ASIAN Games 2014

The ASIAN games 2014 is also called 17^th ASIAD happened in Incheon, a city of South Korea between September 19 to October 4, 2014. The motto of the games was “Diversity Shines Here”. In the final medal tally, China stood first followed by South Korea at second place and Japan at third.

Some facts of the 17^th Asian games were:

Host City: Incheon, South Korea
Motto: Diversity Shines Here
Number of Participating Nations: 45
Number of Athletes participated: 9,501 (5,823 men, 3,678 women)
Opening ceremony: September 19, 2014
Closing ceremony: October 4, 2014
Number of Events: 439 events in 36 sports
Torch lighter: Lee Young-ae

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Mascot

Three Harbour Seal siblings Barame, Chumuro and Vichuan was the official mascot of the games. The three seals Barame, Chumuro and Vichuan meaning wind, dance and light in Korean language.

India at ASIAN Games

Sardar Singh, the captain of India’s hockey team was flag bearer of India in the games. After 16 years India won gold in men’s hockey tournament and earned the direct place to the 2016 Summer Olympics going to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. India ended the campaign in eighth position with total of 57 medals (11 gold, 10 silver and 36-bronze). In 2010 ASIAN games at Delhi, India won 65 medals (14 gold, 17 silver and 34 bronze) and stood at 6^th position. Nevertheless there were moments to cheer in this edition.

Medals tally

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jitu Rai	Shooting	Men’s 50 metre pistol
Gold	Rajat Chauhan Sandeep Kumar Abhishek Verma	Archery	Men’s team compound
Gold	Saurav Ghosal Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu Kush Kumar	Squash	Men’s team
Gold	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling	Men’s freestyle 65 kg
Gold	Seema Punia	Athletics	Women’s discus throw
Gold	Sania Mirza Saketh Myneni	Tennis	Mixed doubles
Gold	Mary Kom	Boxing	Women’s 51 kg
Gold	Men’s hockey team	Field hockey	Men
Gold	Priyanka Pawar Tintu Luka Mandeep Kaur M. R. Poovamma	Athletics	Women’s 4 x 400 metres relay
Gold	Women’s kabaddi team	Kabaddi	Women
Gold	Men’s kabaddi team	Kabaddi	Men
Silver	Saurav Ghosal	Squash	Men’s singles
Silver	Pemba Tamang Vijay Kumar Gurpreet Singh	Shooting	Men’s 25 metre center fire pistol team
Silver	Dipika Pallikal Joshna Chinappa Anaka Alankamony	Squash	Women’s team
Silver	Abhishek Verma	Archery	Men’s individual compound
Silver	Khushbir Kaur	Athletics	Women’s 20 kilometres walk
Silver	Manju Bala	Athletics	Women’s hammer throw
Silver	Sanam Singh Saketh Myneni	Tennis	Men’s doubles
Silver	Bajrang Kumar	Wrestling	Men’s freestyle 61 kg
Silver	Vikas Gowda	Athletics	Men’s discus throw
Silver	Tintu Luka	Athletics	Women’s 800 metres
Bronze	Shweta Chaudhary	Shooting	Women’s 10 metre air pistol
Bronze	Jitu Rai Samaresh Jung Prakash Nanjappa	Shooting	Men’s 10 metre air pistol team
Bronze	Saina Nehwal P. V. Sindhu P. C. Thulasi Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy Ashwini Ponnappa	Badminton	Women’s team
Bronze	Rahi Sarnobat Anisa Sayyed Heena Sidhu	Shooting	Women’s 25 metre pistol team
Bronze	Dipika Pallikal	Squash	Women’s singles
Bronze	Abhinav Bindra Ravi Kumar Sanjeev Rajput	Shooting	Men’s 10 metre air rifle team
Bronze	Abhinav Bindra	Shooting	Men’s 10 metre air rifle
Bronze	Sanathoi Devi Yumnam	Wushu	Women’s sanda 52 kg
Bronze	Narender Grewal	Wushu	Men’s sanda 60 kg
Bronze	Dushyant Chauhan	Rowing	Men’s lightweight single sculls
Bronze	Sawarn Singh	Rowing	Men’s single sculls
Bronze	Kapil Sharma Ranjit Singh Bajrang Lal Takhar Robin Panachithanathu Ulahannan Sawan Kumar Kalkal Mohammad Azad Maninder Singh Davinder Singh Mohammed Ahmed	Rowing	Men’s coxed eight
Bronze	Shagun Chowdhary Shreyasi Singh Varsha Varman	Shooting	Women’s double trap team
Bronze	Sandeep Sejwal	Swimming	Men’s 50 metre breaststroke
Bronze	Trisha Deb Purvasha Shende Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Archery	Women’s team compound
Bronze	Chain Singh	Shooting	Men’s 50 metre rifle three positions
Bronze	Trisha Deb	Archery	Women’s individual compound
Bronze	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling	Women’s freestyle 48 kg
Bronze	Geetika Jakhar	Wrestling	Women’s freestyle 63 kg
Bronze	Lalita Babar	Athletics	Women’s 3000 metres steeplechase
Bronze	Yuki Bhambri	Tennis	Men’s singles
Bronze	Yuki Bhambri Divij Sharan	Tennis	Men’s doubles
Bronze	Sania Mirza Prarthana Thombare	Tennis	Women’s doubles
Bronze	M. R. Poovamma	Athletics	Women’s 400 metres
Bronze	Rajiv Arokia	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Bronze	O. P. Jaisha	Athletics	Women’s 1500 metres
Bronze	Narsingh Pancham Yadav	Wrestling	Men’s freestyle 74 kg
Bronze	Naveen Kumar	Athletics	Men’s 3000 metres steeplechase
Bronze	Laishram Sarita Devi	Boxing	Women’s 60 kg
Bronze	Pooja Rani	Boxing	Women’s 75 kg
Bronze	Varsha Gautham Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan	Sailing	Women’s two person dinghy
Bronze	Women’s hockey team	Field hockey	Women
Bronze	Annu Rani	Athletics	Women’s javelin throw
Bronze	Satish Kumar	Boxing	Men’s +91 kg
Bronze	Vikas Krishan Yadav	Boxing	Men’s 75 kg
Bronze	Inderjeet Singh	Athletics	Men’s shot put

Countries medal tally

ASIAN Games 2014

Mascot

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