September 19, 2014 (August 26, 2014 in the lunar calendar), the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. The 17th Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 19, 2014 to October 4, 2014. Starting from the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the scale of the Asian Games will be reduced to 35 major events, including 28 Olympic events and 7 non-Olympic events. Incheon is South Korea's third largest city with a population of 2.74 million. After obtaining official approval and government support, Incheon City began preparing for the Asian Games in 2005. Incheon City is located 80 kilometers west of Seoul. Incheon City has become the third city in South Korea to host major Asian sports events after the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and the 2002 Busan Asian Games. On September 20, 2014, the first gold medal of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games was born at the Yulian International Shooting Range. The China team composed of Guo Wenjun, Zhang Mengyuan and Zhou Qingyuan won the championship with a score of 1146 rings, winning the first gold medal of this Asian Games for the China sports delegation. The Chinese Taipei team won the runner-up with a score of 1141 rings. The South Korean team and the Mongolian team scored 1140 rings at the same time, but the Mongolian team scored 35 times more than the South Korean team 29 times. In this way, the Mongolian team finished third, while the previous champion South Korea team could only finish fourth. On September 21, in the Asian Games martial arts men's sword and stick all-around competition, China player Sun Peiyuan won the gold medal with 19.54 points, South Korean player Li Yongxuan and Vietnam player won the silver and bronze medal respectively. On September 20, the women's synchronized swimming competition at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. China players Huang Xuechen and Sun Wenyan won the gold medal with 185.1851 points, while Japan and Kazakhstan players won the silver and bronze medals respectively. On September 23, in the men's 10-meter air rifle final of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, China's Yang Haoran won the championship with a score of 209.6 rings, and China's Cao Yifei won the runner-up with a score of 208.9 rings. On September 23, in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games martial arts men's Taiji/Taiji sword all-around competition, China player Chen Zhouli won the championship with a total score of 19.53 points. On September 25, the China team won the championship in the women's quadruple sculls rowing event at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. On September 28, 2014, on the 9th day of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, China athlete Wang Zhen broke the Asian Games record and won the gold medal. On September 29, in the badminton men's singles final of the Incheon Asian Games, China player Lin Dan defeated Chen Long 2 - 1 to win the gold medal, and Chen Long won the silver medal. On September 30, the men's 110-meter hurdles in track and field at the Incheon Asian Games won the gold medal. China athlete Xie Wenjun won the championship in 13 seconds 37. On October 4, the table tennis competition of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games in South Korea produced the women's singles gold medal. Liu Shiwen defeated her teammate Zhu Yuling and successfully won the women's singles championship, helping the China team win the fifth consecutive championship in this event in the Asian Games.