Asian Games closing today . . .
Friday, November 26, 2010
GUANGZHOU: Just five gold medals to be presented Saturday provided a rather slow-paced denouement for the Asian Games , an event the Olympic Council of Asia president referred to as ``one of the best ever.''
While Zhou Chunxiu won the women's marathon, giving China its 198th gold medal of the games, and Myanmar took the men's doubles final in the sport of sepak takraw, giving the country its first, OCA chief Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah told a closing news conference that even a military conflict on the Korean peninsula during the games could not damage the event's image.
Al-Sabah said Korean athletes ``stood shoulder-to-shoulder to compete'' despite North and South Korea waging a military skirmish last Tuesday.
Closing ceremony will held at Haixinsha Island in the Pearl River.
Boat shaped stadium in this Island will be the venue of these celebrations.
The time of starting the Closing ceremony of 16th Asian Games is 20:06.
During Closing ceremony , the Flag handover to Incheon 2014 for the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) will also take place.
Famous Pop singer of Asia , Rain will be giving a performance during the closing ceremony of 2010 Asian Games.
There is a festival mood all over China , especially in Guangzhou.
Universal Love is the theme selected by the Guangzhou Asian Games Authorities.
On 12th November Opening ceremony of Asian games was conducted at the Haixinsha Island.
Tickets for the 2010 Asian Games Closing ceremony will cost around 2000 to 8000 yuans.
Guangzhou will be using weather controlling techniques to prevent rain from destroying the fun of Asian Games opening and closing ceremonies.
More than 7000 Chinese people including students will be performing programs during the Closing ceremony.
Lot of VVIP's will be coming to China during the games. So high security has been ensured in all parts of the country to prevent any kind of terrorist attacks.
Ten Sports channel will telecast the closing ceremony live at 4:00 pm on November 27 th.
The athletes who came from various Asian Countries and spectators from all over the world will be saying good bye to Guanghozu on 27th November 2010.
China has decided to make the sent off ceremony marvelous.
At Guanghozu in the Haixinsha Island , the famous Indian singer Ravi K Tripathi will be giving a performance in which he will present an Indian and Chinese song.
AR Rahman's Jai Ho will be the another main attraction of the Asian Games closing ceremony.
With the ending of the 16th Asian games , the Host country China has been in the top list of the Asian Games Medal Tally list.
0 comments:
Post a Comment