The second Asian Para Games took place from October 18 – 24 2014. A total of 2497 athletes from 41 countries competed in 443 events across 23 sports making them the second largest multi-sport competition for athletes with an impairment.
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hung Won and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven were amongst the dignitaries on who attended the Opening Ceremony. They saw a colourful laser light show and presentation based on the theme
When the Games officially closed, the Asian Paralympic Flag was lowered and handed over to Prof Djoko Pekik Irianto, Deputy Minister of of Sports Achievement to the Youth and Sports Minister, who represented the next host nation, Indonesia.
Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 174 | 95 | 48 | 317 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 72 | 62 | 77 | 211 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 38 | 49 | 56 | 143 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 37 | 52 | 31 | 120 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 21 | 39 | 47 | 107 |
| 7 | Malaysia (MAS) | 15 | 20 | 27 | 62 |
| 8 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 10 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 9 | Indonesia (INA) | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 |
| 10 | Vietnam (VIE) | 9 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
Iran’s Paralympic champion Zahra Nemati then claimed the women’s individual recurve open title, with a 6-5 victory over China’s Jinyan Ye, before compatriot Ebrahim Ranjbarkivaj took the men’s equivalent in a 6-0 victory against China’s Lixue Zhao.
And more Iranian success followed with gold in the mixed team compound open, with a narrow 147-144 victory over South Korea.
But the hosts soon tasted glory through Dong-Sub Koo, who won the individual W1 open combined, beating compatriot Dae-Sung Jang 132-122.
There was also gold for China in the mixed team recurve open, beating hosts South Korea 6-2. And Iran took the bronze in a 6-0 victory over Iraq.
ATHLETICS
China topped the athletics medals table overall, winning 104 medals (67 gold, 28 silver, nine bronze), ahead of Iran with 72 (21 gold, 33 silver, 13 bronze) and Japan with 42 (14 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze).
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And it was a similar story in the mixed BC2 final, with Thailand’s Worawut Saengampa beating compatriot Watcharaphon Vongsa 7-1.
An all-Korean showdown ensued in the mixed BC3 final, as Jun-Yup Kim won 4-3 against Ho-Won Jeong.
Fresh from his two world titles at the recent BISFed Boccia World Championships, Hong Kong, China’s Leung Yuk Wing added the Asian Para-Games title to his collection with a 5-2 victory against compatriot Wai Yan Vivian Lau.
CYCLINGTwo goals each from Hossein Tiz Bor and Moslem Akbari, and one from Hashem Rastegarimobin, were enough to see off Japan.
Hosts South Korea won bronze, with a 3-0 victory against Singapore.
GOALBALLJUDO
In the men’s team competition Iran came out on top against South Korea, while Mongolia took bronze.
Meanwhile in the women’s team event, it was Mongolia who proved the strongest team, beating Thailand, who took silver, with India winning the bronze medal.
POWERLIFTINGAnd the mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x was won by home favourites Mi-Seok Jeon and Sang-Hun Lim in 4:57.62, beating Japan’s Shingeru Komazaki and Yuno Shinada (5:35.78) and Hong Kong, China’s Shing on Shek and Hoi Yu Lui (5:39.88).
SAILINGThey won every race bar two, where they finished second and third, before the lowest placing was dropped from their overall score.
Second went to Japan’s Shinya Yamamoto and Mari Kitagawa, whilst Malaysia’s Nurul Amilin Balawi and Mustafah Junell took bronze.
In the 2.4mR class, Malaysia’s Al Mustakin Matrin beat compatriot Azmi Ani to gold, with Japan’s Yasuhiko Tanimoto taking bronze.
SHOOTINGHowever, this was reversed in the men’s final, with Iran beating China 3-0. Iraq claimed the bronze, winning 3-1 against Kazakhstan.
SWIMMINGThird went to Indonesia, who claimed two gold, one silver and three bronze. A number of Paralympic and world champions added Asian titles to their collections. Most notably, China’s Liu Jing and Zhang Biang, both winners at the recent World Championships in Beijing, who won the women’s class 1-2 and class 5 singles titles respectively.
Arguably one of the shocks of the competition came from South Korea’s Li Migyu, as she beat China’s world champion Li Qian in the women’s singles class 3.
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALLIn the women’s competition, China emerged victorious with a 65-43 win against Japan, and the bronze went Iran’s way, as they beat hosts South Korea 53-25.
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