ASIAD 2022 in China is officially postponed

According to AFP news agency, OCA make the decision to postpone the period ASIAD 2022 during the Executive Board meeting taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on May 6, and after “detailed discussions with Chinese Olympic Committee (COC)”.

A stadium in China prepared for ASIAD 2022, but has now been postponed AFP

It is still unclear when ASIAD 2022 will take place again, as the OCA said “will make an announcement at an appropriate time”. The Asian press said that there is a high possibility that this Games will be postponed for 1 year, similar to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that were postponed and re-scheduled in 2021.

The reason why ASIAD 2022 was postponed is because China is still pursuing it policy “no Covid-19”, while the host venue Hangzhou and many other cities in the country are experiencing an outbreak with the number of infections skyrocketing every day.

For this reason, nearly 2 weeks ago it was reported that ASIAD 2022 held in China would be postponed. Therefore, after the OCA officially announced the confirmation, it did not come as much of a surprise.

Before that, China hosted the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. In addition, OCA also announced that the 3rd Asian Youth Games to be held in Shantou in China in 2021 has been postponed, and was scheduled to take place again from December 20 to 28 this year, but now is also official. disorganized.