As the sports teams from various continents are getting ready to show their might to the world at the 2018 Asian Games, let’s take a quick look at the Indian team.
Contingent Size
572 athletes (312 men, 260 women)
232 coaches, support staff, and officials
Flag-bearer
Neeraj Chopra (javelin thrower)
Participating in
36 sports (archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, bowling, bridge, canoe-kayak, cycling, equestrian, fencing, gymnastics, golf, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, karate, kurash, pencak silat, roller sports, rowing, sailing, sepak takraw, shooting, squash, swimming, sport climbing, tennis, taekwondo, soft tennis, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu).
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2018 ASIAN GAMES
The opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games is scheduled to be held in Jakarta on Saturday (August 18) at the GBK main stadium.
Starting at 5:30 PM IST, the broadcast of the Opening Ceremony will commence on Sony Television network in India. At 6:15 PM IST is when the traditional ‘Parade of Athletes’ will get underway.
Here is key information regarding the opening ceremony of the 18th Asian Games: Venue: Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta
Time: 5:30 PM (IST)
V Channel: Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 2, Sony ESPN
Live-streaming: Sony Liv
Artists/Performers:
The star-studded opening ceremony is expected to feature popular Indonesian singers Anggun, Raisa, Tulus, Edo Kondologit, Putri Ayu, Fatin, GAC, Kamasean and Via Vallen.
In line with the slogan ‘Energy of Asia’ that is mentioned all over the 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018 campaign, the opening and closing ceremony for this year’s Asian Games will carry the high spirit of ‘Bhinneka Tunggal Ika’ that will explore the heritage of Indonesian through arts and cultural show, helmed by none other than Wishnutama, the CEO of Net Mediatama Television, as the creative director for 18th Asian Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies.
The opening and closing ceremonies are said to be a ‘surprise item’ by Wishnutama, will be showcasing many arts and cultural aspects of Indonesia, that will involve finest dancers, musicians and singers, artists, and will be held at Jakarta’s own Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.
Unique stage:
The ceremony stage, with features of 120-meter length, 30-meter width, and 26-meter height, will showcase a towering mountain as its background, accompanied by Indonesian beautiful, unique plants and flowers. This stage, manually made by artists from Bandung and Jakarta, will also become the arena for a total of 4,000 dancers to perform, choreographed by top choreographers Denny Malik and Eko Supriyanto.
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