Asian Games in China postponed until 2023 due to COVID-19

 
INA-sources
 
The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because of the prevailing COVID-19 situation, Randhir Singh, the acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said Friday.
 
The 19th edition of the multi-sport games, second in size only to the Summer Olympics, was scheduled to take place from Sept. 10 to 25 in the capital of Zhejiang province, around 175 kilometers southwest of Shanghai.
 
Question marks had been raised over the event taking place with Shanghai having recently been locked down because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
 
The local organizing committee did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
 
The decision to postpone the games was taken at an OCA executive board meeting in Tashkent on Friday.
 
Most international sporting events in China have been postponed or canceled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the notable exception of the Winter Olympics, which went ahead in Beijing under strict health controls in February.
 
Source: The Japan Times