he Chinese city of Hangzhou has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia announced at its General Assembly in Ashgabat. Hangzhou in eastern China – best known for the West Lake, a placid and much-painted tourist attraction – was the only candidate city
to stage the 19th edition of Asia’s biggest multi-sports event. China has hosted the Asian Games twice before, at Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010, and has already been awarded the Winter Olympics in 2022.
The award comes shortly after Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, having hosted the Summer Games in 2008, and means China will host two major multi-sport events in the same year. The 2008 Olympic Games marked a major step forward for China on the international stage.
Tokyo will host its second Summer Olympics in 2020, more than half a century after its 1964 debut as host. South Korea’s Incheon held the last Asian Games in 2014.
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