The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced the new dates for the 19th Asian Games, which will now be held in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8, 2023. The 19th Asian Games was originally planned to be held in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, 2022, however, due to the COVID 19 global pandemic the Games were postponed by the OCA Executive Board (EB) on May 6, 2022 and a ‘Task Force’ was created by the EB to finalise the new dates for the Games.
Charanjot Singh, FIFA22, said, “Initially, I was a bit disappointed when we heard the news about the 2022 Asian games being cancelled but now that we know that they are finally being conducted next year I’m more than happy and confident as we will be getting more time to practice for it. We will utilise this long time in more practice and playing with different FIFA athletes across regions to ace our game. Next year, we will be more prepared mentally for the Asian games and do our best to get the gold for India.”
Mayank Prajapati, street fighter V athlete said, “This is really good news and I’m super excited to finally know the exact date of when the Asian Games are happening. Although it’s still more than a year’s time, but I’ll be able to better prepare myself for the tournament itself. I can keep grinding till then. I can use this time to prepare for all the matchups and play with more international players to improve my gameplay. More time means more practice against different players to more level up my game.”
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