DPR Korea and South Korea formed a unified team to participate in three sports of the Games and won four medals overall, including a historic gold in dragon boat racing, which was the first gold medal by a unified Korean team at a major multi-sport event.
Six months ago, A unified women's hockey Korean team played at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, but they failed to earn a medal.
The Asian Games have been a great athletic success, witnessing six world records highlighted by Chinese swimmer Liu Xiang's stunning performance in the women's 50m backstroke.
Liu's time of 26.98 seconds made her the first woman breaking into the 27-second mark in the event. A total of 18 Asian records have also been set up at these Games.
A flag handover ceremony was held amid the closing ceremony as Xu Liyi, mayor of east China's Hangzhou, was handed the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag, marking the Asian Games enter into "Hangzhou Time".
Hangzhou, set to hold the next Asian Games in 2022, is the third Chinese host of the continent's showpiece event after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.
The Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC) has promised an event of the "highest possible standards" and sent a delegation of nearly 260 people to Jakarta for learning and observation purposes.
"We assure you it will meet the highest possible standards in staging a special edition of the Asian Games with Chinese grandeur, Asian style and a Hangzhou flavor," said Xu Jianfeng, deputy director of international relations of HAGOC, at the 37th OCA General Assembly held in Jakarta.
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