Over 14,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries have been registered to participate in the Asian Games in Guangzhou in November, a top official said Thursday.
“We have received sport entry forms from 45 countries and regions, including 10,156 for athletes and 4,202 team officials,” Sun Xiuqing, director of External Relations of the Asian Games, told a press conference.
The committee is conducting qualification examination over these forms, and the process will be
completed shortly before the Games begin, he said. “We still open registration until final moments,” said Sun.
The Games, which is claimed to be the biggest ever in term of sport events played, will run between Nov. 12 and Nov. 27. The sporting event will feature 42 sports.
Sun said the constructions of competition venues for the Games have been completed and ready to use, and now they are undergoing final stage of testing. Besides arranging registration process, the committee already appointed and authorized over 4,300 international and domestic technical officials to run and oversee the games, including referees.
The committee has also sealed cooperation with the China Anti Doping Agency to conduct doping test and control for athletes participating in the Games to ensure fairness in the sporting events.
Meanwhile, the same committee will also run Asian Para Games between Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Over 2,200 disabled persons from 39 countries will participate in the Games.
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