Athletic Meet Golden Grand Prix postponement forecast New Corona March 27 21:10
It turns out that the “Golden Grand Prix,” an athletics international competition scheduled to be held at the National Stadium in May, is expected to be postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
The land-based “Golden Grand Prix” is scheduled to be held at the National Stadium in May, and is ranked second only to the highest diamond league in the World Federation of Sports, and many leading players will participate since it is the only one held in Japan Is scheduled.
However, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, domestic and overseas competitions have been successively canceled or postponed, so according to officials of the Japan Athletics Federation, it is expected that the Golden Grand Prix will also be postponed I understand.
At present, it is because it is difficult for foreign players to participate and it is difficult to form an international tournament.
Also, with regard to major domestic races scheduled for next month, such as the “Takatoku Yoshioka Memorial Izumo Athletics Tournament” and the “Mikio Oda Memorial International Tournament”, consideration has been given to postponing or canceling because foreign players are not expected to participate. In addition, the Japan Federation of Federations will discuss the treatment of the Japan Championships in June, which is the Olympic selection event.