The specific route of the torch for the 2023 Asian Games
The launching ceremony of the torch relay for Hangzhou Station of the19th Asian Games will be held in Jinyong Park Square, West Lake, Hangzhou on the morning of September 8th. After that, the torch of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be carried in Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui, Jinhua and Quzhou in turn, and will return to Hangzhou on September 20th to complete the last leg of the relay.
More than 2000 torchbearers will take part in the torch relay of Hangzhou Asian Games. The youngest is 14 years old and the oldest is 84 years old. There are 732 women delegates, grassroots delegates 12 19, advanced model figures 1069, and sports workers 275. In addition, a certain number of ethnic minorities, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and representatives of the disabled served as torchbearers.
Selection method of torchbearers for Hangzhou Asian Games
Torchbearers of Hangzhou Asian Games are mainly selected from the Olympic Council of Asia, Olympic Committees of other Asian countries (regions), Chinese Olympic Committee, Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee, cities in Zhejiang Province and sponsors of Hangzhou Asian Games.
Torchbearers are mainly recommended and selected by the organization, and are produced after being publicized by the local system; Among them, 30 torchbearers were selected by drawing lots through the theme activity of "Strive to be the torchbearers of the Asian Games".
The selection of torchbearers for the Hangzhou Asian Games fully considered the universality of sources, the representativeness of characters and the fairness of selection, covering outstanding athletes, coaches and other sports workers, model of the times, loyal guards, moral models, model workers, "the most beautiful people" and other advanced representatives who have made outstanding contributions to the Hangzhou Asian Games.