Asian Games 2023: 5 things to know for the second day of competition, and it’s all about the numbers
- China have won the most medals since first competing in 1974, but Japan’s golden success takes some beating
- Bigger than the Olympics, maybe not, but there are more athletes in Hangzhou than there will be in Paris next year
The second day of competition in Hangzhou and our daily fiver list has something of a theme running through it, numbers.
From gold medals won, to runs scored, or not, as the case may be, and the question of how many you could have rowing before it got silly, here’s five things to think about with your breakfast.
1. By the numbers
Facts and figures are always fun when it comes to huge sporting events, so here are some big numbers to get you started.
There are nearly 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and territories expected to compete over the course of the Games, that’s almost 1,500 more than will take part at the Paris Olympics next year.
While Chinese athletes have won 3,189 medals since the country’s first appearance at Tehran 1974, Japan are the only team to have won more than 20 gold medals at every staging of the Asian Games.
