[Nagoya AG] OCA Awards $25,000 Prize to MVPs

Jiang Zansuo, Seven Swimming Titles, Leads Men's MVP Race
Wei Yiting and Li Bingjie, Five Golds Each in Women’s Swimming

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will award a prize of $25,000 (approximately 34 million won) to the male and female Most Valuable Players (MVP) of the Asian Games.

The OCA announced on September 29 that it will select one male and one female MVP for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and award them at the closing ceremony on October 4, along with the prize money.

Zhan Xuan, who has won seven swimming crowns, is the strongest MVP candidate for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Photo by Yonhap News.

A five-member OCA panel will closely review achievements such as setting world and Asian records and the number of gold medals won in selecting the MVPs. The OCA has been awarding the Asian Games MVPs since the 1998 Bangkok Games.

Currently, Jiang Zansuo (China), who secured seven swimming titles, is the undisputed frontrunner for the men’s MVP. In the women’s category, two Chinese swimmers, Wei Yiting and Li Bingjie, who each earned five gold medals in swimming, are leading candidates for the women’s MVP.

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