At the Asian Games, Asia’s largest sports festival, you can enjoy unique sports that are not usually seen. The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature a total of 32 events, including 28 official sports and 4 sports selected by the host country, but the Hangzhou Asian Games are diverse, with 40 official sports.
E-sports (Electronic sports), which was adopted as an official sport for the first time in this competition, is a representative unique sport. Esports, which was not recognized as an official sport, was recognized for its potential as a sport when it was selected as a demonstration sport during the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games. There are a total of 7 e-sports events at the Asian Games, where official medals are awarded for the first time in history, and Korea will participate in 4 events, including LoL (League of Legends), Battleground Mobile, FIFA Online 4, and Street Fighter V. .
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Breaking, a hip-hop dance, will also be performed for the first time at the Asian Games. Breaking will be adopted as an official sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics next year and will become a sport in earnest.
It is also noteworthy that Baduk, which had been absent since the 2010 Guangzhou Games, was revived as an official sport after 13 years. Baduk is a sub-discipline of the board game, and there are a total of three gold medals at stake, including the men’s and women’s team event and the men’s individual event. Shin Shin-seo, 9th dan, who won the Eungssi Cup last month, is aiming for a medal. Korea dominated all three events at the Guangzhou Games. In addition, the board game category includes detailed games such as chess and ‘Chinese chess’ Xiangqi.카지노사이트
Kabaddi, India’s national sport that combines tag and fighting, can only be seen at the Asian Games. Kabaddi is a sport in which a line is drawn in the middle of a 12.5 by 6.25 court, and a point is scored when the attacker, holding his breath, crosses the opponent’s court, touches the defender’s body, and returns to his own half. It was first selected as an official event at the 1990 Beijing Games and boasts a 33-year history.
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In addition to Wushu, Jiu-Jitsu, and Uzbekistan’s traditional martial art, Kurashi is also an event that can only be seen at the Asian Games. Like judo, you compete wearing a gi, but the difference is that you can only hold the top.
Baseball, softball, and karate, which were official sports at the last Tokyo Olympics, were excluded from the official sports at the Paris Olympics and can now only be seen at the Asian Games. Sepak Takraw, foot volleyball, squash, inline roller, and soft tennis are also Asian Games sports that are not included in the Olympics.