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Jakarta dan palembang

Indonesai, palembamg..

Do you mean Asian Games 2018? It is held in Palembang, Indonesia. The next edition of Asian Games in 2022 will be hosted by Hangzhou, China. And the previous Asian Games in 2014 was in Incheon, South Korea.

Here are some interesting facts of Asian Games 2018 in Palembang

  • For the first time, e-Sports is introduced at a major sporting event, although it is medal-less. This is a huge step forward for the eSports industry, which is a multi billion industry with millions of "atheletes"
  • As usual, the host nation will introduce sports that she is confident in winning medals, such as Pencak Silat, which Indonesia swept almost all the Golds
  • The mascots for this year's Asian Games are a bird, a deer, and a Rhino. Certificates of medal is also presented to podium winners during the medal ceremony


The 18th Asian Games in 2018, is an Asian sports event held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Indonesia, precisely in the cities of Jakarta and Palembang.


The first time, Asian Games were held simultaneously in two cities; Indonesia's capital city Jakarta (which hosted the Olympics for the first time in 1962), and Palembang, the capital of the province of South Sumatra. The event was held in and around two cities, including locations in Bandung and several places in the provinces of West Java and Banten. The Olympic opening and closing ceremony was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Center, Jakarta. eSports and polo canoeing were first included as test sports.