Host city | Guangzhou, China |
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Distance | 2228.3 km |
Torch bearers | 2,287 |
Start date | 12 October 2010 |
End date | 12 November 2010 |
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The 2010 Asian Games torch relay was held from October 12, 2010 through 21 cities in Guangdong province and 2 cities outside the province before the opening ceremony on November 12, 2010. Prior to the relay, a lighting ceremony was held back on October 9, 2010. Some 2,068 torchbearers were expected to carry the torch. The relay leg in Harbin was held in a minor scale due the climatic conditions,as the leg was held inside the main venue of the 1996 Asian Winter Games complex, the Harbin Ice Hockey Rink, while the relay on October 22, 2010 was affected by Typhoon Megi as it was held under the rain. [1] The leg held from November 6–8 acted as a test relay. The flame travelled across China aboard a China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-200 named "Flight Guangzhou 2010" (Registration B-6057), with the airline company being the official partner of the games. [2] [3]
Two torch designs were short-listed in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. "The Tide" (Chinese :潮流; pinyin :Cháoliú) was chosen by the organisers as the torch of the Games, defeating the "Exploit" design. [4] The Tide weighs 98 g and is 70 cm long, and is tall and straight in shape, while dynamic in terms of image. The secondary official mark of the torch relay was unveiled on July 15, 2010, featuring a silhouette of a running goat holding a torch. [5]
On October 9, 2010, the flame lighting ceremony was held at the Juyongguan pass at the Great Wall of China near Beijing. [6] A 22-year-old Yunnan Arts University student Kang Chen-chen (Chinese :康辰晨; pinyin :Kāngchénchén) was chosen to light the torch. [7] [8] The condition at the time of the lighting was foggy, while she tried to light the torch with a solar mirror with little sunlight. Therefore, it took upwards of 2 minutes before the torch flame could come up. [9] Kang received quite a bit of media attention afterwards. Most of it praised the way she handled the situation. [10] The ceremonial cauldron was then lit-up by president Hu Jintao. [11]
Date | City [12] | Length | Notable torchbearers | Number of torchbearers |
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October 12 | Beijing Temple of Heaven | Zhang Lin (张琳) – Olympic silver medalist swimmer Xu Haifeng (许海峰), Yang Ling (杨凌) – Olympic gold medalist shooter Xian Dongmei (冼东妹) – Olympic gold medalist judo | 16 [13] | |
October 13 | Zhongshan | 11.2 km | Yang Wei (杨维) – Olympic gold medalist badminton player Feng Kun (冯坤) – Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Zhou Bichang (周笔畅), Leo Ku (古巨基) – singer Liang Wen-Chong – golfer Jiang Jialiang – table tennis player Sun Bisheng (孙必胜) – great grandnephew of Sun Yat-sen | 80 [14] |
October 14 | Harbin, Heilongjiang | – | Jin Fengling (金凤玲) – ice hockey player Wang Fei (王霏) – speed skater Huang Xintong (黄欣彤), Zheng Xun (郑汛), Yu Xiaoyang (于小洋), Wang Chen (王晨) – figure skater Zhang Dan (张丹), Zhang Hao (张昊) – Olympic gold medalist figure skater | 21 [15] |
October 15 | Changchun, Jilin | 1.2 km | – | 16 [16] |
Haiyang, Shandong | 2.012 km | Xing Aowei (邢傲伟) – Olympic gold medalist gymnast | 16 [17] | |
October 16 | Zhuhai | 8.9 km | Zeng Qiliang (曾启亮) – Asian Games gold medalist swimmer Li Yongbo (李永波) – badminton coach He Zhuoqiang (何灼强) – gold medalist weightlifter | 80 [18] |
October 17 | Dongguan | 8 km | Du Feng (杜锋), Chen Jianghua (陈江华), Zhu Fangyu (朱芳雨), Wang Shipeng (王仕鹏) – basketball player Zhang Guoying (张国英) – swimmer | 80 [19] |
October 18 | Shenzhen | 8 km | Liu Gang (刘刚) – shooter | 80 [20] |
October 19 | Huizhou | 9.4 km | Wang Zhizhi (王治郅) – basketball player Gu Li (古力) – Go champion Li Shasha (刘莎莎) – pool player | 80 [21] |
October 20 | Shanwei | 8.4 km | – | 80 [22] |
October 21 | Shantou | 8 km | Liu Xiaosheng (刘孝生) – sprinter | 80 [23] |
October 22 | Chaozhou | 7 km | – | 80 [24] |
October 23 | Jieyang | 7.3 km | Sun Shuwei (孙淑伟) – Olympic gold medalist diver Xu Yinchuan (许银川) – chess champion | 80 [25] |
