"Osaka International Ladies Marathon" Corona infection countermeasures to be held as scheduled November 11 16:54
The Osaka International Ladies Marathon, one of the major domestic races for women's marathons, will be held next year as scheduled after taking measures against infection, such as restricting participation from the general public and calling for refraining from watching games along the road. It will be held on the 31st of March.
The "Osaka International Ladies Marathon" is one of the major women's races held in January every year, and has also served as a representative selection for the Olympics and world championships.
The Organizing Committee of the Games announced on the 11th that it will be held on January 31st as scheduled after taking measures against the infection of the new coronavirus for next year's race.
The qualification time will be shortened from within 3 hours and 10 minutes to within 2 hours and 50 minutes, and the number of participants from the general public will be reduced from about 500 to 100, and the stadium will not be attended by spectators. It is to call for refraining from.
The Organizing Committee of the Games said, "While working on infection control, we would like to make the Japanese marathon and sports world a new start as the first competitive marathon in the Olympic year."
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Marathon has already decided to postpone the major races from March to October next year.