The Hangzhou Asian Games was officially postponed to next year. Fok Qigang, vice president of the Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee, believes that the postponement will give athletes more time to prepare, and at the same time hope that the government will not "one size fits all" closures.
After the Olympic Council of Asia announced the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games originally scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25 this year, Huo Qigang posted on social media that the Olympic Council of Asia had approved the postponement of the Asian Games for one year to 2023.
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The Olympic Council of Asia announced the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
(Xinhua News Agency)
Fok Qigang believes that considering the impact of the epidemic in Hong Kong earlier, the postponement is not all bad: "Hong Kong is affected by the fifth wave of the epidemic, and the venue will be closed from January 7, although full-time elite athletes can continue to enter the closed management sports academy. Training, but not many athletes rely heavily on sports venues and venues for training, so the training of many athletes in the past few months can almost come to a standstill.”
Huo Qigang responded to the postponement of the Asian Games on social media.
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He continued to point out that the venues were reopened one after another last month, and the athletes were actively regaining their form: "The decision to postpone this time disrupts the deployment of athletes and coaches, but it also allows more time for our athletes to prepare." He sent a message to the athletes to "make full use of the one-year extension to prepare", and also called on the government to take into account the athletes' preparations: "I hope the government will not 'one size fits all' to close the venues no matter what the situation. The impact is really far-reaching."
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