What sports are there in the Asian Games?

The Asian Games includes 32 Olympic events, 8 non-Olympic events and 1 performance events.

Olympic sports include: track and field, rowing, badminton, baseball, softball, basketball, football, boxing, kayaking, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, water sports, modern pentathlon, equestrian, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing, windsurfing and volleyball.

Non-Olympic events include: bowling, kabadi, rattan ball, squash, martial arts, bridge, paragliding and jet skiing.

Performances include: e-sports.

Extended data

1. Gymnastics: It originated in Europe at the end of/kloc-0 and the beginning of the 20th century, and was introduced to China through the Soviet Union before the 1950s. There are various forms such as team competition, individual all-around competition and individual individual events. It consists of dancing, jumping, balancing, wavy movements and some technical movements. It is usually accompanied by music, which is art.

2. Fencing: a sport developed from ancient fencing duel, which combines elegant movements and flexible tactics, requires athletes to be highly concentrated in spirit and well coordinated in body, and embodies athletes' good movements and agile responses. Modern fencing has introduced perfect protective clothing, which greatly eliminates the danger of this sport.

3. Taekwondo: Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed from East Asian culture, based on the martial spirit of "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony". Taekwondo is a demonstration project of 1988 Olympic Games. The first test match was 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games; By the year 2000, the Sydney Olympic Games will become an official event.

reference data

Baidu Encyclopedia-Asian Games