On September 23, Beijing time, at the time of the autumnal equinox of the lunar calendar, the much-anticipated 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou will officially kick off. The opening ceremony, with the overall theme of "Tide Rising Asia", attracted much attention, and some suspense was gradually revealed.
The opening ceremony will officially start at 20:00 on the 23rd. In the opening ceremony announced by the Hangzhou Asian Organizing Committee, the torchbearers who completed the last 6 sticks of the torch relay were:
Ye Shiwen (swimming), Fan Zhendong (table tennis), Xu Mengtao (freestyle skiing), Shi Zhiyong (weightlifting), Li Lingwei (badminton) and Wang Shun (swimming) will complete the final torch relay at the opening ceremony.
Among the six, Ye Shiwen, Fan Zhendong, Xu Mengtao, Shi Zhiyong and Wang Shun are all Olympic champions, and Li Lingwei, a former "badminton queen", is now a member of the International Olympic Committee and vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
Fan Zhendong will serve as the torchbearer for the Asian Games
It is reported that the final torchbearer will light the cauldron together with the "virtual digital torchbearer" representing the participants of the online torch relay.
The flag bearers of the Olympic Council of Asia at the opening ceremony were Sun Haiping, Zhang Rongfang, Xu Haifeng, Ye Qiaobo, Lou Yun, Guo Jingjing, Zhong Man and Luo Xuejuan. Sun Haiping is the mentor of hurdler Liu Xiang, Zhang Rongfang is the former women's ranking leader, Xu Haifeng is China's first Olympic gold medalist, Ye Qiaobo is a speed skating celebrity, Lou Yun is an Olympic champion in gymnastics, Guo Jingjing is the "queen of diving", Zhong Man is an Olympic champion in fencing, and Luo Xuejuan is an Olympic champion in swimming.
Sun Yingsha will take the oath on behalf of the athletes
In addition, badminton world champion Zheng Siwei and table tennis Olympic champion Sun Yingsha will take the oath on behalf of all athletes. Chinese track and field referee Yang Zhongmin and shooting referee Gao Jiaqi took the oath on behalf of all referees.
On September 22, the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese sports delegation announced that Yang Liwei, captain of the Chinese women's basketball team, and Qin Haiyang, the swimming world champion, will hold the flag together to lead the host athlete to enter.
Tonight, let's calm down and look forward to the opening ceremony of Asia's top sports feast!