19:00 on February 23, affecting the new Corona Sports competition

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the sports world has had a number of impacts, including the cancellation of competitions and changes in the way they are held.

The Japan Biathlon Federation announced on January 23 that it has decided to cancel the Japan Championship scheduled in Sapporo.

The Federation decided to give up considering the health and safety of the participating athletes and the people involved in the tournament as the highest priority and said, `` I am sorry to lose the opportunity to show results, but I am struggling with an emergency situation that is more than expected It was a situation that had to be done. "

The competition was scheduled to take place in Sapporo City for four days starting from 29th of this month.

In addition, the opening tournament for domestic tours, which will be held on the 5th of next month, with top players including popular Shibuno Hinako at women's golf participating, will be held without any audience during the entire tournament schedule.

Also, the Tokyo Marathon on March 1 and Nagoya Women's Marathon on March 8, both of which were also used for the Tokyo Olympics' selection, will be canceled by general runners and will be held only by top athletes. became.

In addition, the basketball men's Asian Cup qualifier scheduled to be held in Chiba City on the 21st, the Japan vs. China match has been postponed, and the Japan national ice hockey women's national team scheduled for Yokohama in the United States and Canada next month. All three games have been canceled, including the strengthening game with the selected team, which has had an impact on various sports.

Infection prevention measures at professional baseball stadiums

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, NPB = Japan Baseball Team and 12 baseball professional baseball teams are taking measures to prevent infection at stadiums where open matches are held.

In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the government has urged organizers of large-scale events to reconsider the necessity of holding the event based on the situation at the venue and to take measures if it is to be held. It does not request self-restraint.

The NPB and the 12 teams have so far no plans to hold an open game without spectators or cancel the game itself, and 12 teams will play 12 games by March 15 five days before the opening of the Pennant Race. From 16 games, a total of 85 games will be played.

Each team will launch a camp later this month, and an open match will be held for the first time on the 29th at the home base of five teams, Nippon Ham, Giant, Lotte, Chunichi and Softbank. The four teams except Lotte are held at the Dome Stadium.

According to NPB, specific measures to prevent infection are left to each team, but the health management of team staff, self-restraint of fan service and support by balloons, and thorough etiquette when coughing and sneezing are on site. It will be called in the announcement.

In the open match between Giants and Rakuten held in Naha on the 23rd, the team called on fans to use disinfectants, and masks and disinfectants were used for stadium staff, shop staff, and press. Asked for the use of.

Many of the fans wore masks, and a 41-year-old man who came to watch a game with his family said, `` Because it is a place where people gather, I was at a loss to come, but I was looking forward to it, so the whole family was wearing a mask I decided to come. "

The giant will launch a camp in Okinawa on the 25th of this month, and will have an open game at its hometown Tokyo Dome on the 29th and the 1st of next month, but in addition to the same infection prevention measures, staff and reporters We are considering strengthening measures such as asking for a measurement of body temperature before entering the stadium.

The wrestlers are wearing masks ...

On the 23rd, many wrestlers came to Osaka on a Shinkansen with their masks on the way to the Grand Sumo Spring, where the first day will be held next month.
On the 23rd, about 180 people, including wrestlers under the Makuhashi, arrived in Osaka on March 23, arriving at JR Shin-Osaka Station by bullet train at around 4.30 pm.

It is annual that it is annual for wrestlers in kimonos to descend to the station one after another while drifting the smell of bottled oil, but this is an unusual sight that many wrestlers wear masks in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. was.

A woman in her thirties said, "I felt that the effects of the new coronavirus are also affecting the sumo world. I'm worried that a spring place will be held."

The Japanese Sumo Association has stated that "We are preparing as scheduled at this time" about holding the sumo spring place, and we will use the disinfectant solution installed in the venue and refrain from visiting if you do not feel well In addition to calling for the patient to take such measures, in some cases the body temperature will be measured at the entrance to prevent the spread of infection.

