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16th
Asian Games draw to close at colourful ceremony
Saturday November 27, 2010 07:42:05 PM ,
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Asian Games begin with another awesome Chinese masterpiece
After storming the sporting world by
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in pomp
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Guangzhou:
The 16th edition of the Asian Games drew to a close through a
festive, colourful ceremony here Saturday night.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, president of the Olympic Council
of Asia, who hailed the Guangzhou games "the best ever Asian
Games" in history, declared the 16-day long mega event closed in
front of nearly 30,000 spectators on the island.
China, with 199 gold, 119 silver and 98 bronze, topped the table
for the eighth straight time, smashing its best gold tally of 183,
set in the 1990 Beijing Games, Xinhua reported.
Thirty-six out of the 45 participating teams won medals in the
16-day games, in which South Korea garnered 232 medals, including
76 gold, beating Japan to a distant third with 48 gold among 216
medals.
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