2026_Asian_Para_Games

2026 Asian Para Games

2026 Asian Para Games

Multi-sport event in Hangzhou, China

The 2026 Asian Para Games (Japanese: 2026年アジアパラ競技大会, romanized: 2026-Nen ajiapara kyōgi taikai), also known as the 5th Asian Para Games and commonly known as the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, will be a multi-sport event that parallel the 2026 Asian Games which will be held for Asian athletes with disabilities in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan from 18 to 26 October 2026.[1] Nagoya will be the first Japanese city to host the Asian Para Games.

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Host city

As is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 29 March 2022, the Asian Paralympic Committee announced that Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan will host the fifth edition of the Asian Para Games after making a visit there in 2018. The city was previously awarded the 2026 Asian Games on 26 September 2016 by the Olympic Council of Asia.

Development and preparation

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem of the 2026 Asian Para Games, was unveiled on 25 December 2023. It incorporates shapes reminiscent of the Asian Games logo, but with its own unique identity, with few difference in the colors of the Asian Para Games flame and the Japanese flag.[2]

Motto

The official motto of the 2026 Asian Para Games, "Imagine One Heart" was unveiled on the same day as the emblem. Similar to the motto of the Asian Games, it symbolises how the Asian Para Games works to break down barriers between people, whether they have a disability or not, and shows that we have so much in common that unites us.[3]

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    References

    1. [1]
      "Aichi-Nagoya to host 2026 Asian Para Games". IPC. 29 March 2022.
    2. [2]
      "Emblem and slogan unveiled for 5th Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026". asianparalympic.org. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
    3. [3]
      "'Imagine one heart' the slogan for Aichi-Nagoya 2026". 26 December 2023.
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