Kuwait City: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced the sports program for the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Shantou, China in November 2021. The 18 sports include Olympic Games staples such as athletics, aquatics, gymnastics and football, new Olympic sports surfing and rock climbing and Asian favorites dragon boat racing and wushu.
The 3rd Asian Youth Games will take place in Shantou, a port city in Guangdong province, from November 20-28, 2021.
The tournament will feature athletics, aquatics (swimming, diving and water polo), badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, dragon boat racing, football, gymnastics, golf, handball, hip hop dance, rock climbing, rugby, surfing, table tennis, taekwondo, windsurfing and wushu.
In a circular to the President and Secretary-General of the OCA’s 45 National Olympic Committees dated April 1, OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam expresses his hope that everyone is “safe and healthy” and his confidence that all necessary precautions are being taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “The OCA, while maintaining a very strict isolation policy, is still continuing its activity and liaising with the various Asian Games Organising Committees to ensure that the preparations for the Games are not hindered,” said Al Musallam. IANS