45 teams to attend Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam
29/8/2008 17:26
Athletes from 45 countries and regions will vie for medals at the 3rd
Asian Indoor Games slated for next October in Vietnam, according to local
newspaper Youth today.
Some 5,000 people, mainly athletes and trainers will
participate in the sports event, said Nguyen Danh Thai, Vietnamese Deputy
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
At the 2nd Asian Indoor Games from
Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, 2007 in China's Macau with the participation of 1,792
athletes from 45 countries and regions, Vietnam ranked the 13th with two gold,
five silver and 11 bronze medals, while China's mainland topping the medal table
with 52 gold, 26 silver and 24 bronze medals, followed by Thailand with 19-28-22
and China's Hong Kong with 15-9-11.
The 2007 games included 15 events:
aerobics, billiards, bowling, chess, dance sport, dragon and lion dance,
electronic sports, extreme sports, futsal, hoop sepaktakraw, indoor athletics,
indoor cycling, indoor hockey, Muay and swimming.
Xinhua
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