Hangzhou 2023

— 25 September 2023

In Hangzhou, the Asian Games shape the future

Thomas Bach likes to say it when asked: next year, Paris 2024 will mark a “new era” for the Olympic movement. The IOC President reiterated this again at the... Read more »

— 4 September 2023

Russians at the Asian Games? Not possible

Much ado about nothing. Announced en masse for the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Russian and Belarusian athletes can unpack their bags. They will not be attending the... Read more »

— 10 July 2023

Moscow doesn’t believe in Russians at Asian Games

A door is open. Only half-open, but it’s an important one. Meeting over the weekend in Bangkok, the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) gave the... Read more »