The Asian Para Games, also known as Para Asiad, is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city. However, the exclusion of Asian Para Games from Asian Games host city contract meant that both events ran independently of each other. The Games are recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Paralympic Games.
The 2022 Asian Games, officially the 19th Asian Games and also known as Hangzhou 2022, was 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. The games were hailed as an incredible success by numerous officials from the Olympic Council of Asia and Asian Paralympic Committee.
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.
Football at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023.
The 2022 Asian Para Games, also known as the 4th Asian Para Games and commonly known as the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, was 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.
Kabiraj Negi Lama is a former Nepalese taekwondo athlete, National Para Taekwondo Team Coach and 2020 Summer Paralympics Coach, who participated in different taekwondo competitions. He is the grandson of former minister Tilak Bahadur Negi Lama.
Palesha Goverdhan is a Nepalese parataekwondo practitioner. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 58 kg category.
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.
Archery at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held in Hangzhou, China between 23 and 28 October 2023.
Para Table Tennis at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held Hangzhou, China between 22 and 27 October 2023.
Paralympic swimming at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held in Hangzhou, China between 23 and 27 October 2023.
Boccia at the 2022 Asian Para Games in China was held between 21 and 27 October 2023.
Goalball was one of the events featured at the 2022 Asian Para Games, which took place at the Zhejiang Tangxi Goalball Base in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 to 27 October 2023.
Lawn bowls at the 2022 Asian Para Games in China was held between 21 and 27 October 2023.
Powerlifting at the 2022 Asian Para Games was held in Hangzhou, China between 23 and 28 October 2023.
Taekwondo at the 2022 Asian Para Games in China was held.
Wheelchair basketball was one of the events at the 2022 Asian Para Games, which took place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 19 to 27 October 2023.
Hong Kong, China competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023. Earlier the event was scheduled to held in September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–October 2023.
Iran competed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China from 23 September to 8 October 2023. Earlier the event was scheduled to held in September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–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.
