The 2022 Asian Games, officially the 19th Asian Games and also known as Hangzhou 2022, were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The games marked the 110th anniversary since the creation of the first continental event, starting with the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games.
People's Republic of China first competed at the Asian Para Games in 2010. China has led the gold medal count in each Asian Games since 2010 Asian Games. At the Asian Para Games in 2010, Yuqing Cai won the first gold medal for China in Women's 400m freestyle -S9 final. Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China hosted the fourth edition of the Asian Para Games in October 2023.
Wang Chuqin is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He is the top ranked player in the ITTF world ranking. Most recently, he was the silver medallist in men's singles, gold medallist in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha and gold medallist in men's doubles with Fan Zhendong for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. He won the men's singles title at the WTT Cup Finals in 2021 and WTT Champions Xinxiang in 2022. He was crowned the men's singles title at WTT Champions Macao twice. Wang also won gold along with teammates Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long at the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships. He won gold in the men's singles and mixed team events at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The 2022 Asian Para Games, 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. Hangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Asian Para Games, after Guangzhou in 2010.
Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Main Stadium in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center, Hangzhou, China, from 29 September to 5 October 2023.
Powerlifting at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held in Hangzhou, China between 23 and 28 October 2023.
Swimming at the 2022 Asian Games was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Aquatics Center in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center, Hangzhou, China, from 24 to 29 September 2023.
The men's vault competition at the 2022 Asian Games took place on 24 and 29 September 2023 at the Huanglong Sports Centre Gymnasium.
Iran competed in the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China from 19 October to 28 October 2023. Earlier the event was scheduled to held in October 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to October 2023.
