This picture taken on August 26, 2014, shows Asian Games mascots Barame (left), Vichuon (centre) and Chumuro (right) posing on the flag plaza of the Athletes’ Village in Incheon, South Korea.
q Approximate cost: $2bn — roughly one-tenth of what China spent on the 2010 Guangzhou Games
q Capacity of Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, venue for the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field events: 61,000
q Staff working at the event, which finishes on October 4: 30,000
q Athletes and officials taking part: 13,000 — similar to the Summer Olympics
q Media personnel registered: 9,296
q Security guards on site: 6,800
q Chinese athletes taking part: 900 — nearly one-tenth of the total number of athletes
q Gold medals up for grabs: 439 — down from 477 four years ago at Guangzhou in 2010
q North Korean athletes and officials: 267 — one of the biggest delegations to South Korea since the end of Korean War hostilities in 1953
q Sports venues to be used, ranging from the glittering main stadium to squash courts and the Chungju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Center: 49
q Countries and territories taking part: 45 — encompassing the Middle East, Central Asia and South, Southeast and East Asia
q Different sports to be contested: 36 — including the full Olympic programme plus regional favourites like wushu and kabbadi
