This past October the attention of Asia's media was focused on the Asian Games, the Olympic-style athletic festival held once every four years. The 1986 edition of the Games, held in Seoul, South Korea, were seen as an important warm-up for the 1988 Olympic Games also to be held in Seoul.
一九八六年十月，四年一度的亞洲運動會，在漢城警方的嚴密保護，及亞洲各國新聞媒體的熱烈報導下落幕。這場被認為是「一九八八年奧運」暖身賽的運動會，成績廣受各方矚目。