At-a-glance guide to the Hangzhou Asian Games

A woman take pictures with the official mascots of the 2022 Asian Games Chenchen, Congcong and Lianlian in Hangzhou, China's eastern Zhejiang province on Thursday, Sept. 21.

It sits on the Qiantang River and is the southern terminus of the Grand Canal, the longest canal in the world, which runs 1,800 kilometers from Beijing and is regarded as the second ancient wonder of China after the Great Wall. The nine non-Olympic sports in Hangzhou includes eSports, which will be an Asian Games medal event for the first time after being a demonstration sport in 2018.

-- 54 with 14 newly constructed. The Hangzhou Olympic Sports complex is the centrepiece with venues for athletics, basketball, football, squash, swimming and tennis. The opening and closing ceremonies will be hosted at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, also known as"the Big Lotus".The cities of Shaoxing and Ningbo will also host events, as will Wenzhou, a port city 300km to the south which will stage dragon boat racing and football.

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