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HANGZHOU—Asia’s biggest sporting spectacle for persons with disabilities opens Sunday to a splendid display of tech-inspired colors at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium in this home of silk and tea capital city of China’s Zhejiang province.
Team Philippines, led by chef de mission Ral Rosario, is welcomed at the Athlete’s Village for the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games PSC Media PoolLi Yiqing, chief of opening ceremonies, said they hope to show Osmanthus’s motherly love which represents how a mother takes care of and nurtures her child with a disability.
The latest to arrive on Monday night from Jakarta, Indonesia was chess player Jasper Rom, who won a gold each as the PH chessers swept the men’s team standard and rapid events five years ago in the Indonesian capital. The Hangzhou Para Asiad also serves as qualifying meets for athletics, swimming, powerlifting and archery for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.According to the official organizers, the Para Games logo is a “wheelchaired athlete striving forward. A running track, formed by 10 semi-arc lines with a gradient ramp from purple to red and then yellow, stretches out into the distance, as with the surging Qiantang River tides.