Summer Asian Games – 2014
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/summer-asian-games-2014.htmlThe South Korean city of Incheon hosted the Summer Asian Games. Athletes from 45 countries took part in a wide variety of disciplines such as kabaddi, wushu and sepak takraw. That's more discipline than the Summer Olympics!
(Total 25 photos)
Source: boston.com
1. Japan's Masanori Hayashi (left) hits the ball in a sepak takraw qualifying match against South Korea on September 24. (Jung Yron-Je/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Chi Kai Lee from Taiwan performs on the uneven bars during the artistic gymnastics competition in Incheon on September 21. (Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA)
3. Speech team in synchronized swimming from North Korea. (Lee Jinman/Associated Press)
4. Japanese Masayoshi Yamamoto with a gold medal, which he earned for his performance on a gymnastic horse in a competition in artistic gymnastics. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
5. Avedis Seropyan from Libya during the qualifying competition in wushu. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
6. Japanese Kosuke Hagino during a swim in the 400 meters. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
7. Choi Wang-geon of South Korea and Azamat Mukanov of Kazakhstan compete for the gold medal during the team judo competition. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
8. Kim Myongin of South Korea in the Wushu Sanda final against Iran's Reza Ladwar. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
9. The referee announces the winner of the boxing match, which was Shiva Tapa from India. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
10. Japanese Antsu Yamamoto (in blue) fights South Korea's Kim Yang-di for the gold medal in the 57 kg category. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
11. Kim Yun-hwan (left) from South Korea rejoices in the victory over his compatriot Goo Bong-Gil in a fencing match. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
12. Thai princess Sirivannavari Nariratana riding on the Prince rejoices at her successful performance. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
13. Squash match between Abdullah Almezaien (right) from Kuwait and Gosal Saurav from India. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
14. Athletes pull arrows from targets during a women's 70m archery competition. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
15. Tomoyuki Sasaki from Japan in a bowling competition. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
16. The South Korean team finished second in the rowing competition. Their reaction is quite understandable. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
17. Gulnoy Rattikan from Thailand failed to lift 98 kg during the weightlifting competition. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
18. Bai Yeon-ju from South Korea beats off the supply of Chinese Wan Xixian during a badminton match. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)
19. In between competitions, you can also take pictures with the mascots of the games. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
20. Young people who take out medals to athletes during a break.
21. Ri Jongwa of North Korea won the gold medal in the 58kg weightlifting competition. (Jason Reed/Reuters)
22. Hon Un-Jong from North Korea performs in the finals of the gymnastics competition. (Jeon Heon-kyun)
23. Cyclists of the Chinese team in the first round of the women's cycling competition. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
24. Jung Da-woon from South Korea (in blue) fights with Chinese Yanb Joo in a judo match in the category up to 63 kg. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
25. Well, what about without a selfie? The South Korean men's judo team after the gold medals. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
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