Boxing 6 7 13Canoeing Slalom 2 2 16 Sprint 6 6 Cricket 1 1 2 Cue sports 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 10Cycling BMX 2 18 Mountain biking 2 Road cycling 2 1 1 Track cycling 1 3 2 4 Dancesport 5 5 10 Dragon boat 2 2 2 6 Equestrian 1 1 2 1 1 6 Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 Football 1 1 2 Golf 4 4Gymnastics Artistic 1 1 2 5 5 18 Rhythmic 1 1 Trampolining 2 Handball 2 2 Field hockey 1 1 2 Judo 4 4 4 4 16 Kabaddi 2 2 Karate 5 4 4 13 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Roller sports 4 2 3 9 Rowing 7 7 14 Rugby sevens 2 2 Sailing 14 14 Sepak takraw 2 2 2 6 Shooting 6 4 8 4 6 4 4 4 2 2 44 Softball 1 1 Soft tennis 2 1 2 2 7 Squash 2 2 4 Table tennis 2 3 2 7 Taekwondo 4 4 4 4 16 Tennis 2 3 2 7 Triathlon 1 1 2Volleyball Beach volleyball 1 1 4 Indoor volleyball 1 1 Weightlifting 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 15 Wrestling 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Wushu 2 2 2 2 7 15Daily medal events 28 35 31 36 40 32 36 40 21 27 30 28 39 48 5 476Cumulative Total 28 63 94 130 170 202 238 278 299 326 356 384 423 471 476November 7thSun 8thMon 9thTue 10thWed 11thThu 12thFri 13thSat 14thSun 15thMon 16thTue 17thWed 18thThu 19thFri 20thSat 21stSun 22ndMon 23rdTue 24thWed 25thThu 26thFri 27thSat Totalevents Closing ceremony Edit Cultural performance of Incheon host of the 2014 Games On the stage were the local dance troupe Arirang Party and Taekwondo exponents The closing ceremony began on November 27 2010 at 20 06 local time in front of 35 000 spectators 121 The show had the theme Leave Your Song Here and had cultural displays from China India Indonesia Lebanon Japan Kazakhstan and Mongolia 3 The ceremony featured songs from different cultures as follows the Indian Saajan ji Ghar Aaye and Aao re Jhumo re 122 Indonesian Sing Sing So and Japanese Sakura 123 Various artists from Taiwan Hong Kong and mainland China performed Triumphant Return among them were Alan Tam Leo Ku and Hacken Lee 123 After awarding host badminton player Lin Dan with the most valuable player award the President of the Olympic Council of Asia Ahmed Al Fahad Al Ahmed Al Sabah officially announced the Games closed As per tradition People s Liberation Army personnel lowered the OCA flag and carried it out of the ceremony venue Later the South Korean flag was raised to the South Korean national anthem The mayor of Incheon Song Young gil received the Games flag as the city was scheduled to host the 2014 Games 124 The ceremony then proceeded with an eight minute segment from Incheon called Arirang Party led by traditional percussionist Choi So ri in Korean traditional costume along with taekwondo exponents Famous Korean singer songwriter dancer record producer and actor Rain also performed 125 Rain sang a medley of three of his hit songs Rainism Hip Song and Friends 126 127 The closing ceremony ended with the flame being extinguished and the theme songs Everyone and Cheer for Asia being performed 128 Medal table EditMain article 2010 Asian Games medal table China led the medal table for the eighth consecutive time setting a new record for the most number of gold medals at 199 gold medals won in a single Games This bested their previous record of 183 gold medals won by China at the 1990 games 2 Macau 129 and Bangladesh won their first Asian Games gold medals in wushu and cricket respectively 130 Some 35 National Olympic Committees except Kuwait who competed under the Olympic flag won at least a single medal 27 NOCs won at least a single gold medal thus leaving nine NOCs that did not win any medal at the Games The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below The host nation China is highlighted Host nation China RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 China CHN 199119984162 South Korea KOR 7665912323 Japan JPN 4874942164 Iran IRI 201524595 Kazakhstan KAZ 182338796 India IND 141734657 Chinese Taipei TPE 131638678 Uzbekistan UZB 112223569 Thailand THA 119325210 Malaysia MAS 918144111 36Remaining58101135294Totals 36 entries 4774796211577Broadcasting EditGuangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting Co Ltd GAB Chinese 广州亚运会转播有限公司 pinyin Guǎngzhōu yayun hui zhuǎnbo yǒuxian gōngsi a broadcasting consortium established on December 31 2008 served as the host broadcaster of the games 131 132 The International Broadcast Centre was constructed within the Asian Games town 133 134 Concerns and controversies EditSports Edit Main article Sockgate Cricket was among the five debut sports in the Games India despite its historical record decided not to send its cricket team to the Games According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India the decision was due to other international commitments 135 However its main rivals Pakistan and Sri Lanka confirmed their participation 136 In ten pin bowling the Asian Bowling Federation decided to hold matches without spectators this resulted in protests from many delegates 137 On November 17 Yang Shu chun of Chinese Taipei was abruptly disqualified with 12 seconds left in the first round of the taekwondo competition while leading her opponent 9 0 She was accused of having installed illegal sensors on the heel of her socks 138 139 The event quickly turned into an international incident with officials politicians and fans from Chinese Taipei China and South Korea trading accusations of manipulation and fraud 140 About 1 400 random doping tests were carried out during the Games 141 Two athletes tested positive judoka Shokir Muminov on November 19 2010 and Greco Roman wrestler Jakhongir Muminov on November 24 2010 both from Uzbekistan tested positive for methylhexanamine 142 On January 24 2011 the OCA announced another two doping failures Qatari Ahmed Dheeb who tested positive for exogenous testosterone metabolites and Palestinian Awajna Abdalnasser who tested positive for 19 Norandrosterone 143 Languages Edit In July 2010 the citizens of Guangzhou opposed the proposal suggested by the city committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference CPPCC to use Mandarin more in television news programs rather than Guangzhou s main language Cantonese 144 The debates eventually led to a series of public protests 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