place_of_birth yuriy kunakov
East Asia is the eastern subregion ___MASK86___ the Asian continent , which can be defined in either geographical or ethno - cultural terms . Geographically and geopolitically , it includes ___MASK31___ , Hong Kong , and Macao ; Mongolia and Taiwan ; North and South Korea ; and Japan ; it covers about , or about 28 % ___MASK86___ the Asian continent , about twice the area ___MASK86___ Europe . A National Olympic Committee ( NOC ) is a national constituent ___MASK86___ the worldwide Olympic movement . Subject to the controls ___MASK86___ the International Olympic Committee , NOCs are responsible for organizing their people ' s participation in the Olympic Games . They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games . NOCs also promote the development ___MASK86___ athletes and training ___MASK86___ coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies . ___MASK95___ ( postal : Hopeh ) is a province ___MASK86___ ___MASK31___ in the North ___MASK31___ region . Its one - character abbreviation is "" ( Jì ), named after Ji Province , a Han Dynasty province (" zhou ") that included what is now southern ___MASK95___ . The name " ___MASK95___ " literally means " north ___MASK86___ the river ", referring to its location entirely to the north ___MASK86___ the Huang He  ( Yellow River ). The Summer Olympic Games or the Games ___MASK86___ the Olympiad , first held in 1896 , is an international multi - sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years . The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city ' s preparations . In each Olympic event , gold medals are awarded for first place , silver medals are awarded for second place , and bronze medals are awarded for third ; this tradition began in 1904 . The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success ___MASK86___ the Summer Olympics . ___MASK80___ , officially ___MASK80___ Metropolis , is the capital ___MASK86___ Japan and one ___MASK86___ its 47 prefectures . The Greater ___MASK80___ Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world . It is the seat ___MASK86___ the Emperor ___MASK86___ Japan and the Japanese government . ___MASK80___ is in the Kant region on the southeastern side ___MASK86___ the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands . Formerly known as Edo , it has been the de facto seat ___MASK86___ government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters . It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital ___MASK86___ Kyoto in 1868 ; at that time Edo was renamed ___MASK80___ . ___MASK80___ Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger ___MASK86___ the former and the . ___MASK17___ , formerly romanized as Tientsin , is a ___MASK71___ in northern coastal Mainland ___MASK31___ , administered by the People ' s Republic of ___MASK31___ and one of the five national central cities of ___MASK31___ , with a total municipal population of 15 , 469 , 500 . It is governed as one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the PRC and is thus under direct administration of the central government . ___MASK17___ borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality , bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea . Part of the Bohai Economic Rim , it is the largest coastal city in northern ___MASK31___ . The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands ___MASK86___ athletes from around the world participate in a variety ___MASK86___ competitions . The Olympic Games are considered the world ' s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating . The Olympic Games are held every four years , with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart . The 2008 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games ___MASK86___ the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was a major international multi - sport event that took place in Beijing , ___MASK31___ , from 8 to 24 August 2008 . A total ___MASK86___ 10 , 942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( a total ___MASK86___ one event more than the schedule ___MASK86___ the 2004 Games ). ___MASK31___ became the 22nd nation to host the Olympic Games and the 18th to hold a Summer Olympic Games . It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in East Asia and Asia , after Tokyo , Japan , in 1964 and ___MASK98___ , South Korea , in 1988 . ___MASK20___ ( formerly romanised as Peking ) is the capital ___MASK86___ the People ' s Republic ___MASK86___ ___MASK31___ and the world ' s third most populous city proper . It is also one ___MASK86___ the world ' s most populous capital cities . The city , located in northern ___MASK31___ , is governed as a direct - controlled municipality under the national government with 16 urban , suburban , and rural districts . ___MASK20___ Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception ___MASK86___ neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast ; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region ___MASK86___ ___MASK31___ . Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin ( born ___MASK82___ 15 , 1974 ) is a Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver . He was born in ___MASK7___ . Asia is Earth ' s largest and ___MASK94___ populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass ___MASK86___ Eurasia with the continent ___MASK86___ Europe . Asia covers an area ___MASK86___ , about 30 % ___MASK86___ Earth ' s total land area and 8 . 7 % ___MASK86___ the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority ___MASK86___ the human population , was the site ___MASK86___ many ___MASK86___ the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent ___MASK86___ 4 . 4 billion people . ___MASK7___ is a city and the administrative center of ___MASK7___ Oblast , Russia , straddling the ___MASK7___ River and located from where it flows into the Don . The city sits on the Southeastern Railway , which connects European Russia with the Urals and Siberia , the Caucasus and Ukraine , and the M4 highway ( Moscow  ___MASK7___  Rostov - on - Don - Novorossiysk ). Its population in 2016 was estimated to be 1 , 032 , 895 ; up from 889 , 680 recorded in the 2010 Census . Yuriy Aleksandrovi Kunakov ( Russian :    ) is a Russian diver who won the ___MASK69___ medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Dmitri Sautin in the 2008 Summer Olympics in ___MASK20___ . ___MASK98___ (  )  officially the ___MASK98___ Special City  is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea ( commonly known as South Korea ), forming the heart of the ___MASK98___ Capital Area , which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province , the world ' s 16th largest city . It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678 , 102 international residents . A multi - sport event is an organized sports event , often held over multiple days , featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams ___MASK86___ athletes from ( mostly ) nation states . The first major , modern , multi - sport event ___MASK86___ international significance is the modern Olympic Games .