Delayed Asian Games Rescheduled to Start in September 2023
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China will host the 2022 Asian Games in 2023 after postponing the event in Hangzhou because of COVID-19.
The Games will now be held in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8, 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said.
The event was originally scheduled to be held in September this year, but organizers in May postponed it as China tried to stamp out a large COVID-19 resurgence in several parts of the country.
Hangzhou lies less than 200km from the country's biggest city Shanghai, which endured a months-long lockdown earlier this year as part of China's zero-tolerance approach to the virus.
The OCA said on Tuesday that the new dates were chosen to avoid "conflict with other major international sporting events".
The Asian Games typically attract more than 10,000 athletes from across the region.