The hosts boast a nearly 900-strong delegation and are overwhelming favourites to top the medals table.
More than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations across Asia and the Middle East will compete in the Asian Games’ 40 sports.
Xi is scheduled to open proceedings officially in one of the country’s most prosperous regions, in front of invited guests including Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. But the Games have already been rocked by a row between New Delhi and China, with a trip to Hangzhou by India’s sports minister cancelled on Friday.
China’s status as a sporting destination took a severe hit during the first three years of the pandemic, when snap lockdowns and travel rules saw almost all international events cancelled in the country.The hosts are overwhelming favourites to top the medals table, boasting a huge nearly 900-strong delegation, with Japan and South Korea battling for second.
Nine sports, among them boxing, breakdancing, and tennis, will serve as Asia qualifiers for next year’s Paris Olympics. “When developing countries’ athletes get medals their people are happy, their government is happy, and they support sport. Sport has a high social position. So I think this policy of OCA is successful.”
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