Olympic marathon, race walk Sapporo course repair work begins on April 6 at 18:36
At the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed next summer, work to repair road holes and other roads that will be the course for marathons and racewalks began in Sapporo on June 6.
Regarding the Tokyo Olympics marathon and walking, which was postponed next year due to the effect of the new coronavirus, the IOC = International Olympic Committee has indicated a policy to take over the previous plan to be held in Sapporo.
Sapporo City plans to carry out repair work on approximately 11 km of roads in the city so that players will not fall down due to holes in the surface of the course road.
The construction started on the 6th, and workers cut electric asphalt to cut off the old asphalt pavement on the road next to Hokkaido University in Kita-ku, Sapporo, the marathon course.
The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed for one year, but in Sapporo, repair work will not be postponed to the next year so that a test tournament can be held at any time, and will be completed by mid-June.
“I am honored because I rarely get involved in the Olympics and I want to work hard. I do. "