16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, the closing ceremony held on 27th of November

As the title reads, Asian Games 2010 have been closed, and the ceremony was held yesterday, on 27th of November. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Olympic Council of Asia, said that Guangzhou AG were "a huge success" and "best ever" in history. Also some new categories were introduced this year including cricket, dance sport, dragon boat, roller sport and go chess.

taken from the official site http://www.gz2010.cn/en/

For the final results, China beat its own record, coming 1st with an amazing result of 416 (!) medals. Next, with a huge difference, comes Republic of Korea with 232 medals, and 3rd is Japan with a massive quantity of 216 medals. What about our country? Mongolia, since my previous post, dedicated to AG, won 8 more medals in new categories, such as wrestling and boxing, and with a total number of 16 medals came 21st. I am very proud^^ The full table of stats I attach below, in case anyone is interested.

taken from the official site http://www.gz2010.cn/en/

My congratulations to all the sides involved!! These AG were grand, and now all we have left is to wait for next AG 2014, which again I will remind, will be held in Incheon, South Korea.

The 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou

Sure you've heard about Asian Games currently being held in Guangzhou?
It has started on 12th of November, and will be closed on 27th of November.
It is a grand event with 45 participating nations, and 9704 athletes competing.
Actually, up until today I didn't pay much attention to AG, but today suddenly I felt the urge to see how is our Mongolian team doing. When I checked the stats on an official website (http://www.gz2010.cn/en/) I've been pleasingly surprised to learn that so far Mongolia has won total of 8 medals (2 sliver and 6 bronze), and as expected it was for judo, shooting, and woshu.

for those who r 2 lazy to check the page, i am adding the stats table^^

We can see our Mongolian people are strong, brave and have a good eyesight (that's a really common stereotype, that must be true :) At these kind of moments I feel very proud of being born as a Mongolian.
Anyways there are still 5 days left and many more opportunities to win. I wish luck to all the countries involved (well, except China, 270 medals are more than enough^^), and especially to Mongolian team, FIGHTING!!!

 Some additional information:

This is an emblem of Guangzhou AG. at the first look it might seem as a mere fire, but in fact it is a stylized goat. Wait, what? Goat??? Yes! Guangzhou's nickname is "City of rams", hence the animal, which is also believed by Chinese people to bring luck.

Meet the "Le Yangyang"s! It is no surprise that as a mascot of AG serve also 5 very kawaii rams. We can see that Olympic colors are used, with a yellow ram, symbolizing Asia, leading the others. Their names read together in Chinese mean "harmony, blessings, success and happiness" (祥和如意樂洋洋).

P.S: Next Asian Games 2014 will be held... ta-da-da-da... in Incheon, South Korea!! That is the city I currently live in :) At the time I will definitely go watch it alive. See you there!!!