Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 17: The Asian Para Games which were scheduled to take place in Hangzhou from October 9 to 15, have been postponed, due to concerns over the COVID-19. On Tuesday, the tournament’s organisers made the formal announcement.
“The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games organising committee (HAPGOC) and the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) today announced the postponement of the 2022 Asian Para Games, originally scheduled to take place from 9-15 October 2022,” the Asian Paralympic Committee said in a statement.
The announcement comes less than a fortnight after the Hangzhou Asian Games, which were set to take place from September 10 to 25, were postponed indefinitely on May 6 due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in China.
“A taskforce comprising the APC, the Chinese Paralympic Committee and HAPGOC will now work on rescheduling the Games to take place in 2023. A further announcement on this is expected in the near future,” the statement added.
The Games’ slogan, emblem, and year will remain unaltered. During the competition, over 4,000 competitors were expected to compete in 616 medal events in 22 sports.
