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The Asian Games came back to China for the third time in the meet's 72-year history, with Hangzhou - the Zhejiang capital city situated in the southern end of China's 1,764-kilometre Grand Canal - followed in the footsteps of China's capital Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010. Its 19th iteration is labelled as the 'Smart Games' in the organizers' efforts to showcase Hangzhou's technological advancements in artificial intelligence.
However, this Asiad was initially scheduled to be held in 2022, but fears over a new variant of COVID-19 - of which China was an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic - had prompted to push it back by one year and then timetabling it to take place between 23 September to 8 October 2023. Reflecting the change to the schedule, organizers branded these games itself as simply the '19th Asian Games Hangzhou' - minus the year.
By numbers, Hangzhou 2022 was the record-breaking Asian Games in history as it garnered nearly 12,500 athletes from 45 countries around the continent. The Games have featured 481 events in 40 sports across 61 disciplines, including eSports - which made its full debut as a medal event after appearing as a demonstration sport in the previous Asiad in Indonesia.
Hosts China have garnered 201 gold medals at these games, bettering their record of 199 set at Guangzhou in 2010 and then claiming the distinction of being the first nation to hit the 200-gold mark in a single Asiad.
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