Date: July 3-13, 2008.
Location: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia.
Hosting cities: Yakutsk, Nerungri, Mirny

Participants: 42 regions, including 22 Russian teams and 20 foreign national teams.

Sports to compete

In Yakutsk: Basketball (boys), boxing, freestyle wrestling, volleyball(boys), volleyball (girls), artistic gymnastics, judo, track and field athletics, mas-wrestling (stick tugging), powerlifting, archery, taekwondo, football, chess, draughts, yakut national jumps, shooting.

In Mirny: Rhythmic gymnastics, sport dance, football.

In Nerungri: Basketball (girls), table tennis.

EVENT PROFILE

Children of Asia International Sports Games or Children of Asia Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee covered the whole Asian continent.

The Children of Asia International Sports Games are held with the aim of propagandizing the ideas of the Olympic movement, development of youth sports and strengthening international sports cooperation.

The first edition of Chldren of Asia Games was held in 1996. The idea of these Games is belong to Mr. Mikhail Nikolaev, the former President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Final results available on http://gamesasia2008.ru/