The Sports of 2nd Asian Beach Games 2010 : Beach Sepaktakraw

BEACH SEPAKTAKRAW

Native to Southeast Asia, the sport combines elements of volleyball, soccer and gymnastics and is often called “kick volleyball”. Using a rattan synthetic ball, players use their feet, head and chest to land the ball into the opponents’ court.

Thailand’s men’s and women’s teams both took home gold in Bali 2008, whereas the People’s Republic of China was victorious in the women’s regu event.

Sanctioned by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) and the Asian Sepaktakraw Federation (ASTAF) beach kabaddi will welcome both men’s and womens’ team and regu competitions.

Results From 1^st Asian Beach Games Bali 2008

Regu Men

Gold : Thailand (THA)

Silver : Myanmar (MYA)

Bronze : Brunei Darussalam (BRU) and Malaysia (MAS)

Regu Women

Gold : People's Republic of China (CHN)

Silver : Thailand (THA)

Bronze : Indonesia (INA) and Philippines (PHI)

Team Men

Gold : Thailand (THA)

Silver : Myanmar (MYA)

Bronze : Indonesia (INA) and Korea (KOR)

Team Women

Gold : Thailand (THA)

Silver : Indonesia (INA)

Bronze : Korea (KOR) and Vietnam (VIE)

Source : Official Website of 2nd Asian Beach Games 2010

The Sports of 2nd Asian Beach Games 2010 : Beach Kabaddi

BEACH KABADDI

An exciting combative sport requiring skill, poise and power, kabaddi combines the characteristics of wrestling and rugby and dates back thousands of years. The sport of beach kabaddi is played by teams of four, for two 15-minute periods.
India is the reigning Asian Beach Games gold medal champion in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

Sanctioned by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) and the Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation (AAKF) Muscat 2010 will welcome both the men’s and women’s team competitions.

Results From 1^st Asian Beach Games Bali 2008

Men's Team

Gold : India (IND)

Silver : Pakistan (PAK)

Bronze : Bangladesh (BAN) and Thailand (THA)

Women's Team

Gold : India (IND)

Silver : Thailand (THA)

Bronze : Indonesia (INA) and Korea (KOR)

Source : Official Website of 2nd Asian Beach Games 2010

TODAY MEDALLISTS - November 25

Discipline : ATHLETICS

Event :

* Men's 50km Race Walking

GOLD : Si Tianfeng (People's Republic of China)

SILVER : Li Lei (People's Republic of China)

BRONZE : Koichiro Morioka (Japan)

Discipline : CANOE/KAYAK SPRINT

Event :

* Men's Canoe Double 1000m

GOLD : Uzbekistan

SILVER : China

BRONZE : Kazakhstan

* Men's Canoe Single 1000m

GOLD : Vadim Menkov (Uzbekistan)

SILVER : Shahou Naseri (Islamic Republic Iran)

BRONZE : Xie Weiyong (People's Republic of China)

* Men's Kayak Double 1000m

GOLD : China

SILVER : Kazakhstan

BRONZE : Japan

* Men's Kayak Four 1000m

GOLD : Uzbekistan

SILVER : Kazakhstan

BRONZE : Islamic Republic Iran

* Men's Kayak Single 1000m

GOLD : Pan Yao (People's Republic of China)

SILVER : Yasuhiro Suzuki (Japan)

BRONZE : Aleksandr Parol (Kyrgyzstan)

* Women's Kayak Four 1000m

GOLD : China

SILVER : Uzbekistan

BRONZE : Japan

Discipline : HOCKEY

Event :

* Men's

BRONZE : India

Discipline : KABADDI

Event :

* Men's

BRONZE : Japan and Pakistan

* Women's

BRONZE : Bangladesh

Discipline : KARATE

Event :

* Men's -60kg

GOLD : Darkhan Assadilov (Kazakhstan)

SILVER : Bashar Al Najjar (Jordan)

BRONZE : Tran Minh Duc (Vietnam) and Donny Dharmawan (Indonesia)

* Women's +68kg

GOLD : Manar Shath (Jordan)

SILVER : Jamalliah Jamaludin (Malaysia)

BRONZE : Paula Christina Pereira Carion (Macau China) and Tang Lingling (People's Republic of Chona)

Discipline : SQUASH

Event :

* Men's Team

GOLD : Pakistan

SILVER : Malaysia

* Women's Team

GOLD : Malaysia

SILVER : Hong Kong, China

Medal Tally - November 25

Rank	NOC				Total
1		3	3	2	8
2		3	1	0	4
3		1	2	1	4
4		1	2	0	3
5		1	1	1	3
6		1	1	0	2
7		1	0	1	2
8		0	1	0	1
9		0	0	5	5
10		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1