Asian Para Games Team Korea Launch Ceremony in Aichi-Nagoya... 357 Delegation Members Dispatched

The "2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games Team Korea Launch Ceremony" will take place at 2 p.m. on October 6 at the Icheon Training Center.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that Second Vice Minister Daehyun Kim will visit the venue to encourage Team Korea and pledge support for their safe participation in the competition.

Approximately 400 people will attend the launch ceremony, including Daehyun Kim, Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Jinwan Jeong, President of the Korea Paralympic Committee, as well as athletes, officials from sports organizations, and coaches. The event will include introductions of the team, the presentation of team flags, and a ceremony to encourage the athletes.

Daehyun Kim, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games will be held in Japan's Aichi, Gifu, and Shizuoka prefectures from October 18 to 24. Korea will be sending a total of 357 people, including 214 athletes competing in all 18 disciplines, 104 technical officials, and 39 administrative officials.

The athletes will depart for Japan in stages according to the schedule of each discipline starting from October 10. A send-off ceremony will be held at Incheon International Airport on October 14, and the delegation is scheduled to return home on October 25 after the conclusion of the Games.

This edition of the Games will be held across six zones without a central athletes' village. There will be one small-scale athletes' village for table tennis, fencing, and wheelchair basketball delegates, and accommodations for the remaining athletes will be provided in 17 different hotels.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Paralympic Committee will dispatch a total of 36 discipline managers, two for each of the 18 events, to assist with team operations and safety management. Medical rooms will be set up in each zone, and specialists in rehabilitation medicine and orthopedics will be assigned to the athletes' village and Zone 1 medical headquarters.

The athletes have undergone approximately 20 days of intensive training by discipline since July. They have also received education on appeal regulations in preparation for disputes related to misjudgment or classification, as well as training on anti-doping, prevention of sexual violence, and disability rights.

During the Games, the team will receive support in sports science, including recovery and condition management utilizing cooling compression and air compression devices, as well as psychological support. To ensure dietary and lifestyle convenience for the athletes, access to Korean restaurants or boxed Korean meals will be provided, and a mobile "convenience store" offering Korean snacks and other comforts will also be operated.

Second Vice Minister Daehyun Kim stated, "I hope each athlete can fully demonstrate their best abilities and finish the Games in good health," adding, "We will provide detailed support for both safety and performance so that the hard work and efforts of our athletes bear the fruit they deserve."

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