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China has led the gold medal count in each Asian Games since 2010 Asian Games. [2] At the Asian Para Games in 2010, Yuqing Cai won the first gold medal for China in Women's 400m freestyle -S9 final. [3] Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China hosted the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games in October 2023. [4]
The Asian Para Games, also known as Para Asiad, is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city.
The 2022 Asian Para Games (Chinese: 2022年亚洲残疾人运动会; pinyin: 2022nían yàzhōu cánjírén yùndònghuì), also known as the 4th Asian Para Games and commonly known as the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, were a multi-sport event that paralleled the 2022 Asian Games which was held for Asian athletes with disabilities in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 22 to 28 October 2023.
The 2022 Asian Para Games, also known as the 4th Asian Para Games and commonly known as the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, was a multi-sport event that paralleled the 2022 Asian Games which was held for Asian athletes with disabilities in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 22 to 28 October 2023.
However, due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to October 2023. [2] [3] These were the first games contested by Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee umbrella, following its split with Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled on 1 April 2022. [4] [5]
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2022 Asian Para Games took place at the Yellow Dragon Sports Center from 23 to 27 October, 2023. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance.
The Asian Games motto is "Ever Onward" which was designed and proposed by Guru Dutt Sondhi upon the creation of the Asian Games Federation in 1949. The Asian Games symbol is a bright sun in red with 16 rays and a white circle in the middle of its disc which represents the ever glimmering and warm spirit of the Asian people.
The 2022 Asian Para Games ceremony was choreographed by Sha Xiaolan (沙曉蘭), who was one of assistant directors to Zhang Yimou during the 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony and closing ceremony production unit. Sha was also previously directed the 2022 Asian Games opening ceremony and closing ceremony production.