import asyncio

# definition of a coroutine
async def coroutine_1():
    print('coroutine_1 is active on the event loop')
    # yield control to the event loop
    print('coroutine_1 pausing')
    await asyncio.sleep(2)
    print('coroutine_1 resumed. coroutine_1 exiting')

# definition of a coroutine
async def coroutine_2():
    print('coroutine_2 is active on the event loop')
    # yield control to the event loop
    print('coroutine_2 pausing')
    await asyncio.sleep(1)
    print('coroutine_2 resumed. coroutine_2 exiting')

# this is the event loop
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

# schedule both the coroutines to run on the event loop
loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(coroutine_1(), coroutine_2()))