Asian Games 2022 postponed indefinitely due to surge in COVID-19 cases in China
The 19th Asian Games was scheduled to be held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September but has been postponed indefinitely
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Bad news for
the athletes and sports fans as the 19th Asian Games scheduled to be
held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou has been postponed indefinitely due to the
surge in COVID-19 cases. The 3rd Asian Youth Games 2021 were also
canceled. The Asian Olympic Council has confirmed the news of the postponement
of the Asian Games. More than 11,000 athletes from 44 countries were to take
part in the 19th Asian Games in September.
“Following
detailed discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) and the Hangzhou
Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), the OCA Executive Board (EB) today
decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which were scheduled to be held in
Hangzhou, China, from September 10-25, 2022,” said the Olympic Council of Asia
in a statement.
The new
dates, according to the statement, will be agreed upon between the OCA, the COC,
and the HAGOC and announced in the near future. The name and emblem of the 19th
Asian Games will remain unchanged.
“HAGOC (the
games organising committee) has been very well prepared to deliver the games on
time despite global challenges. However, the above decision was taken by all
the stakeholders after carefully considering the pandemic situation and the
size of the games,” it said.
The OCA
added that its Executive Board also studied the situation of the 3rd Asian
Youth Games, which was scheduled for December 20-28 this year in Shantou,
China.
“After
discussion with the COC and the Organising Committee, the OCA EB decided that
as the Asian Youth Games had already been postponed once, the Asian Youth Games
Shantou 2021 will be canceled. The next Asian Youth Games will therefore be
held in 2025 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,” it said.
insight sports desk
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