Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 22, 2023: The 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand will be rescheduled to November 2024, according to Olympic Council of Asia Acting President Raja Randhir Singh.
He made this announcement at the OCA Executive Board online meeting on Wednesday, November 22.
Earlier this month, Randhir Singh informed all Asian National Olympic Committees that the event had been pushed back from February 24-March 6, 2024, following “prolonged discussions” with the NOC of Thailand and the Sports Authority of Thailand.
OCA Acting Director General Vinod Tiwari revealed that the Games have been tentatively penciled in for November 21-30, 2024.
The agenda of the 83rd OCA Executive Board meeting included the rescheduling of the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, the establishment of OCA Coordination Committees for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
There were also updates from the OCA Constitutional Reforms Committee and OCA Athletes Committee.
The Chair of the OCA Gender Equity Committee, Sheikha Hayat Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa, also briefed the Executive Board of a presentation she had made at the IOC Gender Equality meeting on November 17, and summed it up saying “Asia is on the right track as far as gender equity is concerned.”
OCA Acting President Randhir Singh, who in his opening address said the OCA was “going through a difficult time” closed the meeting calling for unity among all NOCs in Asia.
“Let’s all work together as one team with one voice. We are all brothers and we need all your support to face the world,” Randhir Singh said.