October 24 | Meizhou | 8 km | Chen Qiuqi (陈秋琦) – Olympic silver medalist field hockey player Zeng Xuelin (曾雪麟) – football manager | 80 [26] |
October 25 | Heyuan | 9.6 km | Ye Qiaobo (叶乔波) – Olympic silver medalist speed skater | 80 [27] |
October 26 | Rest day | |||
October 27 | Shaoguan | 10.8 km | Yang Jinghui (杨景辉) – Olympic gold medalist diver | 80 [28] |
October 28 | Qingyuan | 8 km | Xie Xingfang (谢杏芳) – Olympic silver medalist badminton player | 80 [29] |
October 29 | Zhaoqing | 8.8 km | Liu Haitao (刘海涛) – canoer | 80 [30] |
October 30 | Yunfu | 8 km | Zou Shiming (邹市明) – Olympic gold medalist boxer | 80 [31] |
October 31 | Maoming | 7.6 km | – | 78 [32] |
November 1 | Zhanjiang | 10 km | Lao Lishi (劳丽诗), Hu Jia (胡佳) – Olympic gold medalist diver | 80 [33] |
November 2 | Yangjiang | 8 km | – | 80 [34] |
November 3 | Jiangmen | 7.1 km | Li Shanshan (李珊珊) – Olympic gold medalist gymnast | 80 [35] |
November 4 | Foshan | 8 km | Huang Liping (黄力平) – Olympic silver medalist gymnast Zhang Jiewen (张洁雯) – Olympic gold medalist badminton player Sha Baoliang (沙宝亮) – singer | 80 [36] |
November 5 | Square of Guangzhou municipal gate | Flame division ceremony [37] | ||
November 6 | Yuexiu | 1.2 km | – | 16 [38] |
Panyu | – | – | 16 [38] | |
Tianhe | 1 km | Wei Wei (魏伟) – basketball player | 16 [39] | |
Nansha | 2.5 km | – | 16 [40] | |
November 7 | Luogang | 1.5 km | – | 16 [41] |
Huadu | 2 km | – | 16 [42] | |
Zengcheng | 2 km | Liu Xiuhua (刘秀华) – weightlifting champion | 16 [43] | |
Conghua | 0.5 km | – | 16 [44] | |
November 8 | Liwan | 1.8 km | Ou Weiteng (欧伟庭) – ex-footballer | 16 [45] |
Baiyun | 1.1 km | Dong Wenfeng (董文峰) – sailing champion | 16 [46] | |
Haizhu | – | Wu Lingmei (伍岭梅) – triple jump champion Kong Guoxian (孔国贤) – ex-footballer | 16 [47] | |
Huangpu | – | – | 16 [48] | |
November 9 | Downtown Guangzhou | 18 km | Yang Yilin (杨伊琳) – Olympic gold medalist gymnast Yu Zaiqing (于再清) – Vice President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Lin Musheng (林木声) – vice mayor of Guangzhou Yang Naijun (杨迺军) – Director General of the Administration of Sports of Guangdong Province Li Ziliu (黎子流) – mayor of Guangzhou Zhou Jiawei (周嘉威) – swimmer Su Wanwen – fencer Timothy Fok (霍震霆) – Vice President of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Song Zuying (宋祖英) – singer Wang Yifu (王义夫) – Olympic gold medalist shooter Zhou Yangjing (周杨静) – Paralympic gold medalist rower Wu Xiaoli (吳小莉) – news presenter Wu Jinglian (吴敬琏) – economist | 208 [49] |
November 10 | Dafushan, Panyu | 5 km | Wu Jingyu (吴静钰) – Olympic gold medalist taekwondo Zolkples Embong – Head of Mission for Malaysia at the 2010 Asian Games Cheung King Wai, Azizulhasni Awang – cyclist Kim Moon-soo – badminton Akram Abdul Gani – footballer Rebecca Chiu (趙詠賢) – squash player Hem Bunting – marathoner Nader al-Masri, Abdullah Al-Thuwaini, Kareem Ennab – swimmer Hoang Thi Tuat, Fehaid Al Deehani – shooter Chov Sotheara – wrestler Noriyuki Ichihara – handball player Khor Poh Chin, Jia Rui, Faustina Woo Wai Sii – wushu Alireza Nadi – volleyball player Yuliya Borzova – canoer Han Hye-Song – table tennis player Husam Hamada, Kamal Adhikari, Hidilyn Diaz, Sinta Darmariani – weightlifter Khalifa Al Jabri – beach volleyball player John Baylon – judo Samaresh Jung – Commonwealth Games gold medalist shooter Md Dulal Hossain – golfer Zeeshan Ashraf, Rehan Butt – field hockey player Hyun Jung-Hwa (玄静和) – table tennis champion | 83 [50] |
November 11 | Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center | 15.2 km | Yang Yang (杨扬) – Olympic gold medalist speed skater Guan Weizhen (关渭贞) – Olympic silver medalist badminton player Eric Tsang (曾志偉), Alan Tam (谭咏麟), Zhang Ziyi (章子怡), Kangta (安七炫), Zhang Tielin (张铁林), Qin Lan (秦岚), Hins Cheung (张敬轩), Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍) – actor/actress/singer Liu Shiwen (刘诗雯), Sun Tiantian (孙甜甜) – table tennis player Zou Zhenxian (邹振先) – triple jumper Lang Lang (郎朗) – pianist | 130 [51] |
November 12 | Haixinsha Island (Part of opening ceremony) | – | Chen Yibing (陈一冰) – Olympic gold medalist gymnast Rong Zhihang (容志行) – ex-footballer Deng Yaping (邓亚萍) – Olympic gold medalist table tennis player He Chong (何冲) – Olympic gold medalist diver | 5 [52] |
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