Hangzhou Asian Games 16-Day Battle Ends

Hangzhou Asian Games 16-Day Battle Ends... See You in Aichi and Nagoya in 2026

Breaking silver medal Kim Hong-yeol closing ceremony Korean jockey... Farewell to the 'digital giant' who co-ignited the torch

The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, held in six cities around Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, concluded on the 8th after 16 days of intense competition.

The closing ceremony began at 9 p.m. (Korean time) on this day at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, the main stadium of this event, with the attendance of state councilor Premier Li Chang, the second-highest-ranking Chinese power, and other guests, and lasted 85 minutes.

The closing ceremony opened with a beautiful scene of colorful lotus flowers in full bloom using augmented reality technology around the Olympic Sports Center Stadium, nicknamed the 'Big Lotus', against the background of the gorgeous Hangzhou city night view shining like gold. 바카라사이트

On the 16th, under the banner of 'Asia', 12,000 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), who reunited five years after the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, enjoyed the largest sports festival in a festival of friendship and harmony.

After the performance of ‘To You, Flowers of Memory’, flag bearers and athletes from each country entered the stadium.

In Korea, 'legendary b-boy' Kim Hong-yeol (Hong10), the men's silver medalist in breaking at this competition, entered while waving the Korean national flag.

Breaking, karate, and water polo athletes who returned home on the 9th followed him.

In North Korea, Lee Cheong-song, winner of the 81 kg weightlifting class, held the North Korean flag high as the flag bearer.

Athletes from each country, wearing colorful uniforms, took pictures of each country at the stadium, held hands together, formed a circle, and regretted the moment of separation.

The Hangzhou Asian Games, which were postponed for a year in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and held five years after the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, are self-proclaimed as the cradle of China's information technology (IT) industry with the motto of being eco-friendly, digital, and smart. Hangzhou heated up.

This Summer Asian Games, which was held for the third time in China following Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010, was evaluated as a success as it was held without any major noise, especially in game management and referee decisions.

At the closing ceremony, the Hangzhou organizing committee spread 'digital grass', made of about 40,000 fluorescent materials evenly woven, on the floor of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium and used it as a huge palette to appropriately embody the splendor of color.

Promotion that the Hangzhou Organizing Committee will hand over the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag and torch model to the Aichi/Nagoya Organizing Committee in Japan, which will host the 20th Asian Games in 2026, and that the next organizing committee will introduce local culture and welcome a visit in three years. performed.

Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City became the third city in Japan to host the Summer Asian Games, following Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994.

Sa Xiaoran, general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Hangzhou Asian Games, gave a moving closing ceremony with love and respect, applauding the athletes who pursued their dreams and brightened the competition with great games, and thanking all the volunteers who dedicated themselves to hosting a successful competition.

As the support staff said their goodbyes with a request to remember Hangzhou forever, the 'digital giant', who became a hot topic as a co-lighter of the opening ceremony torch along with Chinese handsome swimmer Wang Shun, reappeared.

The Hangzhou Asian Games ended with the 'digital giant', along with athletes and volunteers from 45 NOCs, watching the torch being extinguished, drawing a heart above his head with both hands, waving his hands widely, and disappearing onto the stadium.

Korean Baseball has Never Done Well

[Asian Games] Korean Baseball has Never Done Well due to Being Held Back by Taiwan

There are very few cases where Korean baseball has achieved good results in international competitions due to being held back by Taiwan.

The 2003 Sapporo Asian Championships, where qualification for the 2004 Athens Olympics was at stake, was the starting point of the bad relationship.

Korea lost 4-5 to Taiwan in the 10th overtime match and failed to advance to Athens. 온라인카지노

The 2006 Doha Asian Games also remained in baseball fans' memories as a 'disaster'.

In this tournament, in which six countries participated and the winner was determined through a full league, Korea lost 2-4 to Taiwan, instantly destroying the excitement of advancing to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) earlier that year.

