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which will held for Asian athletes with disability in

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from 22 to 28 October 2023. Hangzhou will be the second Chinese city to host the Asian Para Games, after

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. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 15 October 2022, but due to the

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, on 17 May 2022, the event was postponed whereas new date will be announced later.

Host city

As is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 16 September 2018, the Asian Paralympic Committee announced that Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China will host the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games after making a visit there in July. The city was previously awarded the 2022 Asian Games on 16 September 2015 by the Olympic Council of Asia.

Development and preparation

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem of the 2022 Asian Para Games was unveiled on 2 March 2020 and featured a wheelchair athlete striving forward on a running track with 10 semi-arc lines.

Mascot

Fei Fei, a character inspired by the divine bird of the

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was unveiled online on April 16, 2020 as the official mascot of the Games.

Motto

The official motto of the 2022 Asian Para Games, "Hearts meet, Dreams shine" was unveiled on the same day as the emblem.

The Games

Sports

The Games featured 22 sports (in 24 disciplines) which were split into many events, including Para Taekwondo, Para Canoe and Go which were included for the first time in the games' programme and Blind Football and Rowing which were not featured at the 2018 edition will return. The organizing committee chose to drop the bowling event held at the previous edition.Sport programme for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games announced with three years to go
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program will be held.

Participation

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s who are members of the

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are expected to compete.

Notes

References

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