Sept 21 (Reuters) – The Asian Games formally start on Saturday within the jap Chinese metropolis of Hangzhou and can function a number of sports activities which might be unlikely to be seen in every other main continental or international competitions.

Following is a take a look at a few of the extra uncommon occasions within the schedule of the nineteenth version of the Asian Games:

KABADDI

A group sport born in India, no nation had upset the sport’s creators till 2018. India received seven straight males’s tournaments between 1990-2014, in addition to the primary two girls’s tournaments, earlier than Iran ended their dominance by claiming each gold medals at Jakarta.

The sport is performed by two groups of seven, with a ‘raider’ getting into the opposite half of the courtroom to attempt to tag opponents with out being tackled earlier than returning ‘residence’. Each raid should be achieved on a single breath with out inhaling, with raiders having to repeatedly chant ‘kabaddi’.

KURASH

Kurash is a sport developed in Uzbekistan which has its roots in historic types of wrestling throughout Central Asia. Wrestlers put on robes much like these in judo, and their goal is to throw their opponents off their ft.

Uzbekistan dominated the game when it was launched on the Asian Games in 2018, profitable 5 out of six gold medals.

SEPAK TAKRAW

Thailand have dominated sepak takraw, typically known as kick volleyball, because it was launched on the 1990 Beijing Games, profitable 26 of 39 gold medals. The sport, native to Southeast Asia, sees gamers use any a part of their our bodies besides fingers and arms to ship a rattan ball into the opposing courtroom.

SOFT TENNIS

Soft tennis, which originated in Japan, is performed with a softer rubber ball and a lighter racket than are used within the common sport. It grew to become an official Asian Games sport on the 1994 video games in Hiroshima.

The sport has been dominated by South Korea, who’ve received 25 out of 41 gold medals.

WUSHU

Wushu, a collective time period for the martial arts that originated and had been developed in China, was launched at Beijing in 1990. It is split into sanda (sparring) and taolu (routine-based) occasions.

China are by far essentially the most dominant nation within the sport and received 10 of the 14 golds on provide in Jakarta in 2018.

XIANGQI

Xiangqi is a technique board sport that originated in China and is much like chess, representing a battle between two armies, with the target being to checkmate the enemy normal.

In xiangqi, also referred to as Chinese chess or elephant chess, two gamers place black and purple items on a grid which is 9 traces broad and 10 traces lengthy, versus chess, which is performed on an eight-by-eight grid.

The occasion was a part of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, with China profitable 4 of the six medals out there, together with golds in each the boys’s and girls’s competitions.

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