If Korea bows down to Taiwan, Korean baseball will suffer endlessly.

On the other hand, if they defeat Chinese Taipei in their first game, they will gain confidence and do well.

Tournament officials are well aware of the strange relationship between the two countries, so they make sure to place the two teams on important routes to increase box office success.

At the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Korean baseball won a gold medal by beating Chinese Taipei in the preliminaries and beating them again in the finals.

The 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games are an extreme exception.

Like on this day, they were tied up by Taiwan's unknown pitcher and lost 1-2, so they started with one loss in the super round, but thanks to Japan catching Taiwan, the three teams were tied with 2 wins and 1 loss, and according to the relevant regulations, Korea and Japan advanced to the finals.

Korea beat Japan and won its third consecutive Asian Games title.

National team Coach Ryu Joong-il and players looked forward to a 'déjà vu' from five years ago after losing 0-4 to Chinese Taipei in the second round of the group stage of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Stadium 1 of Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Center in China on the 2nd.

‘One chance will come’ was the common thought of the players after the loss.

To do so, we must defeat Japan and China in the Super Round and hope for a miracle in which Japan defeats Taiwan.

However, it is unclear whether the Korean batting line, which is evaluated as the 'weakest' batting line, can hit the sophisticated Japanese pitchers' balls and lead to a victory.

Just as Taiwan diligently studied Korea, Japan, whose trademark is 'microscopic analysis', must have examined Korea in even more detail.

Coach Ryu Joong-il acknowledged the development of Taiwanese baseball, saying, "Taiwanese players have studied a lot in the American professional baseball minor league, batters are not fooled by breaking balls, and the defense has become solid, so they are now a team to watch out for."

Noh Si-hwan, who played as the third hitter, blamed himself, saying, "The pitches of the Taiwanese pitcher and others were generally fast, had good power, and had good control, so they did not mishit," and added, "That made it even more difficult for the hitters.

It was because of poor preparation."

Taiwan's baseball team is slowly making progress to the extent that the Korean national baseball team can feel it in order to break away from the 3rd place in Asia, and Japan's skills are so solid that they won their third WBC title this year.

The game on this day, in which the team was completely defeated by Chinese Taipei without being able to use their power in a two-stroke, was a sad moment that once again exposed the current state of Korean baseball, which was unable to move forward but took a step backwards and hoped for a fluke.

Cycling Prodigy Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro Became Partners

[Asian Games] Silver Medal was such a Waste... Cycling Prodigy Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro Became Partners Three Days Ago

Kim Yu-ro "It's unfortunate, but this is the best result... I prepared as a 'pinch hitter' 3 days in advance"

Shin Dong-in "I'm old, so I like silver... I hope I can give some inspiration to the people."

Shin Dong-in (Gangjin County Office) and Kim Yu-ro (Korea Land and Infrastructure) deserve to be recorded as one of the players who so narrowly missed out on the gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

The two accumulated 48 points ahead of the final section of the cycle track men's madison final held at the Jeshou Sports Center Velodrome in Chunan, Zhejiang, China, on the afternoon of the 29th.

Japan's score at that time was 44 points. 온라인카지노사이트

In this event, Madison, a point race race played in teams of two, ran 200 laps over a total distance of 50 km, scoring points based on the order in which they finished every 10 laps.

If you come in 1st place, you receive 5 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd place 2 points, 4th place 1 point, and so on.

If the two athletes win, they could win Korea's first gold medal in the cycling track event at this event.

It would have been a valuable achievement on the last day of the track event, when news of the gold medal had been quiet.

But something strange happened.

Immediately after passing the final section, the scores of both teams reached 54 points.

This is because in the last, 20th section, the Japanese team took 10 points and we took 6 points.

This is because the last section is a ‘special race’ with twice the existing score.

Japan took first place here, and we were second.

In a situation where the score was dramatically tied, the final winner was Japan.

This is because I was the first to cross the final finish line.

