The first Asian Para Games were hosted by which country?

The first Asian Para Games were held from 12 to 19 December 2010 in Guangzhou, China, soon after the 2010 Asian Games in the same city. They were organised under the Asian Paralympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia.

Background:

• Before 2010, athletes with disabilities in the region competed in the FESPIC Games (Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled), which were held from 1975 to 2006.
• The FESPIC Games were replaced by the Asian Para Games, which are now held in the same city as the Asian Games, shortly after them, every four years.

Editions of the Asian Para Games:

• 2010: Guangzhou, China.
• 2014: Incheon, South Korea.
• 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 2022: Hangzhou, China (held in October 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic).
• 2026: Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

India at the Asian Para Games:

• India's performance has improved greatly over the editions.
• At Jakarta 2018, India won 72 medals, including 15 golds.

At Hangzhou 2022 (held in 2023), India won a record 111 medals, including 29 golds, and finished fifth on the medal table. It was the first time India crossed 100 medals at the Asian Para Games.

Stars included javelin thrower Sumit Antil, archer Sheetal Devi (who shoots with her feet and won two golds), and para badminton players.

The Paralympic movement:

• The first Summer Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960, and the first Winter Paralympics in Sweden in 1976.
• The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is based in Bonn, Germany.
• India's national body is the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), whose president since 2024 is Devendra Jhajharia.

Why not the other options?

• ✗India has not yet hosted the Asian Para Games.
• ✗South Korea hosted the second edition, in 2014 (Incheon).
• ✗Indonesia hosted the third edition, in 2018 (Jakarta).