South Korea’s archery programme is the most dominant single-nation programme in any individual sport at the Asian Games. Korean archers have won 2…

South Korea is the country where taekwondo was developed and codified, and the Korean Taekwondo Association has historically produced the world’s …

South Korea’s fencing programme is one of the world’s strongest, with Olympic gold medals across épée, sabre, and foil. Korea has been parti…

China’s dominance in table tennis is so complete that the country is effectively in a category of its own at Asian Games level. China has won gold…

Pencak silat is Indonesia’s national martial art and one of the country’s most important Asian Games sports. The sport has been part of the …

Indonesia is one of Asia’s leading surfing nations. With coastlines across thousands of islands — including world-famous breaks in Bali, Mentawai,…

Badminton is Malaysia’s most competitive individual sport at the Asian Games. The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) runs one of Asia’s…

Wushu has been part of the Asian Games programme since Beijing 1990, and China has won the vast majority of available golds at every edition. The sport …

China has won more diving gold medals at the Asian Games than any other nation. Their national training system produces athletes who dominate every plat…

Malaysia is the most successful squash nation in Asian Games history. Nicol David — widely regarded as the greatest women’s squash player of all t…