By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — How big are the Asian Games? Well, they are larger in numbers than the Summer Olympics, which gives you an idea of the magnitude and logistics.

The Paris Olympics in 2024 involved 10,700 athletes.

The Asian Games will open Saturday in Nagoya, Japan, with more than 11,000 athletes signed up.

The number may be much larger as organizers have acknowledged a last-minute crush of athletes and officials attending.

This has put pressure on available housing.

The Asian Games were first held in 1951 in New Delhi, India.

This is the 20th edition with games last held in 2023 in Hangzhou, China, where about 12,000 athletes attended.

Those games were delayed a year by the pandemic.

Of course, the Asian Games don’t have quite the star power of the Olympics.

But there are big names and plenty of local stars from the 45 countries and regions entered from Afghanistan to Yemen.

Many of these nations seldom make a dent at the Olympics.

But they have a chance at the Asian Games.

China features swim star Yu Zidi As a 12-year-old at last year’s swimming World Championships in Singapore, Yu Zidi finished fourth in her three races—the 200- and 400-meter individual medley and the 200 butterfly.

She’s 13 now and will turn 14 in October.

World records could fall with swimming taking center stage during the first six days of competition.

China will likely dominate the swimming with Olympic gold medalists like Pan Zhanle, Wang Shun, Qin Haiyang and Xu Jiayu expected in the field.

Pan holds the world record in the 100 freestyle and Qin has the mark in the 200 breaststroke.

China topped all teams three years ago with 28 gold medals in swimming.

Some call these the “China Games.” China won 201 gold medals at the last games, Japan had 52 with 42 for South Korea.

The same overall dominance is expected with the Asian Games closing Oct.

Badminton is a hot ticket in Asia South Korean An Se-young, the gold medalist in the 2024 Olympics and badminton’s No.

1-ranked female, is one to watch.

She took gold three years ago in women’s singles in China and....