It was a disappointing result for Korea as they outscored Japan 41-40 from the 15th section and maintained the lead until the 19th section.

If even one point had been raised among the five sections (2nd, 6th, 13th, 10th, and 18th sections) that had no scores, or if the total race distance had been designated even a little shorter, the gold medal would have gone to Shin Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro.

Shin Dong-in said after the game, "It's unfortunate that I was caught last, but I'm really satisfied with the silver medal. My goal was to stand on the podium."

Shin Dong-in, who was born in 1994 and is 29 years old, laughed and said, "I thought I could have gotten a better result by solving the problem easily.

I can't help but be disappointed with the finish," and added, "I'm too old now, so I'm satisfied with the silver medal."

He added, "I'm sorry that I couldn't win the gold medal, even though the people of the country must have been cheering for me.

Since I won the silver medal with great difficulty, I hope I can give them even a little bit of emotion or inspiration at this Asian Games.

If I can do that, I'm satisfied."

Contrary to expectations that it would be difficult to aim for the gold medal, the team of Shin Dong-in and Kim Yu-ro, who showed an amazing sprint, was actually formed three days before the match.

Shin Dong-in's original partner was Park Sang-hoon (Uijeongbu City Hall), a leading men's cyclist.

Park Sang-hoon, the gold medalist in the track individual pursuit at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, teamed with Kim Ok-cheol in Madison at the time to win a silver medal.

However, it is said that his physical condition was not very good ahead of this game.

Shin Dong-in said, "Originally, we were supposed to join our team's captain, Park Sang-hoon, but he was replaced due to health reasons.

Kim Yu-ro is a road cyclist, but he is also a capable athlete on the track, so after a long discussion between the players and the coach, we decided to replace Kim Yu-ro.

“It was paired with,” he explained.

He continued, "It must have been a lot of pressure to compete in an unfamiliar track event three days before the competition, but she did really well. Thanks to

that, we achieved a valuable result of a silver medal."

Kim Yu-ro, who loves cycling and takes his bike to various places, including the mountains and the sea, on his days off, said that his joy is greater than his regret.

Kim Yu-ro, who said that the silver medal was the 'best result', said, "I was put in as a pinch hitter.

I am grateful to coach Jang Seon-jae for choosing me out of several candidates.

I originally competed in the road event.

It was my first time riding the track in two months, and I prepared for about three days.

“I did,” he said.

He continued, "My condition has improved more in three days than I expected.

I was able to ride well thanks to my senior Shin Dong-in leading the game well," and repeatedly emphasized that he had a 'game with no regrets.'

He added, "Whenever I have nothing else to do, the first thing I think about is cycling.

Until now, I have never once regretted my decision to become a cyclist."

Shin Dong-in leaves amateur cycling for the last time after this race.

He heads to the world of professional racing.

Professional bicycle racers are clearly differentiated from cyclists.

Bicycle racing itself is a subcategory of cycling, but 'professional cycling' refers to the Sports Toto project handled by the National Sports Promotion Foundation's Bicycle Racing General Headquarters.

Because the industry base is solid, individual players can also earn relatively stable profits.

Shin Dong-in confessed, "I am preparing a new plan as a keirin athlete.

This was my third Asian Games appearance, and I participated without any regrets.

There are good and hard-working juniors, so I thought it was time to stop."

The idea of ​​Baek-ho Yoon, president of the Korean Cycling Federation, is to strengthen competitiveness by utilizing bicycle racers with outstanding skills as members of the national cycling team.

It is also part of the 'Olympic Project' promoted by former President Koo Ja-yeol, who resigned early this year after leading the federation for 14 years since 2009.

In the process of concentrating on training for the national team, practical confusion was discovered, such as problems arising that made it difficult for selected cyclists to concentrate on their main job, professional cycling, so elaborate coordination is needed to properly promote it.

Shin Dong-in welcomed, “Like that story, if the conditions and environment are created for bicycle racers to compete on the national team, I would be truly grateful.”