Asian Games 2022: The upcoming Asian Games 2022, slated to be held in September in Hangzhou received a major blow earlier today with Australia and New Zealand denying participation in the quadrennial event. Follow Insidesport.INs for all sports related updates.
Australia will not be taking up an offer to send athletes to the Asian Games for the first time this year as none of the invited sports federations expressed an interest in going to Hangzhou, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Tuesday.
Asian Games 2022: Australia and New Zealand decline Asian Games invitation, say ‘Won’t be sending athletes to Asian Games’
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) had invited a quota of around 300 athletes and 150 support staff from Oceania nations, including Australia and New Zealand, to compete at the Sept. 10-25 Games in the eastern Chinese city.
“We don’t have any athletes going,” an AOC spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
Asian Games 2022: Australia and New Zealand decline Asian Games invitation, say ‘Won’t be sending athletes to Asian Games’
Australia and New Zealand DECLINE participation-The AOC’s outgoing president John Coates, an IOC Vice President and one of the world’s most influential sports administrators, had long pushed for Australia’s athletes to be included in the Asian Games to expose them to stiffer competition.
Asian Games 2022: Australia and New Zealand decline Asian Games invitation, say ‘Won’t be sending athletes to Asian Games’
Asian Games 2022: Australia and New Zealand decline Asian Games invitation, say ‘Won’t be sending athletes to Asian Games’
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