Appealing Info About Asia’s Sports activities

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Soccer is the national sport of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Khin Maung Lwin (Secretary General of the Myanmar Olympic Committee) stated, “As in most of the nations around the world all in excess of the globe, football is the most preferred activity in Myanmar. When our nationwide football team grew to become champions at the 5th Asian Video games Bangkok 1966 and the 6th Asian Games Bangkok 1970, football became even more well known amongst our people.Aside from that, athletics, sepaktakraw and wushu are also well-known in our nation.”

Japan gained five gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Game titles: just one from athletics and 4 from judo.

Susanthika Jayasinghe turned the second athlete in Sri Lanka -previously Ceylon- to gain a medal in the Olympic Online games when she gained the silver medal in the 200m at the 2000 Summertime Olympics in Australia. Sprinting wonderful Susanthika won 100m and 200m gold at the 2007 Asian Championships in Amman (Jordan). At the IAAF Globe Keep track of and Industry Championships in 2007, she won the bronze medal in the 200m. Susanthika was born on December 17, 1975 in Atnawala, Sri Lanka.

Bangkok (Thailand) has hosted 4 Asian Online games (1966, 1970, 1978, 1998).

Pakistan sent 32 sportspersons to the 1972 Summer months Olympics in Munich (West Germany). Pakistani athletes competed in six sports (athletics, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, field hockey, sailing).

Sawao Kato was a person of the very best gymnasts in the 20th century. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kato won a number of global medals in Europe, Asia and Mexico. At the 1968 Olympic Video games, he gained a few gold medals in the individual all-around, ground workout and crew competitors.

Kabbadi is practiced by tens of millions of folks in Bangladesh and India. Unfortunately, it is not an Olympic sport.

Brunei Darussalam -a single of the world’s richest countries- gained two bronze medals at the Hiroshima Game titles in 1994.

Voleyball ( adult men & women ) was first highlighted at the 1964 Olympic Online games in Tokyo ( Japan ). The host place received the women’s volleyball levels of competition. The winners ended up: Yuriko Handa, Kinuko Tanida, Emiko Miyamoto, Ayano Shibuki, Massako Kondo, Yoko Fujimoto, Setsuko Sassaki, Yoko Shinozaki, Katsumi Matsumura, Sata Issobe, Yoshiko Matsumura, Masae Kasai.

The Kingdom of Bhutan -it is about 2 moments the size of Massachusetts- has under no circumstances received a medal in any sport at the Asian Online games.

Jordan despatched 7 athletes to the Barcelona Olympic Game titles in 1992. This Arab state participated in four sports: athletics (2), capturing (1), table tennis (1) and taekwondo (3).

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) hosted the 1975 Discipline Hockey Men’s Environment Championship. Final standings: 1.India, 2.Pakistan, 3.West Germany, 4.Malaysia, 5.Australia, 6.England, 7.New Zealand, 8.Spain, 9.Holland, 10.Poland, 11.Argentina, 12.Ghana.

The United Arab Emirates won 22 medals at the 2005 West Asian Game titles in Doha (Qatar).

Japan is the birthplace of judo. The first judo earth championships took position in Tokyo (1956). Judo built its debut as an official activity during the 1964 Summer time Olympics in Japan.

The most well known sports activities in Oman -Arab country- are soccer, volleyball, athletics and handball.

The 1962 Asian Video games were held in Jakarta, the funds city of Indonesia. As hosts, Indonesia received a total of 48 medals and 9 golds. For political explanations, Israel and Taiwan did not take part in the Video games.

Ahmed Al Maktoum (United Arab Emirates) received a taking pictures gold medal at the 2004 Summer time Olympics, which were being held in Athens, Greece. A sportswriter said, “On a outstanding day in August during the 2004 Athens Olympic Game titles, the United Arab Emirates’ Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hasher Al Maktoum blasted to victory in the men’s double entice capturing event, equalling the Olympic record of 189 points beforehand established by Australian Russell Mark at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games”.

Mongolia sent two feminine archers to the 1972 Summer Olympics. They had been Natjav Dariimaa and Doljin Demberel.

Tokyo hosted the FIVB Men’s Globe Championship in 2007. Final standings:

1.Brazil,

2.Poland,

3.Bulgaria,

4.Serbia & Montenegro,

5.Italy,

6.France,

7.Russia,

8.Japan,

9.Germany,

10.United States,

11.Canada,

12.Puerto Rico,

13.Argentina,

14.Czech Republic,

15.Cuba,

16.Tunisia,

17.China,

18.Greece,

19.South Korea,

20.Venezuela,

21.Australia,

22.Egypt,

23.Iran,

24.Kazakhstan.

Japan has well known athletes: Ryoko Tani (judo), Takehiro Kashima (gymnastics), Kori Murofushi (monitor & industry), Saori Yoshida (wrestling), Ayumi Tanimoto (martial arts), Mizuki Noguchi (marathon), Kosuke Kitajima (aquatics), Ai Shibata (swimming), Hiroshi Yamamoto (archery).