Asian Para Games postponed to 2023 due to COVID-19
The 2022 Asian Para Games, scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou this year, has been postponed to 2023 over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the Games' organising committee (HAPGOC) have announced.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The 2022 Asian Para Games, scheduled
to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou this year, has been postponed to
2023 over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the
Games' organising committee (HAPGOC) have announced.A taskforce formed by the two committees and the Chinese Paralympic Committee will work on rescheduling the Games, originally slated for October 9-15.
The committees said in a statement that the preparations for the event have been going very well.
However, joint works will be carried out to secure a new date that works for the para-sport calendar, according to the statement.
The announcement follows the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)’s postponement of the tournament to 2023 earlier this month due to the pandemic./.