China News Service, May 14 (Xinhua) A few days ago, the Japanese Sumo Association announced that the 28-year-old sumo wrestler, Samurai, died of new crown virus infection. Previously, there were many Japanese sumo wrestlers infected with the new coronavirus, and this outbreak also had a huge impact on the sumo match.
Screenshot of the official website of the Japanese Sumo Association.
According to the Japanese "Journal Sports" magazine report, the Japanese Sumo Association announced that at 10:00 on the 13th local time, the Katsura Samurai player (the real name of the end of the Qing Dynasty) who was affiliated with Takada Kawabe, the organ failure caused by the new coronary pneumonia was in Tokyo. The hospital died at the age of 28.
It is reported that he began to apply for the detection of new coronavirus after having a fever of more than 38 degrees, but it was only allowed to be tested 4 days later. Samurai was also the first sumo wrestler in Japan to be diagnosed with the new crown pneumonia virus.
Since then, other people in the sumo world have been diagnosed. On April 25, local time, the Japanese Sumo Association released news that a person in charge of the sumo dojo, as well as five athletes and coaches in the dojo were diagnosed with the new crown virus.
Image source: Japan Sumo Association website
Under such circumstances, the Sumo Summer Games had to be postponed. With the Japanese government's decision to extend the application period of the "Declaration of Emergency Situations", the Japanese Sumo Association announced on May 4 local time that due to the expansion of the new coronary pneumonia infection, the Grand Sumo Summer Event originally scheduled for May 24 Decided to cancel. (Finish)