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A growing COVID-19 outbreak in China and harsh restrictions have prompted officials to postpone the Asian Games.
中国逐渐增多的新冠肺炎疫情病例和严格的限制措施，促使官方决定推迟本届亚运会。
All the exact dates will be announced later, but should be held sometime next year.
亚运会的具体举行日期将在随后公布，但应该是在明年的某个时候。
The Asian Games was to have hosted more than 11,000 athletes from 44 nations and territories, and a second in size only to the Summer Olympics.
本届亚运会按原计划将接待来自44个国家和地区的1.1万多名运动员，规模仅次于夏季奥运会。
Host city Hangzhou had completed all 56 competition venues last month.
上个月，主办城市杭州已经完成了全部56个比赛场馆的建设。
The Olympic Council of Asia says the decision was taken after considering the COVID-19 pandemic and the size of the games.
亚洲奥林匹克理事会表示，这一决定是在考虑了新冠肺炎疫情和亚运会的规模之后做出的。
Olivia Siong joins us from Beijing. Olivia, what is the rationale behind postponing the Asian Games, and what sort of impact could this move have?
Olivia Siong现在在北京与我们进行连线。Olivia，推迟亚运会的原因是什么？这一决定会产生什么样的影响？
The Olympic Council of Asia said that the local organizers had been very well-prepared to deliver the Asian Games on time,
亚洲奥林匹克理事会称，组织方为能按时举办亚运会做了充分准备，
but considering the current pandemic situation and the size of the games, the decision was made to postpone this major sporting event.
但考虑到目前的疫情和亚运会的规模，决定推迟这一大型体育赛事。
And it's not the only major sporting event that's being affected.
这并不是唯一受到影响的大型体育赛事。
Today we also heard that the World University Games that was to be held next month in Chengdu city has also been postponed to next year.
今天，我们还获悉原定于下个月在成都举行的世界大学生运动会，也将推迟到明年举行。
And down the road, the Asian Youth Games that was to be held in Shantou in Guangdong Province in December has been cancelled.
此外，原定于12月在广东省汕头市举行的亚洲青年运动会也被取消。
