BEIJING, Might 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sanya, a tropical metropolis famed for its picturesque seaside views, wrapped up the sixth Asian Seashore Video games (ABG) just lately with broad participation from Asian athletes and exhilarating, eye-catching contests.
Sitting within the south China’s island province of Hainan, town the place elite Asian athletes gathered from April 22 to 30, witnessed a grand “reunion” of delegations from all of the Asian nations and areas.
Such a splendid sports activities occasion, wherein the Iranian delegation managed to reach in Sanya after overcoming notable difficulties, attested as soon as once more to the renewed Asian story of friendship, endeavor and improvement.
Presenting high-level expertise through the video games, Iranian athletes have been additionally aspiring to ship a message that an important worth of sports activities lies in peace and friendship, famous Mahdi Alinejad, secretary common of the Iranian Nationwide Olympic Committee.
Whereas concerning the occasion as a grand gathering of the Asian Olympic household, Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, president of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), mentioned the sixth ABG established a brand new benchmark for ABG preparation.
From 2018 when Sanya was authorised to carry the video games to 2026, preparations for the occasion equivalent to venue building, contest group, volunteer providers and cultural showcases have been at all times in regular progress regardless of pandemic-caused postponements.
From April 22 to 30, Sanya delivered a splendid sports activities occasion, attributable not solely to its extra handy movement of individuals and items beneath Hainan Free Commerce Port’s island-wide particular customs operations, but in addition to its orderly and meticulous preparation.
Sanya pursued a harmonious city-contest coexistence by way of renovating or renting present native sports activities venues, using new vitality autos for contest transport, and utilizing reusable supplies for associated workplace sheds.
Through such strikes, six contest venue clusters lined up alongside the coastlines of Sanya Bay, forming a panorama the place contests of the video games and concrete skyline intertwined to seize consideration of each athletes and vacationers.
In the course of the video games, humanoid robots and different superior applied sciences have been adopted to serve the video games. Other than the 4,680 volunteers, various cultural performances and exhibitions have been staged to showcase native appeal.
As Music Luzeng, vice chairman of OCA mentioned, Sanya boasts pure benefits in bolstering water and seashore sports activities and the built-in improvement of tradition, sports activities and tourism because of its seaside sources and Hainan Free Commerce Port’s preferential insurance policies.