Cheering song "Kobe Sanka" is not seen

VISSEL KOBE of soccer J1 took measures to prohibit singing and shouldering in the opening game with Yokohama FC in Kobe City on the 23rd as a measure to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus.

At the stadium, disinfectants were installed in each toilet, and large-scale visions and on-site broadcasts were used to alert people about infection prevention.
In addition, as a club-specific measure, it was forbidden for the audience to cheer and sing in a group or cheer their shoulders, and to bring in supportive tools such as flags and noises.

At Vissel, supporters on the stand will sing a support song “Kobe Sanka” before the game or after the team has won. "Kobe Sanka" is a support song created by supporters 15 years ago to support a team born in the year of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 25 years ago. Remembering the origins that emerged from the adversity of the earthquake, the supporters' willingness to overcome any difficulties is put in, and it is now a rooting song that symbolizes the club.

However, during the pre-game time, when the supporters usually chose "Kobe Sanka" with this measure, many spectators wore cheering towels and watched the players enter in a quiet atmosphere. This is the first time that Kobe Sanka was not sung in the official match.

The supporters were only applauding and cheering to the players as support for flags and drums was banned during the match on the 23rd.
For the time being, Vissel intends to continue this measure in the hosted games.

Football Association of South Africa

The Japan Football Association's representative from the Tokyo Olympics in March will be receiving inquiries from the South African side about the effects of the spread of the new coronavirus on the upcoming match against South Africa in March. Revealed.
Some foreign media have stated that South Africa will not send teams to Japan.

The 23-year-old Japanese nationals of the Tokyo Olympics will play an enhanced match against the same generation of South African nationals in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture on next month.

According to the Japan Football Association, as the spread of the new coronavirus spreads and delays the international sports competitions one after another, the South African Football Association received inquiries about the status of infection in Japan and the impact on enhanced games. .

The Japan Football Association has been providing information from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare through the South African embassy, ​​and has stated that there is no change in the schedule for the match.

Meanwhile, the British public broadcaster BBC said that "South Africa will not send to the team because of concerns about the new coronavirus," and a statement from South African Football Association President Mokoena said, "We are I'm asking them to reconsider the event and I won't betray their beliefs, they won't endanger the lives of the players, and their deaths are increasing every day and they're not ready to take any big risks. "

In addition, the impact of soccer is spreading, with three matches scheduled for the 23rd of the Italian First Division to be postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Tokyo Organizing Committee…

With the epidemic of the new coronavirus spreading around five months before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, the Games Organizing Committee is also being forced to respond.

At a press conference following a meeting between the IOC and the Organizing Committee held in Tokyo this month, the Coordinating Chair of the IOC said, "The tournament will be held in a safe manner for players and spectators." Asked to be held in Tokyo, Chairman Mori of the Organizing Committee replied, "I do not think about that at all," and said he would hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as scheduled.

Regarding the torch relay in Japan starting from next month 26, Secretary-General Muto of the Organizing Committee emphasized to reporters on the 21st that "it is impossible to postpone" and how to do it well The Organizing Committee will soon provide a way of thinking for each prefectural government that will be the implementing body in considering this.

On the other hand, 14 volunteer training sessions for the remaining approximately 2,700 out of 80,000 were postponed after May.

In addition, 19 test tournaments will be concentrated from next month to May, but we will consider the effects of the Boccia test tournament starting on the 28th of this month, which will affect athletes with severe disabilities such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. , Was held off as an international convention, and it was decided to hold it without any audience.

According to officials, some of the athletes from Korea and other countries have reported their participation in the bicycle track test tournament in April.

The Organizing Committee Secretary-General Muto stated that the test tournament said, "I will judge the event at the appropriate time while looking at the situation individually. It is necessary to make efforts to reassure the players and related parties." Some people are considering taking measures such as calling for a visit or preparing a disinfectant solution.