Asiad 2014: Sania Mirza – Saketh Myneni Win Mixed- Doubles Gold about asiad@ The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a Pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian In its history, nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974. The last Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 12 November to 27 November 2010. The present games are conducting in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014. Games@ Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Kabaddi Karate Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby union Sailing Sepaktakraw Shooting Soft tennis Squash Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is a multi-sport event celebrated in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 – October 4, 2014, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines set to feature in the Games. Incheon is the third city in South Korea after Seoul (1986) and Busan (2002) to host the Asian Games. Currently, this game was the most controversial ever held cause of match fixing. Second seeded Mirza and Myneni beat the top seeded Hsien Yin Peng and Hao Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei to win the gold in Mixed Doubles in tennis at the Asian Games in Incheon. Three year streak This is the third consecutive year that Sania has won in the mixed doubles category at the Asian Games. In the 2006 edition of the games, she won a gold with Leander Paes and in 2010, she won a silver paired with Vishnu Vardhan. Significantly this is Sania’s eighth Asian Games medal. Maiden appearance Myneni, on the other hand, made his maiden appearance at the Asian Games. Other than the gold with Sania, he also won the silver medal with Sanam Singh in the Men’s doubles category.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:55:10 +0000
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